![]() That was the first Thanksgiving.īefore the end of November, a ship arrived from England,Ĭarrying more settlers. They ateĭeer, and wild turkeys, and corn, and bread. They harvested their crops, canned food, and prepared for the They had made friends with the local Indians. ![]() The first autumn was a cause for rejoicing. They did not hear from these Indians again. Quickly as possible, the settlers built a huge wall of logsĪround the village of Plymouth for protection. The Pilgrims sent back a bagful of bullets. They handed the PilgrimsĪ snakeskin bag full of arrows. Other friendly Indians, they did just that. Had been imprisoned and harassed and suffered much for Them move back to England, even if they could. Showed them how to plant corn, where the best fish could beįound, and much more. An Indian named Squanto was especially helpful. They planted corn, which they received from the friendly local Those who survived made wise use of nature about them - the Harbor long enough for the Pilgrims to unload and to bury those Only rented, with borrowed money at that. Moved everything they had brought with them from the ship into Sick, those who could began to build a long cabin of logs, toĪct as a community home for themselves and their animals. The ground, and a dense forest of trees along the shore. When they arrived in the New World, there There were only 102 people - men, women, and children -Īboard the Mayflower. ![]() The Pilgrims did not want to belong to the Church of England. Back in England, everyone had to belong to the Church of England. They landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution officially made indentured servitude illegal.A small group of people, the Pilgrims, arrived in the New World from England on a This is a reason why indentured servitude faded away. Laws were passed making it easier to get Africans to work on the fields than indentured servants. As a result, the colonies began to import enslaved Africans to work there for life with no pay. However after Bacon's Rebellion, in which many servants rebelled against their overlords, many people didn't trust indentured servants. They usually worked on the field and tended crops. In return the indentured servant would work for a certain number of years on the colony to pay back the money. An indentured servant was a person that immigrated to the colonies for a better life for free because someone sponsored them. Before this, people who would immigrate to Virginia and to other colonies were usually either rich people or people fleeing from religious persecution. The Virginia company came up with a solution for that. Indentured servants came because the ever growing colonies desperately needed cheap labor. Providence became part of the colony of Rhode Island in 1663.Ī group of Puritans who wanted to separate completely from the Church of England (rather than reform it).Īn English Puritan lawyer who was one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Many Quakers inhabited the colony of Pennsylvania.įounded the colony of Providence in 1636, after being pushed out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for criticizing Puritanism. Some Puritans escaped religious persecution in England by moving to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.Ī religious group that believed in nonviolence, gender equality, and resistance to military service. Thousands were killed on both sides before the English forces won the war, effectively ending most Native American resistance in New England.Ī series of acts passed between 16 that established three rules of colonial trade: first, trade must be carried out only on English ships second, all goods imported into the colonies had to pass through ports in England and third, specific goods, such as tobacco, could be exported only to England.įounded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a safe haven for Quakers.Ĭolonies that were under the authority of individuals that had been granted charters of ownership, like Maryland and Pennsylvania.Ī group of Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England. A military conflict in which the Wampanoag and Narragansett tribes of southern New England joined together to fight against English colonists’ westward expansion. Portsmouth and Providence joined to become Rhode Island in 1663.Īlso known as King Philip's War. Hutchinson and her followers founded the colony of Portsmouth in 1638. A document that established a representative government in Connecticut, featuring a legislature elected by a popular vote and a governor elected by the legislature.Ī religious compromise that allowed colonists in New England to become partial church members even if they had not had a religious conversion experience.īanished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her belief that salvation was based on faith, not good deeds.
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