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The Puritans ✔✔•Charles I became King of England in 1625
•Puritans wanted to change the way the English Church was run
•Were called the Puritans because they wanted to make the church purer and simpler
•The king sent some to prison and others were hanged
Massachusetts Bay Colony ✔✔•In 1630, the Puritans got King Charles' approval and about
1,000 Puritans sailed for Massachusetts to start their own colony
•They wanted to worship in thier own way
•The set up their colony along the Charles River and called it Boston
•The Puritans brought skilled workers and teachers to New World
•They also brought farm animals, tools, books, clothing, food and guns with them
Massachusetts Bay colony cont..... ✔✔•John Winthrop was chosen as their leader, and he
expected the Puritans to show other people how God wanted them to live
•The Puritans did not allow people in New England freedom of religion because there was a law
that stated that all of the colonist had to go to Puritan churches
