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Chapter 3 - Protestant Reformation effects people that help shape America - Calvinism became main religion of new Americans - People totally purified English Christianity and became “Puritans” - Puritans moved to New England to break away from the church of England - Separatists (Puritans) went to America on Mayflower - Landed in Plymouth, but not necessarily on rock - Made their own government even though they had no rights to any land - Only 44 of 102 pilgrims survived first winter - Next autumn was the first Thanksgiving - Plymouth never became a large city, but was extremely religious - Less extreme Puritans settled in the Massachusetts area to get away from English church - Wanted the church to change its ways - 20,000 people ventured to Massachusetts - Massachusetts Bay Colony became the biggest and most influential of all the New England outposts - Only “visible saints” could be in government - Bay Colonists sort of supported separation of church and state - Quakers were not allowed in Bible Commonwealth - People like Anne Hutchinson and Roget Williams went against the Bible Commonwealth and it’s beliefs - Roger Williams made first Baptist Church in Rhode Island, giving freedom of religion - Rhode Island was filled with people that couldn’t go anywhere else - New England begins expanding North and South - Puritans had clashes with the Indians and as English poused further inland more fights happened - Indians banded together to fight English settlements - King Philip’s war slowed expansion for decades - 4 colonies banded together to form New England Confederation - Massachusetts got Charter revoked, had to join Dominion of New England - Edmund Andros set laws to control New England - Dutch had become powerful in New World - New Netherlands was created by Dutch near Hudson River and bought Manhattan Island - New Netherlands was very diverse - Indians and New England wanted to get rid of New Netherlands - English conquered Dutch and named New Netherlands, New York - Quakers had strong, independent beliefs and settled in America - Pennsylvania was created by Quakers - Pennsylvania accepted many people was very liberal for their time - Philadelphia became a large city - Middle colonies had fertile land, others produced grain - Middle colonies had a lot of industry - Philadelphia was North America’s biggest city - Colonies were thriving