NUTR 513 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anne Hutchinson, Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth Colony
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In 1620, 101 people sailed for the new world in the mayflower: included merchants who had secured the land from the virginia company, were pilgrims; were businessmen. The pilgrims established the plymouth colony in 1620: mayflower compact written while still on ship. Determined that civil government would grow out of church government: december 26, 1620: landed at plymouth harbor, main industries were farming, furs, and lumber, eventually grew from 50 colonists to 7,000. Puritans established the massachusetts bay colony in 1629: 40 miles north of plymouth, another group of puritans, but were not separatists, wanted to become an example for the church of england planned to return to. England once purified ( a city on the hill : grew to 80,000 migrants within 20 years, the leader, john winthrop, kept most of the power to himself, puritan life. Because of climate, typically individuals had a long life expectancy. Heavy government regulation covenant theology : all laws based in the.
