HIST-H 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Stratification, Plymouth Colony, Puritans
HIST- H 105
History Lecture
September 11, 2018
Puritans and Pilgrims
1. English Colonies in North America
a. Virginia → Jamestown (1607)
b. Plymouth → Pilgrims
c. Image 1 → Thanksgiving Day
d. Image 2 → The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth
e. Image 3 → The First Thanksgiving
i. Pilgrims sharing their food with Natives
ii. Native people as inferior
iii. Native people as always low/sitting meaning they are lower in status than
the Pilgrims
iv. Early 20th century was when these images were drawn
f. National Myths
i. Create a sense of national identity
ii. Often provided an answer to “Who is American”?
iii. Often excludes others
1. People hated Italians, Irish, Immigrants
2. Made the Pilgrims the “heroes”
2. First Thanksgiving
a. 19th & 20th century period distinguished by massive immigration from Ireland,
Italy, and Eastern Europe
b. “First Thanksgiving” portrayed peaceful relations with Native peoples, obscured
subsequent history of violence and war
c. Puritans → Pilgrims supposedly more tolerant than Puritans → reality Pilgrims
were Puritans
d. Jamestown Fiasco
3. Pilgrims & Puritans
a. Pilgrims & Puritans both dissenters from Church of England
b. Church of England
i. Created by Act of Supremacy (1534) → King Henry VIII instead of the
Pope, head of the Church of England
ii. Creation of Anglican Church
iii. Plymouth Colony (1620) → Pilgrims were Puritans who were Separatists
→ No longer considered themselves members of Church of England
c. Massachusetts Bay Colony
i. Puritans
ii. Meeting houses were simple → used for meetings, school days, church
Document Summary
Puritans and pilgrims: english colonies in north america, virginia jamestown (1607, plymouth pilgrims c. d. e. Image 2 the first thanksgiving at plymouth. Image 3 the first thanksgiving i. ii. iii. iv. Native people as always low/sitting meaning they are lower in status than the pilgrims. Early 20th century was when these images were drawn: national myths i. ii. iii. Often excludes others: people hated italians, irish, immigrants, made the pilgrims the heroes , first thanksgiving, 19th & 20th century period distinguished by massive immigration from ireland, b. Created by act of supremacy (1534) king henry viii instead of the. Plymouth colony (1620) pilgrims were puritans who were separatists. No longer considered themselves members of church of england: massachusetts bay colony. Puritans i: meeting houses were simple used for meetings, school days, church, hated anglican churches because it encouraged people to think of material things while worshipping, theology i. ii.
