HIS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Plymouth Colony, Half-Way Covenant, Salem Witch Trials
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Prior to massachusetts bay company (<1629: december 1620 to plymouth colony, missing va shores led to the mayflower compact, 102 pilgrims (and strangers, struggling settlement and poor residents. Establishment of massachusetts bay colony (great migration: 1630 1,200 souls (families + servants, 1640 20,000 plus souls (immigrating stops, their purpose a city upon a hill. Harmonious egalitarian communities: general court, social hierarchy, town meetings, individuals, male only, land distribution, wealth and status driven, picking the minister, halfway covenant. The in-tolerance of difference : roger williams, anne hutchinson antinomians , quakers, society of friends , emerged during the english civil war (1642 1660, inner light + individual"s conscience, no sabbath, women in public! Customs not religion ruled many aspects of daily life. Superstition: the unknown, the unpredictable, the devil/evil spirits, witchcraft, the salem witch trials 1691-1692, signify puritan last major grips on controlling people through church, though an anomaly.
