WATCH: The New England Colonies

Watch this video about the 13 Colonies and view the short presentation after it. As you watch, be sure that you know the following. (HINT: You are encouraged to take notes!)  

• Can you name the (first) New England Colonies?
• What is the difference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans? What do they have in common?
• What is a charter? 
• Who was John Winthrop?
• Who was Thomas Hooker?
• Why does Thomas Hooker write The Fundamental Order of Connecticut? 
• Why does the colonial population rise? 
• Who was Roger Williams? What did he do? What did he believe?
• What is Tolerance? Can you define it?
• What beliefs of Roger Williams are the basis of basic American beliefs today?
• Who was the founder of each of these colonies?
• What was the reason that each colony was founded?

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