Big Picture Theme:  Chapter #3: Settling the Northern Colonies (pages 43 – 65)

Other New England colonies sprouted up, due to (a) religious dissent from Plymouth and Massachusetts as with Rhode Island, (b) the constant search for more farmland as in Connecticut, and (c) just due to natural growth as in Maine.

Task #4 - Explain how each of the following supports this statement: “Puritan intolerance of dissent led to the founding of a number of new colonies”

Identify why the following individuals founded new colonies and briefly describe his or her basic ideas that challenged Puritan principles.

Thomas Hooker

Anne Hutchinson

Roger Williams