Images of 17th century puritans2

LUTHERANS

CALVINISTS

CATHOLICS

REFORMATION

PROTESTANTS

ANABAPTISTS

ANGLICANS (EPISCOPALISM)

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

(QUAKERS)

• Biblical authority • Salvation through faith

• Reject the Pope

• Predestination (The Elect)

• Adult Baptism • Pacifists • Reject civil government

• No hierarchy • The “Inner Light” • Pacifists • Bible less important than spirit

Governor Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1640’s)

John Freake (1671)

John Freake was a successful lawyer and merchant of Boston, and his wife Elizabeth Clarke Freake was the daughter of an equally prosperous merchant.

Elizabeth Clarke Freake and Baby Mary (1671)

Subtle references to wealth: Expensive “Turkey-work” chair Satin Dress Pearls Garnet bracelet

Puritans believed that prosperity was a sign of God’s blessing, but shows of extreme wealth would have been viewed as sinful

Thomas Smith Self-Portrait (1680)

The paper resting on his desk bears the following inscription:

Why why should I the World be minding therein a World of Evils Finding. Then Farwell World: Farwell thy Jarres thy Joies thy Toies thy Wiles thy Warrs Truth Sounds Retreat: I am not sorye. The Eternall Drawes to him my heart By Faith (which can thy Force Subvert) To Crowne me (after Grace) with Glory.

By the end of the 17th century, there were signs that important changes were taking place in society and art. Men and women in New England began to see themselves as part of a colonial elite and merchant aristocracy.

Mary Catherine Smith (1690)

The  Salem  Witch  Trials  (1692)  AP  US  History  

What  conclusion  about  the  Salem  witch  trials  could  be  drawn  from  this  map?  

East  (towards  the  coast)!  "West  (going  in  land)  

How  could  the  following  issues  have  contributed  to  the  mass  hysteria?  

1.  FronHer  wars  with  NaHve  Americans  2.  Failed  aJack  on  French  Quebec  3.  Economic  divisions  within  the  town  

4.  The  late  seventeenth  century  represented  the  end  of  medieval  worldview  and  the  beginning  of  the  Enlightenment    

Witch  Trial  Synopsis  •  Young  women  in  the  village  of  Salem  

begin  to  have  strange  fits  that  appear  to  have  no  medical  cause.    

•  Three  vulnerable  women  in  the  community  were  accused  of  being  witches,  interrogated  and  arrested.  One  woman,  a  slave  named  Tituba  confessed  to  witchcraS.        

•  This  led  to  a  wave  of  paranoia  as  increasing  number  of  people  faced  accusaHon,  including  highly  regarded  members  of  the  church.    

•  ASer  a  series  of  dubious  trials  nineteen  men  and  women  were  convicted  of  witchcraS  and  hanged.  Dozens  languished  in  jail  and  hundreds  of  others  were  accused.    

•  Eventually  the  governor,  William  Phips  terminates  the  trials  and  releases  the  prisoners.   No  witches  were  burned  at  the  stake  in  Salem