CHAPTER 1 COLONIAL AMERICABy Prof. Yaoyaobenbiao@163.com Map for Colonial America Life in Colonial AmericaClothes in Colonial AmericaTrafficI. Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882)I. Mayflower • The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Dissenters, better known today as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts (which would become the capital of Plymouth Colony), in 1620. There were 102 passengers and a crew of 25–30.• The Mayflower has a famous place in American history as a symbol of early European colonization of the future United States. According to popular history, English Dissenters later called the Pilgrims undertook the voyage to escape religious persecution in England.I. Mayflower • The main record for the voyage of the Mayflower and the disposition of the Plymouth Colony comes from William Bradford (P 16), who was a guiding force and later the governor of the colony.• (Picture on the right: The Mayflower Memorial in Southampton)II. American Puritans• 1. The American Puritans were idealists, believing that the Church should be restored to the “purity” of the first-century Church as established by Jesus Christ Himself.• 2. To them, religion was a matter of primary importance. • 3. They accepted the doctrine of predestination, original sin and total depravity, or limited atonement.II. American Puritans• 4. In North America, they meant to prove that they were God’s chosen people enjoying His blessings on this earth as in heaven. • 5. They stressed hard work, thrift, piety, and sobriety.• 6. They were also attacked for their religious intolerance and bigotry, for their austerity of taste and kil...
