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In the 1600s, English Puritans settled in New England.

People in their communities obeyed the rules of the

Bible. Puritan religion shaped the government of the

Massachusetts Bay Colony. All settlers had to go to church.

A town meeting was held once a year. Only men with

property could vote on laws for their town. Puritan towns

had more self-government than most colonies.

Some colonists thought Puritans should not tell them

what to believe or how to act. Roger Williams was a

dissenter. He did not believe the government should make

laws about religion. Williams wanted religious freedom.

The Puritans banished him from Massachusetts Bay.

In 1636, Williams started a new colony that became

Rhode Island. Rhode Island's government was separate

from the church. Anne Hutchinson also disagreed with

Puritan ministers. She held meetings that allowed men and

women to discuss religion. Puritans did not think women

should teach men about religion. Hutchinson was banished

and went to Rhode Island.

Thomas Hooker also disagreed with the Puritans. He

wanted to start a place where men who did not belong to the

church could vote. He started the colony of Connecticut.

Other colonists settled the area that became New

Hampshire and Maine.

Conflicts over Land

The Puritans lived on American Indian land. Colonists

bought the land from the Indians and expected them to

leave. Indians believed land could be shared, but not owned.

Colonists and the Pequot Indians fought over the land.

Colonists killed most of the Pequot Indians and took their

land. More colonists arrived. The Wampanoag Indian leader

Metacomet, called King Philip, felt his people had to defend

their land. In 1675, another war began. A year later the

colonists won King Philip's War. They enslaved some

Wampanoags and forced the rest to leave. Few American

Indians remained in eastern New England after the war

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