H105, American History I

Lecture 6: Social Hierarchy and Confronting Disorder in New England

I. Personal discipline and the social regulation of sexuality
II. The rejection of change and the preservation of authority

1635-1656	Internal Dissent in Massachusetts
1635	exile of Roger Williams to RI, who sought separation of church and state, tolerance of dissent, and Native American land rights
1636	Massachusetts General Court codified church procedures
1636	less strict moved to Hartford CT
1638	more strict moved to New Haven CT
1638	Anne Hutchinson attacked clerical authority and advocated divine grace directly between individual and God
1656	execution of Quaker missionaries, who believed in inner light rather than predestination