An important concept to know is the difference between Puritans and Puritans. Puritans believed the congregation should determine leadership not bishops. Puritans believed the only people who could vote was church members. Pilgrims, however, wanted to separate completely from the church of English. After the Mayflower Compact, most died of starvation. Some were saved by Indians who shared food with the Pilgrims. Indians taught them how to plant food and fish. The Pilgrims colony eventually got included by a larger colony called the Massachusetts Bay colony. This …show more content…
Native Americans gave food and fur to the English. The English gave iron and weapons to the Native Americans. This relationship changed things, Native Americans started focusing on hunting to gain fur instead of their agriculture. The Native American tribes started fighting over land to hunt on. The English settlers started fencing in property to claim rights to it and letting their animals roam free and eating the Native American’s crops, in result, made the Native Americans