America Takes Shape

Unit 1, Lesson 1, PowerPoint 2

Jamestown 1619• Three events occurred that would

shape America history.1. Arrival of women – Jamestown

becomes a self-sustaining community.

2. Slaves arrive3. Colonists elect representative for the

first colonial assembly in the New World.• Virginia House of Burgesses

Appointment of a Royal Governor

• The Great Massacre of 1622• Slaughter of more than 300 settlers.• Forced King James to appoint a Royal

governor. Did not absolve the House of Burgesses.

Puritans vs. Separatists• Puritans• Protestants that wanted to “purify” the

church of England.• Tended to be more highly educated, higher

ranking members of society.• Separatists• Wanted nothing to do with the church of

England. Wanted to completely separate.• Recruited members from farmers and lower

ranks of society.• Pilgrims

The Pilgrims• Mayflower Compact• First effort at self-government in New

England. They would come up with and vote on their own laws.

• William Bradford – Plymouth’s first governor• Was elected within the first year of

the colony. Was reelected yearly until his death in 1657.

Here Come the Puritans• The Great Migration• In 1630, nearly a thousand men,

women, and children set sail for Massachusetts.

Governor Winthrop• Leader of these Puritans• Broadened the number of

individuals that could vote in the General Court (legislature) to include virtually all male church members.

Education System• Harvard est. 1636• Est. to prepare young men for

ministry.• The Old Deluder Law• Passed by the Massachusetts General

Court in 1647.• Required children to be educated so they

could fight back the “Old Deluder” with scripture.

A Legal Blunder• Salem Witch Trials• Some 20 women hung for being a witch.

One was pressed to death with stones.• Convicted based on the testimony of

teenage girls.• Known as “Spectral Evidence”• The Great Rev. Cotton Mather backed

Spectral Evidence.• The Crucible

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_V5EfzZAc

New Colonies Erupt• Providence, Rhode Island -- founded by Rev. Roger

Williams• Protestants fleeing from strict Puritan rule in Boston.• “Forced worship stinks in God’s nostrils.”

• Baltimore, Maryland – Founded by Lord Baltimore• Intended as a refuge for Catholics

• New Netherlands – Founded by the Dutch• Dutch were attracted by the riches of the New World.

• Pennsylvania – Founded by William Penn• Quakers• Complete religious freedom

The Importance of New Netherlands

• England took control of New Netherlands in 1664 upon capturing the capital city, New Amsterdam.

• This capture connected the New England colonies to Virginia and Maryland.

Britain vs. France• The French and Indian War• George Washington• Advanced his military career and made

him a hero in the eyes of the American colonials.

• Benjamin Franklin• Albany Plan of Union• First plan for a colonial union under

British administration.• Americans were proud of being Britons.

They helped defeat the French. Expected greater respect and autonomy.

Benjamin Franklin• “When I say such an union is

impossible, I mean without the most grievous tyranny and oppression.”