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English Colonies in North America. USI 1.5a, b, c, and d. English colonies. Understanding. Questions. Colonies in north America were established for religious and economic reasons. Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America?. First Colonies Economic ventures. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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English Colonies in North America

USI 1.5a, b, c, and d.English Colonies in North AmericaEnglish coloniesUnderstandingQuestionsColonies in north America were established for religious and economic reasonsWhy did Europeans establish colonies in North America?First ColoniesEconomic ventures1587- Roanoke Island colony established as an economic venture. Disappears before it can be resupplied.1607- Virginia Company establishes Jamestown First permanent English settlement in North America. Jamestown is an economic venture. Unsuccessful for several years until the cultivation of Tobacco make it an economic success.Joint Stock company, charter, John Smith, starving time(winter 1609-10) 60 colonist left, Pocahontas, John Rolfe1619 House of Burgesses, first African slaves arrivehttp://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/s19.2.jpg

Virginia ColonyJamestown FortJamestown and Fort

Virginia ColonyDisney s John SmithCaptain John Smith

Virginia ColonyDisneys John Rolfe and PocahontasModern Movie John Rolfe and Pocahontas

Virginia ColonyPainting of John Rolfe and Pocahontas wedding

New England coloniesReligious coloniesBackground info: King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church and formed the Church of England in 1534. Dissenters were people who did not agree with the beliefs and practices of the C. of England.1620- Separatist formed Plymouth Colony. Commonly called Pilgrims, they came to America to seek religious freedom. Arrived on the Mayflower and signed the Mayflower Compact to set up a government for the colony here in America.1629- Massachusetts Bay Colony was formed and received a Royal Charter. MBC was settled by Puritans who came to America to seek religious freedom.Mayflower CompactPlymouth colony 1620

New England Colonies1630s About 15,000 puritans migrate to the MBC, called the Great Migration.1636- Thomas Hooker- leaves MBC and leads followers to the Connecticut river valley where he forms Hartford and the colony of Connecticut. Adopted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut the first written plan of Government in the colonies.1635- Roger Williams- founds Rhode Island and Providence Plantation and receives a charter in 1644 from the King.1638- John Wheelwright- founds New Hampshire 1679 receives a charter for the colonyEach new colony formed by dissenters from the MBC, toleration was not easy for Puritans.The New England colonist cooperated with and fought with the American Indians for the land they lived on. The Indians were pushed off their land.

Mayflower Compact 1620

New England ColoniesNew England colonies mapPlymouth Colony

New England ColoniesPilgrimsNew England Colonies

Middle ColoniesNew York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and DelawareProprietary colonies- colonies owned by a person or group of people1626 Dutch West India Company buys Manhattan Island and form New Amsterdam. 1664 England sends Navy to attack city, Peter Stuyvesant, the governor surrenders the colony. Renamed New York.1665 New Jersey colony formed. Proprietors tried to attract colonist finally gave up and returned colony to Royal control.1680 William Penn- a Quaker- forms Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers in North America. Quakers believed in equality and toleration for everyone.1703 three lower counties of Penn. Formed into colony of Delaware.Southern ColoniesMaryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia1607- Virginia- Jamestown settled 1624 King James revokes the colonys charter and it becomes a royal colony.1634 Maryland- Sir John Calvert settles Maryland as a safe place for Catholics to live.1660 Carolina colony created as a proprietary colony. 1670 splits into North and South Carolina.1673- Georgia- George Oglethorpe- settled as a place for people in debtors prison. Opportunity for the people to start over in the New world. SOL US 1.5bUnderstandingQuestionsLife in the colonies was shaped by the geographic features of the settlements.Economic specialization and interdependence existed among the colonies in the production of goods and services.How did climate, geographic features, and other available resources distinguish the three regions from each other?How did the people use the natural resources of their region earn a living?What are the benefits of specialization and trade?How did political and social life evolve in each region? Work on Charts!!!

SOL USH 1.5cUnderstandingQuestionThe colonies were made up of different groups of people whose lives varied greatly depending on their social position.How did the lives vary among different groups in Colonial America?People in Colonial AmericaLarge land ownersVirginia plantation houseLived mostly in the southRelied on indentured servants and/or enslaved African AmericansWere educated in some casesHad rich social culture

People in Colonial AmericaFarmers Colonial FarmWorked the land according to their regionRelied on family members for labor

People in Colonial AmericaArtisansColonial artisansWorked as craftsmen in towns and on plantationsLived in small villages and citiesExamples: blacksmiths, silversmiths, cabinet and furniture makers.

People in Colonial AmericaWomenWorking in colonial homeWorked as caretakers, house-workers, and homemakers.Were not allowed to voteHad few opportunities for getting an education

People in colonial AmericaFree African AmericansFree African American life in the coloniesWere able to own landHad economic freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend their moneyWere not allowed to vote

People in Colonial AmericaIndentured ServantsSplitting logs for railsWere men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies and who agreed to work without pay for the person who paid their passage Were free at the end of their contract

People in Colonial AmericaEnslaved African AmericansSlave cabins on a large plantationWere captured in their native Africa and sold to slave traders; then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slaveryWere owned as property for life without any rightsWere often born into slavery(children of enslaved African Americans were born into slavery)