First English Settlements AGRARIAN LIFE Why move to the colonies? Push Land scarcity Religious or Political Persecution Revolution Poverty Weather Pull Freedom (religious and political) New life Jobs Land Resources England plans colonies merchants supported plan for colonies charter- written contract giving certain rights to persons or groups Jamestown founded in 1607 1 st successful English colony charter from the Virginia Company hoped to make money/profits Difficult at first because swampy land poor water Natives greed for gold low on food (2/3 starved) no trade cold winter Jamestown succeeds adapted to land tobacco brought in money 1619: brought slaves to help work House of Burgesses (Representatives) established House of Burgesses first representative assembly in America elected reps met once a year to make laws Plymouth*Separatists 1620 wanted to escape religious persecution in England and worship as they pleased (Pilgrims) Mayflower ship that brought them to America Mayflower Compact document signed aboard the Mayflower to ensure order in the colonies Difficult at first because starving disease Natives no trade, originally women were chattel Plymouth succeeds Native Americans help them to raise crops First Thanksgiving land ownership fishing/whaling, and hunting and hunting Famous People of the English American Colonies Captain John Smith established 1 st permanent colony in Jamestown, VA; saved the colony with work and order befriended Pocahontas & Powhatan Chief She marries John Rolfe (brought tobacco) Famous People of the English American Colonies William Penn Quaker; founded Pennsylvania; pacifism (peace) Roger Williams created Rhode Island colony; practiced religious tolerance & dealing fair with Natives; Religious Leader Anne Hutchinson pioneer settler of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, & New Netherlands; because she believed you could directly talk to God, they banned her from the colony; Religious Leader; challenge authority DISSENTER) John Winthrop led Puritans to the New World, joined Massachusetts Bay Colony; Religious Leader; City on a Hill People in the New World Property Owners well off; men given property by the governor (person in charge of the colony) African Americans slaves; 1 st brought here by the Dutch women inferior; were not mens equal Native Americans savages; not real people Indentured Servants in exchange for being brought to the new world, a person would work their fee off (approximately 5 years); not permanent slaves Differences between NE, M, S New England Town hall meetings, Puritans, craftsmen (ship builders), triangle trade, small farms, ocean products Middle Craftsmen, trade, wheat, corn, cattle, Quakers South Slaves, Plantations (cash crops), Catholics, Tobacco SUMMARY QUIZ TIME 1. What was the 1 st successful colony in the English New World? 2. What was the 1 st representative legislative assembly in America called? 3. Why was the Virginia Charter established to come to Jamestown? 4. What colonist was banned because she believed she could talk to God directly? 5. Which group of people signed a contract to work in exchange for a ticket to the new world?