Two Worlds Meet

Contact to Colonization

Europe

Martin Luther

• End of Catholic Church domination

• Wittenburg, Germany

• 95 Thesis• Protestant

Reformation begins

Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648

Execution of Mennonites

Jesuit Disemboweled

Expulsion of the Salzburgers

Drowning of Protestants

Henry VIII

The Wives of Henry VIII

Katherine of Aragon

Divorced (Annulled)

Daughter Mary

Anne Boleyn

Beheaded

Daughter Elizabeth

Jane Seymour

Died in childbirth

Son Edward

Anne of Cleves

Divorced

Catherine Howard

Beheaded

Catherine Pare

Outlived Henry

Tudor & Stuart Monarchy

The Americas

Journey to a New World

1492—Columbus arrives

• Columbus land in the Caribbean—3 G’s

• Begins Spanish colonization of the New World

• Destruction of Aztec and Incan Empire

• Introduction of disease kills 90% of natives

• Encomiendas• Reached as far as

Santa Fe in 1607

Jamestown—1607

• England attempts colony at Roanoke from Queen Elizabeth I

• Virginia Dare• “Lost Colony” in 1590• Jamestown—1st

permanent English settlement

• Settle for economic reasons

• Pocahontas• 1619—first Africans

arrive• John Smith map• House of Burgesses

meets in 1619

Plymouth—1620

• Settled for religious reasons

• Restore Christianity to its ancient purity (aka Separatists)

• Mayflower Compact• Democratic ideals

• "In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten....having undertaken for THE GLORY OF GOD AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH...a Voyage to plant the first Colony....Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves into a civil body Politick....In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the eleventh of November...Anno Domini 1620."

Pennsylvania Colony—1681

William Penn• March 4, 1681, Charles II signed a charter for territory in

what is now Pennsylvania• Penn sailed to America on the ship Welcome and arrived

November 8, 1682• He founded and designed Philadelphia—”city of brotherly

love”• First Frame of Government—provided free press, free

religion, trial by jury, and penal code (death for treason and murder)

• Governor, council, and general assembly• Charter of Privileges• Penn called Pennsylvania his Holy Experiment• First constitution to provide for peaceful change through

amendments• NOT a democracy, but the closest ever seen at the time

Holy Experiment

1st Frame of Government• Freedom of Religion• Freedom of speech• Penal code

Philadelphia•City of Brotherly Love•Designed by Penn

Indians

Second Frame of Government

Charter of Privileges• State’s constitution• Assembly made laws• Governor’s power limited

Colonial Indian Conflicts

Jamestown Pequot WarStaten Island Uprising

Pohawtan Uprising

First Indian Reservations

Indian Uprising in Virginia

King Phillip’s War Pennsylvania

1607 1636 1655 1622 1638 1644 1675 1681

Jamestown colony is established in Virginia

War between the Plymouth colonists and their Indian allies against the Indian Pequot tribe (control the fur trade) End of the Pequots.

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War in MA and RI colonies over white expansion. Chief Metacomet, or King Phillip, is hunted down and killed.

William Penn is granted the colony of Pennsylvania from King Charles II of England

1492—columbus1517—Martin Luther

1547—Death of Henry VIII1607—Jamestown

1618-1648—30 Years’ War1620—Plymouth

1681—Pennsylvania