BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIAL PROJECT

By Camille, Mallary, Meg, and Virginia

GeographyMary land – 1633 – settlement: St. Mary’s •Major cities

Baltimore St. Mary’s Colonial capitol – Annapolis

•Crops – tobacco •Lots of small farms •Resources: tobacco

Virginia – 1607 – settlement: Jamestown Major cities - Richmond -Jamestown -Colonial capitol – Williamsburg Colonial capitol – Annapolis •Crops – tobacco & corn •Small farms & bigger households •Crops – tobacco •Resources: tobacco & rice Colonial capitol – Annapolis •Soil – non fertile soil in Jamestown – fertile soil along the coast

-swamp lands not good for planting crops 

Geography Continued • North Carolina

– 1653 – settlement: Albemarle • Major cities

Wilmington

Colonial Capitol – New Bern • Crops – tobacco & rice

 

South Carolina

– 1663 – Charleston • Major Cities • Colonial capitol - Charles town

– became a very important trade route • Crops – rice • Bigger households • Indigo plantations • Resources: rice & indigo

Georgia – 1732 – settlement: Savannah -Major cities

Colonial capitol - Savannah -Resources: indigo -Growing season: 268 days - March – November  -Climate: warm & temperate; long growing season -Population: More men then women; enslaved Africans -Lowlands and plateau’s

Founded • Georgia—James Oglethorpe

– First colonist were poor English traders and artisans from Switzerland and Germany

– Savanna: first settlement– Named after King George of England

• North and South Carolina—The English– John Locke– Named after King Charles II– Became a colony when King Charles II took over England– English developed Charlestown in 1670

• Maryland—English Catholics—1634– Lord Baltimore founded– Named after Mary, queen of new monarch

• Virginia—John Smith—became a colony in 1624 when the Virginia company revoked– Jamestown: First English settlers– Virginia Company—1606

Political Structure The first American colonies

• wealthy gentlemen from southwestern England• Jamestown

– Surrounded by swamps – The Native American colonies

• divided into 30 tribes• Chiefs

– Chief was Powatan• Basic political structure in the colonies of this region

–  House of Burgesses• The first representative body in colonial America• Had power to make laws and raise taxes

– Crown took over Virginia• Made it the first royal colony in the English empire

– Royal Colonies• Belonged to the crown

– Proprietary colonies• Belonged to powerful individuals or companies

•County Government -The English’s county government was in Jamestown. Jamestown was in Virginia.

Economy Exported sugar , tobacco,

cotton, and indigo to England

The Triangular Trade Slaves from Africa Exported raw

materials

Southern Colonies would give: rum to Africa Tobacco, indigo, and

rice to Europe

Cotton Field

Indigo Plantation

GA: Indigo plantation Household Rice plantation

SC: Indigo plantation Household Rice plantation

NC: Indigo plantation Household Tobacco

plantation VA:

Small farm Household Tobacco

plantation Workshop

MD: Small farm Tobacco

plantation

Religion• Maryland – roman Catholic until 1649

– now is Anglican – 1691 – Lord Baltimore brought in Catholics

• more protestants immigrated then Catholics• • Virginia – mostly Anglican • also Jewish and Presbyterian areas • North Carolina – Anglican • - Presbyterian areas • South Carolina – Anglican • - Presbyterian & Jewish areas

• Georgia – Anglican • - Jewish areas • majority of population were religious refugees from Switzerland• could not drink alcohol or own slaves

Society GA:

Indigo plantation Household Rice plantation

SC: Indigo plantation Household Rice plantation

NC: Indigo plantation Household Tobacco plantation

VA: Small farm Household Tobacco

plantation Workshop

MD: Small farm Tobacco

plantation

Primary Source – First Theater opened in Charlestown,

Carolinas: 1736– College of William and Mary founded in

Williamsburg, Virginia in 1693– Virginias first newspaper published in

Williamsburg in 1736– The Virginia Company: 1606– John Rolfe: learned how to cultivate tobacco in

Virginia in 1616– House of Burgesses: met in Jamestown,

Virginia in 1619• First representative body in colonial America• Made laws and raised taxes

Important People - John Smith - a colonist who emerged as a strong leader - English sailor, soldier, and author

- leader of a Virginia colony- dated Powhatan’s daughter

- Powhatan- ruled 30 tribes in Virginia - dignity, keen mind- Pocahontas was his daughter

-chief Algonquins- James Oglethorpe

– Led the Georgia trustees designed their colony as a haven for English debtors.– Set strict rules for colonists

• Could not drink alcohol• Couldn’t own slaves

- Lord Baltimore– Owned and governed it as a proprietary colony. – Founded Maryland as colonial refuge for his fellow catholics

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