09/03 Bellringer 5+ sentences Compare/contrast the reasons for the settlement at Jamestown and...

09/03 Bellringer 5+ sentences

Compare/contrast the reasons for the settlement at Jamestown and Plymouth.

The societies & economies of the British colonies were dependent upon the reasons people settled

New England colonies• Common religion• Economy –

subsistence farming, fishing, shipbuilding

Puritans were not tolerant of different beliefs

Roger WilliamsAnne Hutchinson

Religion played a role in the Salem witchcraft trials in 1692

The hysteria was caused by tensions over land

ownership, Indian attacks, & religious disagreements

As a result of the trials, 19 people were killed & 150 citizens were jailed

Conflict with Natives in New England

The Pequot War in 1637 was the 1st major British-led attack on Indians & led to the death of 600 Indians

King Philip’s War broke out in 1675 when the Wampanoag Indians raided towns,

killing 10% of the colonial New England men

The societies & economies of the British colonies were dependent upon the reasons people settledMiddle colonies, like

Pennsylvania, had more diverse religious

traditions but were also based largely on subsistence farming

The Dutch first settled the “middle” colonies

Britain did not like the Dutch a colony between Virginia & New England

The middle colonies had two of the best

ports for trade in America: Philadelphia &

New York

Pennsylvania William Penn Quakers

He bought land from the Indians, banned slavery,

& allowed a diverse population to move there

Southern colonies, like Virginia, had cash crop economies, large gaps between rich & poor

farmers, & slave labor

The societies & economies of the British colonies were dependent upon the reasons people settled

The Carolinas developed like VA with a cash crop

economy

Georgia James Oglethorpe buffer

colony & prison (penal) colony

Economics in the Colonies The American colonies were an important part of the

trans-Atlantic trade network

This network created a series of triangular trades among America, Europe, & Africa