UNIT 2, COLONIAL SETTLEMENT 1587-1770Chapters 3 and 4

EARLY ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS

Chapter 3, Section 1

VOCABULARY

1.Charter2. Joint-Stock Company3.Burgesses

JAMESTOWN

Jamestown DescriptionEconomy

Government

JAMESTOWN

Jamestown DescriptionEconomy No profit from gold and silver;

raised tobacco; Virginia Company had financial troubles in 1620’s

Government First it was military; then by elected burgesses; then by King James

EFFECTS OF THE GROWTH OF JAMESTOWN

Growth of Jamestown

EFFECTS OF THE GROWTH OF JAMESTOWN

Growth of Jamestown

Colonists demand created a representative

government

Demand for labor led to slavery

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 3.11. Why did Raleigh choose Roanoke as the site for the

colony?

2. Why did The Virginia Company establish settlements in North America?

3. Why was the House of Burgesses important?

4. What economic activity helped save the Jamestown settlement?

5. Why do you think the King of England was willing to let a group of merchants try to establish a colony in North America?

NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

Chapter 3, Section 2

VOCABULARY

1. Dissent2. Persecute3. Puritan4. Separatist5. Pilgrim6. Mayflower Compact7. Toleration

SETTLEMENT IN NEW ENGLAND COLONIESColony Reasons the colony was

settledMassachusetts

Connecticut

Rhode Island

SETTLEMENT IN NEW ENGLAND COLONIESColony Reasons the colony was

settledMassachusetts Religious Freedom and a

better lifeConnecticut Better farmland and

dissatisfaction with Puritan leaders

Rhode Island Roger Williams was forced out of Massachusetts due to his belief in the separation of church and state

CAUSE AND EFFECT OF COLONIST’S INTERACTION WITH THE NATIVE PEOPLES

The colonists interact with the Native

Americans

CAUSE AND EFFECT OF COLONIST’S INTERACTION WITH THE NATIVE PEOPLES

The colonists interact with the Native

Americans

Colonists learn to servive by

growing corn, beans and pumpkins

Colonists negotiate the treaty of Wampanoag

Colonists survive by

learning where to hunt and fish

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 3.21. Why was the Mayflower Compact an important step

toward representative government?

2. Describe the significance of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

3. Identify the reasons why the Separatists left Europe for the Americas.

4. What freedom did Rhode Island offer that the other colonies did not?

5. What did the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut have in common?

THE MIDDLE COLONIES

Chapter 3, Section 3

VOCABULARY

1. Patroon2. Proprietary Colony3. Pacifist

WHO AND WHY OF COLONY SETTLEMENTColony Founder Why Settlers Came

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

WHO AND WHY OF COLONY SETTLEMENTColony Founder Why Settlers Came

New York Dutch West India Company

Land

New Jersey Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret

Land, Religious Freedom, Jury Trials, and a Representative Assembly

Pennsylvania

William Penn Religious Freedom and a Representative Government

GOVERNMENT TYPESColony Type of Government

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

GOVERNMENT TYPESColony Type of Government

New York Owned by a Proprietor then elected a legislature

New Jersey Owned by a Proprietor, then became a Royal Colony, but local laws were still made by colonists

Pennsylvania Elected Representatives

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 3.31. Why did no major port develop in New Jersey?

2. How did William Penn encourage self-government?

3. What did the Charter of Liberties grant to Pennsylvania colonists?

4. How did William Penn earn the respect of Native Americans?

5. How was the Quaker religion different from that of the Puritans?

THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

Chapter 3, Section 4

VOCABULARY

1. Indentured Servant2.Constitution3.Debtor4.Tenant Farmer5.Mission

CROPS OF THE SOUTH

Colony Main CropMaryland

North Carolina

South Carolina

CROPS OF THE SOUTH

Colony Main CropMaryland Tobacco

North Carolina Tobacco

South Carolina Rice

OTHER COLONIAL POWERSCountry Region Controlled

SpainFrance

OTHER COLONIAL POWERSCountry Region Controlled

Spain Mexico and what is now the Southwestern part of the United States

France Quebec in present-day Canada and the Louisiana Territory (the region around the Mississippi River)

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 3.41. Why did George Calvert establish the colony of Maryland?

2. Why did Bacon oppose the colonial government?

3. How did Georgia serve as protection for the English colonies?

4. What region did La Salle explore?

5. Why did Spain establish missions in California?

6. Explain why French settlement in North America was slower than in the English colonies.

7. What role did Margaret Brent play in the government and economy of Maryland?

THE COLONIES GROW

Chapter 4

LIFE IN THE COLONIES

Chapter 4, Section 1

VOCABULARY1.Subsistence Farming2.Triangular Trade3.Cash Crop4.Diversity5.Tidewater6.Backcountry7.Overseer

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIES

New England (5) Middle (6) Southern (3)

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIES

New England (5) Middle (6) Southern (3)

Subsistence farms Large farms Large-scale plantations

Subsistence businesses

Cash crops Use of indentured servants

Fishing Small-scale manufacturing

Use of slaves

Shipbuilding Lumber

Trade Mining

Trade

COMPARE FARMING IN NEW ENGLAND COLONIES WITH FARMING

IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIESSimilarities Differences

New England Colonies

1. 1. 2.

Southern Colonies

1. 1. 2.

COMPARE FARMING IN NEW ENGLAND COLONIES WITH FARMING

IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIESSimilarities Differences

New England Colonies

1. Farming is the main economic activity

1. They are small subsistence farms worked by family

2. Long winters

Southern Colonies

1. Farming is the main economic activity

1. Large plantations producing cash crops

2. Plantations are worked by slaves

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 4.11. Where was the shipping hub in America?

2. How were the settlers of the Tidewater different from those of the backcountry?

3. What did slave codes do?

4. Identify the five economic activities carried out in the Middle Colonies.

5. How did New England’s natural resources help its commerce?

6. How do you think plantation owners in the Southern Colonies justified their use of enslaved Africans?

NOTES QUIZ 4.11. What two seaports became the largest cities

in the colonies?2. Name three elements of the slave codes.3. How were the settlers of the Tidewater

different from those of the backcountry?4. What was the middle passage?5. What is the name given to people who were

strongly in favor of ending slavery?

GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, AND

CULTUREChapter 4, Section 2

VOCABULARY1. Mercantilism

2. Export

3. Import

4. Smuggling

5. Charter Colony

6. Proprietary Colony

7. Royal Colony

8. Apprentice

9. Literacy

GREAT AWAKENING

Great Awakening

GREAT AWAKENING

Great Awakening

Revival of strong religious beliefs

Formation of new churches

Growing sense of American

“nationality” in the colonies

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 4.21. Under mercantilism, who controlled the trade and

who supplied the raw material?2. How did the Magna Carta affect government in the

colonies?3. What was the enlightenment?4. Why did the Navigation Acts anger the colonists?5. Why did Andrew Hamilton defend John Peter

Zenger and free speech?6. Identify some contributions of women inside and

outside the home.

FRANCE AND BRITAIN CLASH

Chapter 4, Section 3

VOCABULARY

1. Iroquois Confederacy2. Militia

EVENTS LEADING TO CONFLICT IN NORTH

AMERICAEvents leading to conflict

1.

2.

3.

4. Conflict in North America

EVENTS LEADING TO CONFLICT IN NORTH

AMERICAEvents leading to conflict

1. French and British fur traders clash

2. France attacks British Nova Scotia

3. Natives side with France

4. Conflict in North America

THE ALBANY PLAN

The Albany

Plan

THE ALBANY PLAN

The Albany

Plan

Collect Taxes

Raise Troops

Regulate Trade