Colonial America – Part I

English soldier’s helmet, Jamestown

Shoes, Plymouth Colony

Colonial America – Part I

• A new culture took place in America. The values and beliefs of this new culture developed as people from several parts of the world migrated there.

Why It Matters

Colonial America – Part I• The colonies influenced

values and beliefs many Americans still cherish today. For example:– Many people still come

to the Americas in search of economic opportunity and religious freedom.

– Representative government remains an important part of the American political system.

The Impact Today

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• Defeat of Spanish Armada– Ended Spanish

control of the seas

– Allowed England to begin colonizing N.A.

• Roanoke was England’s 1st attempt at a colony; becomes known as the “Lost Colony”

#1 England in America

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• April 1607 – colony of Jamestown established by settlers (all men) from the VA Co.

• Colony faced many hardships

• Many colonists died b/c of disease and hunger

• Tobacco saved colony

#2 Jamestown 1/2

Colonial America – Part I• House of Burgesses

– 1st representative legislature in colonies

– Burgess Representative– Made laws for Jamestown

• African slaves first arrived in Jamestown in 1619

• Slavery became legal in the 1660s

Original Jamestown Ruins

#2 Jamestown 2/2

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Ring

Chamber Pot

Tobacco Pipe

Silver Ear Picker

Jamestown Artifacts

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Captain John Smith

PocahontasJohn Rolfe

People of Jamestown

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• Anglicans members of the Church of England (Anglican Church)

• Puritans want to reform Anglican Church

• Separatists want to leave Anglican Church and set up their own churches

#3 English Protestants

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• Pilgrims– Separatists– Wanted to leave

England so that they could have religious freedom

• Sailed on Mayflower; arrived in America in Nov. 1620

• Called their colony Plymouth

#4 Plymouth 1/2

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• Mayflower Compact– Formal document that

provided law and order to Plymouth

– 1st document to establish representative gov’t in colonies

• Native Americans aided Pilgrims in learning to plant crops and in hunting and fishing

• Thanksgiving!!

#4 Plymouth 2/2

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Compare and

Contrast Jamestow

n and Plymouth

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• Left England b/c of persecution

• Called their colony Massachusetts Bay Colony; main settlement was Boston

• Great Migration movement of 15,000 Puritans during the 1630s from England to Mass. for religious and economic reasons 1st paper money used in

English colonies

#5 Puritans

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• Puritans persecuted people who differed in their religious beliefs which led to the creation of new colonies (CT, RI, NH)

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1st written constitution in America

• Rhode Island allowed religious freedom

#6 Other New England Colonies

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• Means “Penn’s Woods”• Founder William Penn• B/c Penn was a Quaker,

the colony was open to all regardless of their religious affiliation

• Colony was advertised throughout Europe in many languages

#7 Pennsylvania

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• New Amsterdam taken from Dutch by English and renamed New York

• New Jersey allowed religious freedom

• Delaware (“3 Lower Counties”) became a colony when it broke away from PA

#8 Other Middle Colonies

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• Maryland founded as colony for Catholics

• Tobacco, rice, and indigo (in Carolina) grew well; slaves brought into region to work the fields

• Georgia was mainly a debtor’s colony and was used as buffer between English colonies and Spanish colonies

Drawing of an indigo plant

#9 Other Southern Colonies

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• People who came on their own free will

• Criminals and prisoners of war from England who were guaranteed their release if they worked for 7 years

• Indentured servants who would work to pay off their passage to America

• Slaves from Africa

#10 Types of Colonists

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• Pequot Massacre – English colonists burned main Pequot city and killed hundreds

• King Philip’s War– Fought to keep English

settlers off N.A. land– Ended N.A. control

over New England

• Bacon’s Rebellion – showed that settlers were not willing to be restricted to the coast

Nathaniel Bacon

Metacomet aka King Philip

#11 Early Conflicts with

Native Americans

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• New France– Located along St.

Lawrence R. in north and along Mississippi R./Gulf of Mexico in South (New Orleans)

– Had better relations w/ N.A. than the English did

• New Spain – located in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central, & South Am.

• England, France, & Spain would fight for dominance over America

#12 Other European Nations

in America 1/2

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#12 Other European Nations

in America 2/2

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• Started along the Atlantic Ocean and would grow south and west

#13 Location of English Colonies

Colonial America – Part I• Social

– Religious freedom– Protection of culture– New start– Adventure

• Political– Land– Find new passage to India– Competing w/ other countries

• Economic– High unemployment in

England– Source of new markets/raw

materials– Gold

#14 Reasons England had for

Establishing Colonies

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