Day 3 Early British Colonies

• Warm Up: Who made the, Hob, Forsake the Plough (1589)

• Objective: Review what led to the beginning of our nation.

• Standard:

• Homework: Pages 21-30

Who made the, Hob, Forsake the Plough (1589)

Who made thee Hob forsake the Plough, and fall in love?Sweet beauty which hath power to bow the gods above,What, dost thou serve a shepherdess?Ay, such as hath no peer I guess.What is her name who bears thy heart within her breast?Sylvana fair of high desert whom I love best,Oh Hob, I fear she looks too high,Yet love I must or else I die.

Jamestown• Named for king James • Funded by joint stock

companies• John Smith near failure• Smith’s Goal: Colonies,

Others Goals: Riches (head right system and land grants)

• Tobacco becomes Cash crop and need for labor and indentured servants; Colony begins to turn a profit

John Smith

“ What man who is poor or who has only his merit to advance his fortunes can desire more contentment than to walk over and plant the land he has obtained by risking his life?…Here nature and liberty…give us freely that which we lack or have to pay dearly for England…What pleasure can be greater than to grow tired from…planting vines, fruits or vegetables”

• Powhattan and English begin to clash as more settelers arrive

• Pocahontas • Becomes a royal

Colony• Difference between

Spanish and British view of Indigenous and race

• Nathanial Beacon rebels against Virginia Colony

Puritans (Calvinist) vs. Church of England

• Plymouth/ Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Thanksgiving• Dissent- Roger Williams

leaves and establishes Providence

• Intolerance- Ann Hutchinson is expelled for teaching that the bible did not need to be interpreted

• War between settlers and Indians- King Phillips War and Waponang

• British are Victorious

Middle Colonies• Dutch settle New

Netherlands Capital New Amsterdam later taken by English Duke of York

• Quakers moved into Pennsylvania with leader William Penn called his colony the “Holy Experiment”

• Established Philadelphia “The City of Brotherly Love”

13 Colonies• Wealth sent to England• Mercantilism and

balance of Trade• Navigation Act- Only English Ships

could trade with colonies

- Vessels must have English (3/4) crews

- Certain products could only be exported to England

- All goods had to pass thru English ports

• Distance forced a spirit of self determination

Nehemiah Grew

“ The time may come…when the colonies may become populous and with the increase of art and science strong and politics, forgetting their relationships to the mother countries, will then confederate and will consider nothing further than the means to support their ambition of standing on their own legs”

1688 Glorious Revolution

• James II abdicates thrown in England causes confusion in colonies

1692 Salem

• Salem witch trials start as trial of three older women and quickly creates hysteria.

• Causes: Lack of governmental control, generational strife,family animosities, agriculture vs. commercial tension

Education

• 3 Universities formed Puritans formed 2 Harvard (1636) and Yale (1701). Anglicans 1 William and Mary (1693)

Summary Questions

1) For most that came to Jamestown; what was their goal?

2) How did the Natives and English relationship change?

3) What allowed Jamestown to become profitable?

4) What was the main purpose of Massachusetts Bay Colonist arrival?

5) This Colony was called the “Holy Experiment”.6) This Dutch colony was later called New York

and was a fur trapping center.

Art History

• Do you think it’s an accurate portrayal?• How does the artist draw your attention?• What is unusual about Benjamin West’s

portrayal of Native Americans?Honors (Homework)Research this meeting and compare it to the art OrExamine other Benjamin west painting and note if

he depicts other historical events similarlyReport back tomorrow