Joseph M. Kooiker

History 140

Professor Arguello

The English in North America

American Colonies: VirginiaThere were about 24,000

Indians in the Chesapeake Bay area when the English arrived

The English came to the Chesapeake Bay because of more fertile lands, easier rivers to navigate, and better harbors

Most of the Indians in the Chesapeake Bay area were hunter gatherers

The Virginians experienced some lean periods because they were unprepared

American Colonies: VirginiaWhen the colonists first

came to Virginia they were more interested in looking for gold rather than gathering food for the winter

The colonist believe that the Indians would help them get through the winter

The Indians at first believed that the English would become allies with them

American Colonies: VirginiaThe English believed

that the Indians were not using the land as well as the Colonists could

The Indians and the colonists began to conflict with each other

Powhaten had believed that the English could be brought into the Indians tribe

American Colonies: Chesapeake Bay

In England, the aristocracy ruled

In the New American colonies there were few of the aristocray and merchants and planters who began to rule the colonies

Though some of the aristocracy and leading men in the colonies were very harsh on the people of the colonies

American Colonies: Chesapeake BayIn 1676, freedmen and

servants rebelled against the ruling class they were led by Nathanial Bacon

Bacon’s Rebellion led to more crown intervention in Virginia’s government

Many of the leaders in Virginia began to promote a government which would ally the common and great planters

American Colonies: Chesapeake Bay

Many people who immigrated to the English colonies in America came as indentured servants

Many people who came to the country as indentured servants hoped to be able to earn their freedom which would usually be apart of their contract

American Colonies: New EnglandThis was different

colony from the colonies around the Chesapeake Bay

The people who came to this area were seeking religious freedom versus looking for gold

The Puritans who settled the area worked their own land rather than using slaves and indentured servants

American Colonies: New England

Most of the people in New England did not grow cash crops but grew crops to support their own families

This idea was driven by a strict belief in God and his teachings which taught that amassing a lot wealth was not a way to get closer to God

American Colonies: New EnglandWomen in New

England still did not have a lot of rights but did have more rights than women did back in England and Europe

Families and communities were very tight knit in New England