Colonial America – Part I

1. English soldier’s helmet, Jamestown Shoes, Plymouth Colony Colonial America – Part I

2. 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

3. 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

4. Colonial America – Part I • 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

5. Colonial America – Part I • 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

6. 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 #2 Jamestown 2/2 Original Jamestown Ruins

7. Colonial America – Part I Jamestown Artifacts Tobacco Pipe Ring Silver Ear Picker Chamber Pot

8. Colonial America – Part I People of Jamestown Captain John Smith John Rolfe Pocahontas

9. Colonial America – Part I • 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

10. Colonial America – Part I • 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

11. Colonial America – Part I • 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

12. Colonial America – Part I Compare and Contrast Jamestown and Plymouth

13. Colonial America – Part I • 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 #5 Puritans 1st paper money used in English colonies

14. Colonial America – Part I • 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

15. Colonial America – Part I • 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

16. Colonial America – Part I • 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

17. Colonial America – Part I • 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 #9 Other Southern Colonies Drawing of an indigo plant

18. Colonial America – Part I • 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

19. Colonial America – Part I • 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 #11 Early Conflicts with Native Americans Metacomet aka King Philip Nathaniel Bacon

20. Colonial America – Part I • 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

21. Colonial America – Part I Copy the graph! #12 Other European Nations in America 2/2

22. Colonial America – Part I • Started along the Atlantic Ocean and would grow south and west #13 Location of English Colonies

23. 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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