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Colonial Beginnings

This presentation explores the colonial beginnings of U.S. history, highlighting the various motives for movement to the New World. It discusses religious persecution faced by Catholics, Puritans, and Quakers, the role of joint-stock companies like the Virginia Company, and the impact of the headright system. The first permanent settlements, including Roanoke and Jamestown, are examined, alongside the Mayflower Compact and early agricultural trade. We also delve into Native conflicts, Bacon's Rebellion, and the growth of slavery in colonial life.

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Colonial Beginnings

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  1. Colonial Beginnings US History Mr. Szyzdek

  2. Motives for Movement • Religious discontent- persecution of Catholics, Puritans, and Quakers. • Joint Stock Companies (i.e. Virginia Company of London). • Expanding population of cities • Development of Indentured servitude- passage to the new world in exchange for working for a set amount of time. • Headwright system- for recruiting a servant to come over, a person would get 50 acres of land.

  3. First Permanent Settlements • Roanoke- (1585) • Walter Raleigh sends a couple of ships to establish Roanoke. • Settlers were never found, though to have died off or joined the Natives • Jamestown-(1606) • 144 men established Jamestown in Chesapeake • Bad location • Mostly men/ get rich quick

  4. Who Came? • The Pilgrims • Left English Persecution • Settle in Plymouth • Modern-day Massachusetts • The Puritans • Escaped religious persecution from England • But still wanted to partake in the church of England • William Penn • In 1681, Penn creates a colony on his new land and names it, Pennsylvania (Penn’s Woods)

  5. The Mayflower Compact

  6. Agriculture and Trade • Lumber, ships stores, ship building, fish, tobacco, livestock, participated in slave tradeCaribbean. • First African slaves brought into colonies. • Mercantilism- All trade with other nations needs to go through the home-country. • Navigation Acts- stopped direct colonial trade with other countries.

  7. Native Conflicts • Puritans and Pequot's- series of disastrous contacts. • Smallpox epidemic of 1633 killed over 10,000 Pequot's. • Many military encounters. • Metacom'sRebellion/ King Phillip • Wampanoag leader organized neighboring tribes to attack settlements in 1675, resulting in 1000 white and 4500 Indian deaths. • King Phillip was captured and killed.

  8. Native Conflicts Cont. • Colonists encroached on Native lands • Native populations diminish severely • Fights break out • Money is needed to build up militias to control the natives. • Some encounters become bloody and costly for both sides but more for the Natives.

  9. King Phillip’s War

  10. Bacon’s Rebellion • Poor farmers wanted the Natives who were protected under Colonial Law to be disowned and thrown out. • Attacks on Indians by poor whites led to the killing of 300 whitesnear Virginia Colony. • Bacon died in 1676. • The planter class sought to limit the number of white servants who might rebel again, thus opening the way for slavery's expansion.

  11. Slaves and Colony Life • Due to developing success of tobacco, more labor was necessary. • The tobacco crop as well as indigo and cotton in the south were very labor intensive crops. • First slaves said to have been imported into the colonies were from a Dutch trade ship headed for Virginia in 1619. • In 1670, wealthy planters in South Carolina established a trading post of African slaves.

  12. Reflection • Write down three questions that you might have after completing this PowerPoint. • What might be some motives for movement by the colonists?

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