Chapter 1AP U.S. HISTORY

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

COLUMBUS’S VOYAGE

SPANISH SETTLEMENTS LEAD COLONIZATION

Spanish rule the new world in exploration of new sites

; Current Central and South America.• Gold, Silver, Food Items

• Catholic Church active in colonies-only religion allowed to be practiced in their colonies.

SPANISH EMPIRE BY 1600’S

Incentives for English Colonies• Commercial Incentive = new start,

perfect society created, site for foreign trade to increase.

• Mercantilism = get wealth from foreign lands to supplement the

home country.

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH

• Religious Incentive• Protestant Reformation created new

denominations that ran counter to the Catholic Church and Vatican’s hold of the

people.• Church of England formed as a result of

Henry VIII• New denominations created from this

situation in England.• Puritans, Pilgrims, Separatists

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH

• Lost colony of Roanoke

• Jamestown 1607• John Smith

• Powhatan confederacy

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH

Agricultural Technology Exchanges

English tools, Indian Neighbors food

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH

• Virginia colony has a ‘burgess’• Purpose?

• What was at stake?• Results?

BACON’S REBELLION/ VIRGINIA

• Original home country• New Home

• Reason’s for fleeing• Famous Document- Mayflower Compact• Name of Group??? – William Bradford

PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Bay- John WinthropRhode Island- Roger Williams, Anne

HutchinsonConnecticut- Thomas Hooker

New YorkNew Jersey

Pennsylvania- William Penn

OTHER COLONIES/LEADERS