Slide 2 Chapter 2: The American Colonies Emerge Section 2: An
English Settlement at Jamestown Slide 3 Englands early attempts at
colonization - Roanoke Failure & Success in Jamestown,Virginia
1607-1625 The development of the Chesapeake & Southern
(Plantation) colonies Slide 4 Queen Elizabeth I encouraged overseas
exploration Sir Walter Raleigh organized expedition 1585 landed in
Roanoke Island (North Carolina) Colony failed after 1 year Slide 5
110-117 colonists arrived in Roanoke Sir Walter Raleigh LEFT
colonists, & went back to England War 1588 delayed supplies
Slide 6 1588 Spanish Armada invaded the English Channel Queen
Elizabeth Is Navy defeated the Spanish Turning Point! England
perceived as World Power Slide 7 1590 ship returned No sign of life
No dead bodies Nothing! Except the word CROATOAN Carved in a tree
the lost colony Slide 8 Slide 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUk
uZTHQ7Zo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUk uZTHQ7Zo Slide 10 "We
believe that this evidence provides conclusive proof that they
moved westward up the Albemarle Sound to the confluence of the
Chowan and Roanoke rivers," - James Horn, vice president of
research and historical interpretation at the Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation and author of a 2010 book about the Lost Colony. Slide
11 King James I became King of England Charter of 1606 King granted
charter (permission) to the Virginia Company To settle in Virginia
Slide 12 Joint Stock Company a business partnership. Allowed
investors to invest money Investors share profits, losses Slide 13
3 Ships: Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery 150 passengers &
Crew Members Arrived in Chesapeake Bay (Virginia ), 1607 Slide 14
Problems: Built settlement Near Marshy (James) River! Contaminated
Water! Mosquitoes! Diseases! Planted no crops! Slide 15 Dont know
how to: Farm Hunt Build shelter Get along w/ Native Americans Slide
16 Took charge in 1607/1608 Built shelters Planted crops Dug wells
Negotiated w/ Powhatan tribe He who shall not work shall not eat!
Slide 17 John Smith went back to England due to accident Crops
died! English invaded Native Americans! Ate roots, rats, snakes
used shelter for fire wood! Slide 18 Possible cannibalism By May
1610, 60 out of 600 colonists survived New Governor ordered
survivors to stay Slide 19 A Confederacy of 30 tribes Virginia
& Maryland Tension w/ colonists Pocahontas was the daughter of
Chief Slide 20 The Myth vs. the Historical Truth Slide 21
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O- VyCmeO65M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O- VyCmeO65M Slide 22 real name -
Matoaka Pocahontas nickname (Mischievous) Daughter of Powhatan
Chief Slide 23 DISNEY LIED! Slide 24 Did Pocahontas save John
Smith? NO Incident was an initiation ritual She was 11 (?) There
was NO romantic relationship!! Slide 25 Slide 26 No! Father married
her off to Kocoum in 1610 THEN Pocahontas was abducted by colonists
John Rolfe married her 1614 For the good of the plantation Marriage
initiated Peace Settlement Slide 27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQuR 01BHs_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQuR 01BHs_o Slide 28 8 yr Truce
between English Colonists & Powhatan tribe Lady Rebecca taken
to London 1616 Died @ 20-22 years old tis enough that the child
liveth Slide 29 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z6kv gT1Sj4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z6kv gT1Sj4 Slide 30 1616 engraving
1700s version Slide 31 Slide 32 1612 John Rolfe planted tobacco
Profitable crop Colony became financially dependent on tobacco
Slide 33 Slide 34 Head right System: 50 acres for anyone who paid
workers to come to Jamestown Employer paid passage Indentured
Servant = bound to employer for 6-7 years to pay off passage Free
at end of contract Slide 35 Shipload of 99 maidens arrived
(potential wives for colonists) First African slaves were
introduced Slide 36 Chesapeake Bay: 1. Jamestown, Virginia 2.
Maryland Slide 37 Proprietary Colony : Owned by an individual Lord
Baltimore aka George Calvert, 1634 Plantation economy (tobacco)
Catholic https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=RsxrJ0f91 aU
https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=RsxrJ0f91 aU Slide 38 Act for
Religious Toleration, 1649 1. Religious tolerance for all
Christians 2. Did not separate Church from State Significance:
freedom of religion Slide 39 Tobacco plantation economy 1630-1700 :
110,000 English immigrants arrived 80% male indentured servants
Widespread settlement Slide 40 High death rates: malaria, typhoid
fever Life expectancy: 48 males, 44 females More males than females
= Limited population growth Slide 41 Economic Shift: Wages rise in
England More difficult to import white laborers Slave population
Triples 1680-1700 By 1700, African slaves = 22% of population Slide
42 Carolinas (South 1670, North 1712) Georgia, 1733 Restoration
Colonies Est. after Crown was restored to Charles II England Slide
43 Warm climate, Good river system Crops: Tobacco, cotton, rice,
indigo Slide 44 Originally founded to trade w/ West Indies Rice
became cash crop Rice exotic to English, very profitable Slide 45
West African slaves were brought in to cultivate rice fields In
North & South Carolina Slide 46 Demand for plantation workers =
demand in slaves By 1720 African slaves Made up 70% of population
Slide 47 Officially separated from Southern region in 1712 Poorer
inhabitants Slide 48 James Oglethorpe, Founder debtor colony To
give English poor a new start Buffer state between: Spanish Florida
& English Carolinas Slide 49 1. Chesapeake : Virginia, Maryland
2. Southern : North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Profitable
stable crops: tobacco, rice Shift to African Slavery Slide 50 US
Slide 51 1. The development of the New England Colonies Slide 52 1.
Plymouth, Massachusetts 1620 2. Massachusetts Bay colony, 1630 3.
Rhode Island, 1636 4. Connecticut, 1636 5. New Hampshire, 1630 6.
Maine 1630 Slide 53 1. Christian values 2. Hard work, thrift 3.
Families 4. businesses 5. towns 6. Town hall meetings 7.
Diversified Economy (more than 1 crop/ products) Slide 54 Puritans:
English Protestants who sought to purify the Church of England from
traces of Catholicism. ( ref: Henry VIII, 1500s) Separatist
Puritans wanted to Separate from Church of England. These
Separatists later called Pilgrims. Slide 55 Led by William Bradford
Puritans Fewer than half were separatist Pilgrims Sought Religious
freedom Slide 56 102, men, women, children Mayflower Compact-
agreement how to govern Established Majority rule Adult Males made
laws, conducted open town hall meetings Slide 57 Puritans the
purpose of government is to enforce Gods laws Slide 58 At which
time, amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the
Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king
Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained
and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they
brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon
the captain and others. And although it be not always so plentiful
as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are
so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty.
-E.W. (Edward Winslow) Letter to a friend in England Slide 59 Slide
60 Slide 61 Modern day Holiday dates back to 1860s !! Abraham
Lincoln started tradition during (Civil War) Slide 62 Led by John
Winthrop Religious freedom for Puritans Self Governing colony a
religious experiment in the new world. We shall build a city upon a
hill Slide 63 15,000 English immigrants moved to New England
Immigrants Escaped: 1. Religious persecution 2. Bad economy 3.
English Political turmoil Slide 64 Slide 65
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc21 h_adwfc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc21 h_adwfc Slide 66 Slide 67 1.
Bible is Gods Law 2. Doctrine of Predestination 3. Devil is behind
every evil deed 4. Reading the Bible is essential 5. Religious
education is necessary 6. Women are inferior beings Slide 68 Very
strict Christian society! Social Surveillance- neighbors kept a
watchful eye on community members Disobedient children placed in
God fearing homes Slide 69 Public Shaming used as a form of
punishment Pillory or Stocks Slide 70 1. Anne Hutchinson BELIEVED
IN Antinomianism denied the validity of moral laws anti (against)
nomos (laws) A rebel!!! Slide 71 1. Anne Hutchinson Held prayer
meetings to discuss sermons (no-no for women !) Accused of heresy,
sent to trial Banished from colony, 1638 Slide 72
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O- 52HtN2yQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O- 52HtN2yQU Slide 73 2. Roger
Williams: Minister from Salem Claimed colony took land from Native
Americans w/o fair compensation Believed in separation of church
& state Banished 1635 Slide 74 Roger Williams established his
own colony: Rhode Island Legislated Freedom of Religious Beliefs
800 settlers by 1650 Slide 75 Harvard University was established in
1636 In order to educate ministers And discourage others from
religious dissention! Slide 76 Established by : Rev. Thomas Hooker
Moved from Massachusetts with 3 congregations Established
Connecticut Slide 77 self governing community Fundamental Orders:
laws/ voting not limited to church members Slide 78 The Americans
Slide 79 1.New York, 1613 (Dutch), 1664 (English) 2. Pennsylvania,
1681 3. New Jersey, 1664 4. Delaware, 1638 Slide 80 More diverse :
Politically, socially, economically Rivers, Forests Fertile soil:
Grains: Wheat, oats, barley the bread colonies Slide 81 Dutch
colony Dutch Perspective: They thought they Purchased Manhattan
island Native American perspective: Dutch given permission to
settle land in exchange for goods Slide 82 1664 Dutch surrendered
territory to the British Duke of York New Netherland became New
York Slide 83 Wall Street = Dutch wall Broad Way = Breede Wegh
Haarlem village, Breuckelen village Santa Claus folk tradition
Slide 84 Established by: William Penn Penns Woods Haven for Quakers
Holy Experiment Promised land, religious freedom, democracy Slide
85 AKA Society of Friends Refused : military service, to pay taxes,
to swear oaths swear not at all Allowed women to (gasp!) speak in
meetings quaked when enthralled by church sermons Slide 86
Chesapeake: 1.Jamestown 1607 (Virginia) 2. Maryland 1634 Southern
Colonies: 3. North Carolina 1712 4. South Carolina 1670 5. Georgia
1733 New England: 6. Massachusetts 1620 ( Plymouth, Mass. Bay) 7.
Rhode Island 1636 8. Connecticut 1635 9. New Hampshire 1623 Middle
Colonies: 10. New York 1664 11. Delaware 1638 12. New Jersey 1664
13. Pennsylvania 1682
