Colonies in America

New England ColoniesColonies:o Massachusettso New Hampshireo Connecticuto Rhode Island

Economy:o Fur Tradingo Fishingo Lumber Industryo Farming

Rhode Island- Founded by Roger Williams

- Land peaceably acquired from Indians

- Based on religious freedoms that Williams promoted

- Church and the government are separate

- Puritan Opinion: “That sewer in which the Lord’s debris had collected and rotted”

Connecticut- Founded by Thomas Hooker

- Settled by Dutch and English

- Wanted more religious freedom than Massachusetts allowed

- Disliked the requirement of citizens to be church members

-Fundamental Orders

First constitution in the nation

Allowed area to be controlled by the citizens

New Hampshire- Founded by Puritan

communities

- Settled in little towns independent of each other

- Led to constant discord within the colony

- Famous for raising of flax and manufacturing linen goods

- Becomes royal colony

New England Unity: By Choice

- New England Confederation

- 1643

- Participants: 2 Massachusetts Colonies and 2 Connecticut Colonies (All Puritan)

- Purpose: Defend against foes and to deal with internal issues

- Organization: Each colony got two votes regardless of population

New England Unity: By Force

- Dominion of New England

- 1686

- Purpose: To enforce the Navigation Acts

- Actions: Got rid of town meetings and put heavy restrictions on all areas of life

- Ended when King was overthrown in England

- People of Boston overthrew the Dominion

Middle ColoniesColonies:o New Yorko New Jerseyo Delawareo Pennsylvania

Economy:o Fur Trading o Lumber Industryo Shipbuilding o “Bread Colonies”

New Netherland(New York)

- Founded by Henry Hudson

-Englishman sailing for the

Dutch

-Explored the Hudson R. and

Hudson Bay areas

-Dutch found colony at New

Amsterdam (New York City)

-Lots of different immigrants

-Religious freedom

- Very aristocratic population- Purpose of Colony:

- Profit from fur trade- Best Deal:

- Purchase of Manhattan Island

New York

- Problems:- Directors incompetent- Massive attacks from

Indians (“Wall Street”)- Attacked by British

colonists

-English take colony in 1664

-Renamed New York

-Part of the region divided into the colony of New Jersey

- Dutch influence still evident in America

Pennsylvania- Founded by William Penn

-Quakers (Society of Friends)

- Religious group who

practiced worship without

ministers and were

pacifists

- Refused to support Church

of England

- No Oaths

- Faced much persecution in

England

Pennsylvania- Best advertised colony in

America

- Gave large land grants

-Philadelphia

“City of Brotherly Love”

-Fair treatment of Indians

Used as babysitters

-Thriving colony

Freedom of Worship

Representative Assembly

No military defense

Disliked slavery

Delaware• Settled by the Swedish on

property that supposedly belonged to New Netherland

• Dutch lead military expedition in 1655 and take over colony

• Absorbed into New Netherland

New Jersey- Part of New York at first

- Colony had religious liberty

- Divisions between Puritans and Quakers (East and West Jersey)

- Mostly settled by English

- Farming towns

- Escaped troubles because guarded on both sides by New York and Pennsylvania

Southern Colonies

Colonies:o Marylando South Carolinao North Carolinao Virginiao Georgia

Economy:o Farming

Maryland- George Calvert

Lord Baltimore: Founder of Colony

- Established as safe haven for English Catholics

- Catholics soon outnumbered by backcountry planters growing tobacco

- Toleration Act guaranteed religious freedom (for all Christians)

- Death penalty for all who denied divinity of Jesus

Carolina (South Carolina)

-Royal colony named after King

Charles

- Founded by the Lords Proprietors

- Stretched from Atlantic to Pacific

- Goal: Grow food to sale to Caribbean

-Charles Town became major port city

- Main Crop: Rice

- Aristocratic population

-Large slave populations

Carolina (South Carolina)

Carolina (North Carolina)

North Carolina created as refuge

for the poor and dissenters

- Mainly came from Virginia

Small tobacco farms with little

need for slaves

Remained thinly populated until

mid 1700’s

“A vale of humility between twomountains of conceit”

Georgia-Georgia

Founded by James Olgethorpe

Haven for debtors

Buffer from Spanish areas

Determined to keep slavery out of colony

Tolerated all Protestants

Last of 13 colonies to be founded in New World

Least populated by end of 1700s

Colonial System-Mercantilism

system of nations increasing their wealth and power through trade with colonies

-English wanted a favorable balance of trade which meant they sold more than they imported from colonies

-Social System

widely available prosperity

English Control - Colonies were very

successful traders

- Lumber, furs, fish, grain, tobacco sent to Europe

- Large quantities of finished goods bought

- Parliament passes the Navigation Acts

Restricted how colonists could do business

Colonies could only trade with Britain

Seeds of Independence

- Glorious Revolution in England, 1688

-Parliament becomes the dominant force in English government

- Salutary Neglect

very loose supervision of the colonies

- Lack of control led to self government

religious, political, economic, and social freedoms

John Peter Zenger Trial

- Established freedom of the

press