English Colonies

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Plymouth Rock

• Religion = Separtists

• Tolerance= knowledge gained from Native Americans

• Squanto

• Fertilization of soil

Plymouth Rock

• Economy = Fishing , trade, eventually agriculture

• Location on Atlantic Coast promoted trade

Plymouth Rock

• Government = Mayflower Compact

• First attempt at self-government in North America

• Laws designed to promote the general good

• Roots = Model for Constitution

Massachusetts Bay

• Religion = Puritans

• Tolerance= Forced those who did not believe to leave the colony

• Hypocrites?

• Harmful to progress of colony?

Massachusetts Bay

• Economy= Fishing, trade and limited agriculture

• Location on Atlantic Coast promoted trade

Massachusetts Bay

• Government= Town meetings

• Local issues determined by vote of male citizens

» Term: direct democracy

• Close relationship between religion and politics

» Irony?

Massachusetts Bay

• Government = Progression to General Court

• Two house legislative body to make laws for entire colony

» Term: indirect democracy

» Term: bicameral

• Roots= Congress

Pennsylvania

• Religion= Quakers

• Tolerance= promoted diversity

• Helpful to progress of colony?

Pennsylvania

• Economy= Staple crops (ex. wheat)

• Access to abundant farmland

Pennsylvania

• Government = Limited power

• William Penn divided his power

» “Will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country”

• Roots= Separation of powers (3 branches)

Maryland

• Religion= Catholics

• Tolerance= Toleration Act

• Religious freedom, BUT only for Christians

» Can freedom be limited to a particular group, or is it better termed “prejudice”?

Maryland

• Economy= Cash crops (ex. tobacco)

• Climatic conditions of South promote agriculture

Maryland

• Government= Proprietors

• Business owners control the government

• Roots= Toleration Act– First Amendment

Carolinas

• Religion= Promotion of religious diversity and tolerance

Carolinas

• Economy= Cash crops (indigo and rice)

• Labor intensive crops- require the use of slave labor

• Swamps- perfect for cultivation of rice

• Port of Charleston-perfect for trade of cash crops and slave trade

Carolinas

• Government= Royal colony

• A sign of future turmoil?