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English Colonization of North America. Warm Up: Name the reasons The English settled in America. Review - What are Push-Pull Factors?. Push Land scarcity Religious or Political Persecution Revolution Poverty Weather. Pull Freedom (religious and political) New life Jobs Land - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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English Colonization of North America
Warm Up:Name the reasons The English settled in America.
Review - What are Push-Pull Factors?Push
◦Land scarcity◦Religious or Political Persecution
◦Revolution◦Poverty◦Weather
Pull◦Freedom (religious and political)
◦New life◦Jobs◦Land◦Resources
Reasons for ColonizationFinancial $$$ReligionExpand the British EmpireStart a new life
First Unsuccessful English Colony
Roanoke Island in 1587The “Lost Colony”What Happened to the Colony?
◦Slaughtered by Natives◦Absorbed by the Natives◦Weather ??
First Successful English Colony
Jamestown 1607Reason for Colony was financial $$
◦Joint Stock Company◦Africans introduced in 1619
Hardships of Jamestown◦Too many gentlemen◦No gold◦Starvation – “Starving Time”
VocabularyJoint Stock Company – investors pool
money to pay for colonization in hopes of making money
Headright System – 50 acres of land colonists could obtain (offered by the VA co)
Major Contributions of Jamestown◦Cash Crop ---Tobacco - John Rolfe◦Introduction of Indentured Servants
Indentured Servants: Poor Europeans that wanted to come to the colonies, but couldn’t afford to come. Passage was paid by colonial land owners in return for manual labor. A contract was generally 3 – 5 years.
Colony at PlymouthThe Pilgrims – Separatists (from Catholic Church and Church of England)
Reason for Colony was ReligionHardships were Weather and StarvationMajor Contribution is the Mayflower Compact – the first form of American democracy.
Self-Government and Majority Rule
William Bradford born in EnglandPlymouth’s 1st governor
Mayflower CompactMayflower Compact – Signed by 41
men on the Mayflower. They agreed to be governed by leaders chosen by the people and agreed to obey all laws that were made.
Puritans – Massachusetts Bay Colony
group that wanted to “purify” the Church of England
many moved to America during the Great Migration
had strict laws that centered on religion
John Winthrop Puritan“City upon a hill”led the 1st group of Puritans to
Massachusetts in 16301st governor of Massachusetts
Roger Williams Puritan ministerdisagreed with Puritan leaders because he
believed◦in religious freedom◦it was wrong to take land from the Native
Americansbanished from Massachusetts by Puritan
leadersfounded the colony of Rhode Island
Jamestown1606
Plymouth1620
Massachusetts Bay - 1630
People
Reasons for Moving
Hardships / How it finally worked
Leadership and Government
Jamestown1606
Plymouth1620
Massachusetts Bay - 1630
People John SmithPocahontasJohn Rolfe
William Bradford
John WinthropAnne Hutchinson (RI)Roger Williams (RI)
Reasons for Moving
Joint-Stock CompanyProfit
Pilgrims - SeparatistsReligion
Puritans – Profit and religion“City Upon a Hill”
Hardships / How it finally worked
Malaria / Dystentery / “Starving Time”Tobacco
Hunger / Cold / IllnessCorn / Good relations with Natives, Furs, Fish
Salem Witch TrialsDisagreements with Leadership“Great Migration”
Leadership and Government
John SmithHouse of Burgesses
Mayflower CompactWilliam Bradford
Church and Government Elected CouncilJohn WinthropWilliams and Hutchinson go to RI
House of Burgesses 1619
Our first legislative body. It was–in Virginia. They could make laws and raise taxes. But, the governor had final say.
New Amsterdammost important
Dutch settlement in what is now the U.S.
located on Manhattan Island
renamed New York City when taken over by the English in 1664