THE SOUTHERN COLONIES. English Southern Colonies 1558 Elizabeth I came to power England was a minor power England had 2 objectives Find the Northwest

THE SOUTHERN COLONIES

English Southern Colonies 1558 Elizabeth I came to power England was a minor power

England had 2 objectives Find the Northwest passage to Asia Discover gold on the way

JAMESTOWN, 1607 INTRODUCTION

KING JAMES I CREATES THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON &

THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF PLYMOUTH

English Southern Colonies Martin Frobisher returned from

Canadian Artic with a ship of fool’s gold!

Francis Drake’s voyage around the world 1577-1580 sailed up the California coast and entered Drakes Bay (San Francisco).

Roanoke

1584 Sir Walter Raleigh obtained a royal patent (charter) Arthur Barlowe explored the region Roanoke Indians fed settlers June 1586 English settlers killed

Roanoke leader Wingina Spanish/English disputes prevented

re-supply of settlement

Roanoke 1590 all settlers were gone Word Croatoan was carved into a

tree

JAMESTOWN, 1607 James I takes the throne

Signs truce with Spain in 1604

Parliament decides that joint stock co. are the only way to finance settlements

JAMESTOWN, 1607 THE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE

PROBLEMS:LOCATIONDISEASE INDIAN ATTACKSSTARVATION

JAMESTOWN, 1607 THE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE

LEADERSHIP PROVIDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH

GOVERNING VIRGINIA GROWTH OF SELF-GOVERNMENT

LONDON COMPANY PERMITS FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN AMERICA, THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES, IN 1619

HOUSE OF BURGESSES ASSUMES THE “POWER OF THE PURSE”

JAMESTOWN, 1607 THE END OF THE LONDON

COMPANY

INDIAN ATTACKS CONTINUE

FAILURE TO SHOW PROFIT

JAMESTOWN, 1607 THE END OF THE LONDON

COMPANY

KING JAMES I DISSOLVES COMPANY IN 1624

GROWTH OF VIRGINIA INTRODUCTION

TOBACCO BECOMES A CASH CROP

TOBACCO IS ALSO A LABOR INTENSIVE CROP & THE DEMAND FOR WORKERS GROWS

GROWTH OF VIRGINIA MEETING DEMAND FOR LABOR

HOMELESS CHILDRENFIRST ATTEMPTED IN 1619

IN 1627, MORE THAN 1,500 CHILDREN ARE KIDNAPPED IN LONDON & SHIPPED TO VIRGINIA

GROWTH OF VIRGINIA MEETING DEMAND FOR LABOR “Headright system”

CONVICTS LANDLESS FARMERS POOR INDENTURED SERVANTS

GROWTH OF VIRGINIA INTRODUCTION OF SLAVE LABOR

INTRODUCED BY DUTCH IN 1619

ORIGINALLY TREATED LIKE INDENTURED SERVANTS

GROWTH OF VIRGINIA INTRODUCTION OF SLAVE LABOR

SLAVERY FIRST RECOGNIZED BY VIRGINIA LAW, 1661

SLAVERY BASED ON STATUS OF MOTHER, 1662

GOVERNING VIRGINIA 1622 Serious Problems

Embezzlement by local officials Overcharging for supplies Co. in debt Appallingly high death rate

Most died within 3 years Relations w/Powhatans worsen

CREATE HOMELESS – HOW?

Governing Virginia Colony won 2nd Powhatan war

(1622-1632) Virginia Co. bankrupt Virginia becomes royal colony

GOVERNING VIRGINIA CHANGES IN LABOR

BACON’S REBELLION

DISCOURAGES USE OF INDENTURED SERVANTS

ENCOURAGES USE OF SLAVE LABOR

OTHER SOUTHERN COLONIES

MARYLAND, 1634 LORD BALTIMORE - PROPRIETOR

TOLERATION ACT OF 1649 – SIGNIFICANCE?

TOBACCO IS MAIN PRODUCT


NORTH CAROLINA, 1650

SUBSISTENCE FARMING

NAVAL STORES


SOUTH CAROLINA, 1670

PLANTATIONS

SUGAR INDIGO


GEORGIA, 1733

REFUGE FOR DEBTORS

MILITARY OUTPOST AGAINST SPANISH

NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

CATHOLIC CHURCH

CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICANS)

PURITANS PILGRIMS

(SEPARATISTS)


PILGRIMS TERRITORY & GOVERNMENT

RECEIVED LAND GRANT FROM LONDON COMPANY, 1619

MAYFLOWER SAILS TO PLYMOUTH, 1620


PILGRIMSTERRITORY & GOVERNMENT

PILGRIMS SIGN MAYFLOWER COMPACT WHICH PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR CIVIL GOVERNMENT


PILGRIMS THE STARVING TIME, 1620-1621

ALMOST HALF DIE

SQUANTO OF THE PAWTUXET TRIBE SAVES THE COLONISTS


PILGRIMS

FIRST THANKSGIVING CELEBRATED IN PLYMOUTH COLONY IN 1621

100 INDIAN BRAVES ARE GUESTS OF HONOR


PILGRIMS

THE MENU INCLUDED TURKEY, CORN BREAD, GOOSE, VENISON, OYSTERS, & EEL


PILGRIMS

PLYMOUTH COLONY SURVIVES

LATER MERGES WITH MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, 1691


PURITAN MASSACHUSETTS SETTLEMENT

MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY CHARTERED BY KING CHARLES I, 1629

INTENDED AS “CITY ON A HILL”


PURITAN MASSACHUSETTS SETTLEMENT

17 SHIPS SAIL WITH 1,000 SETTLERS, 1630

AVOIDS MISTAKES OF EARLIER COLONIES


PURITAN MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNMENT

GOVERNOR JOHN WINTHROP CHANGES COMPANY TO A COMMONWEALTH



FIRST, SHAREHOLDERS MAKE UP GENERAL COURT (LEGISLATURE)



LATER, IN 1631, ALL PURITAN MEN WHO ARE CHURCH MEMBERS JOIN GENERAL COURT AS FREEMEN



FINALLY, FREEMEN FROM EACH TOWN ELECT TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT


PURITAN MASSACHUSETTS

GOVERNMENT

OTHER RELIGIONS DRIVEN OUT


PURITAN MASSACHUSETTS

GOVERNMENT

DISSENTERS


RHODE ISLAND ROGER WILLIAMS

ARRIVES IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1631

PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN SALEM



ADVOCATES SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE



SAYS INDIANS MUST BE PAID FOR LAND



ARGUES THAT PEOPLE CANNOT BE FORCED TO ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES


ROGER WILLIAMS

BANISHED

FOUNDS RHODE ISLAND, 1636


ROGER WILLIAMSBUYS LAND FROM INDIANS

ALLOWS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR ALL JEWS & CHRISTIANS

COMPLETE SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE


ROGER WILLIAMS

COLONY CHARTERED, 1644


RHODE ISLAND ANNE HUTCHINSON

CHALLENGES PURITAN MINISTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1639



BROUGHT TO TRIAL

ORDERED TO LEAVE



FOUNDS PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND


NEW HAMPSHIRE JOHN WHEELWRIGHT EXPELLED

FROM MASSACHUSETTS FOR CRITICIZING PURITAN TEACHINGS

SETTLES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, ALREADY CONSIDERED A PROPRIETARY COLONY BY THE KING


NEW HAMPSHIRE CREATES & SIGNS EXETER COMPACT SETTING UP CIVIL GOVERNMENT

NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARTERED BY KING CHARLES II, 1679


CONNECTICUT THOMAS HOOKER SETTLES CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY, 1636

ANNEXES NEW HAVEN & OTHER TOWNS TO FORM COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, 1662


CONNECTICUT

COLONY ADOPTS FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT, 1639, THE FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION IN AMERICA

THE MIDDLE COLONIES

NEW YORK SETTLED BY DUTCH AS NEW AMSTERDAM, BUT ALSO CLAIMED BY ENGLAND

GRANTED BY THE ENGLISH KING, CHARLES II, TO HIS BROTHER, JAMES, THE DUKE OF YORK, 1664

THE MIDDLE COLONIES

NEW YORK

CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH, 1664, WITHOUT A FIGHT

RULED BY A ROYAL GOVERNOR WITH SOMETIMES AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY

THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW JERSEY

CREATED FROM NEW YORK

PROPRIETORS SELL IT TO QUAKERS, 1674-1682

BECOMES ROYAL COLONY UNDER GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1702

THE MIDDLE COLONIES PENNSYLVANIA

KING CHARLES II MAKES WILLIAM PENN PROPRIETOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, “PENN’S WOODS”


A QUAKER COLONY WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

PENN PLANS & BUILDS PHILADELPHIA, “CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE”


PENN DREW UP A “FRAME OF GOVERNMENT”

ELECTED COUNCILELECTED ASSEMBLY

THE MIDDLE COLONIES DELAWARE

BOUGHT BY WILLIAM PENN FROM THE DUKE OF YORK, 1682


PENN GRANTS “CHARTER OF PRIVILEGES” WHICH ALLOWS FOR AN ELECTED ASSEMBLY


UNDER POLITICAL CONTROL OF PENNSYLVANIA’S GOVERNOR UNTIL AMERICAN REVOLUTION

SLAVERY IN THE NORTH

NEW YORK IN 1712, 20 TO 30 AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVES ALONG WITH 2 INDIANS STAGE A REVOLT IN NEW YORK CITY

KILL 9 WHITES & WOUND AT LEAST 5 MORE.


NEW YORK WITHIN A DAY, THE REBELLION IS PUT DOWN & MOST OF THE SLAVES ARE CAPTURED.

OTHERS COMMIT SUICIDE TO AVOID CAPTURE.


NEW YORK

THE CAPTIVES ARE PLACED ON TRIAL.

21 OF THE SLAVES ARE EXECUTED.

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THE SOUTHERN COLONIES. English Southern Colonies 1558 Elizabeth I came to power England was a minor power England had 2 objectives Find the Northwest