The Colonies

Moving to the New WorldWhy Move to the New World?

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How??

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and this money would help build the colonies. Investors hoped to make money off the success of the colonies

Roanoke Colony

Created by ______________________________

Purpose of the colony was ______________________________

Site of “____________________________”

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The Lost Colony

Jamestown

_____________________________________________ established in 1607 Created to ______________________________________________ In its first years, the colony struggled and almost failed until the English discovered and

perfected the use and sale of…

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Sir Walter Raleigh’s colony simply _______________________ and no one know what ever happened to it……

The truth remains a mystery to this day…

Early Forms of Government in the Colonies

After Jamestown was beginning to flourish from the sale of ___________, the colony was in need of government

The Virginia Company created the _________________________________________

The Virginia House of Burgesses

The House of Burgesses became _________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________.

The people of Jamestown ____________________________ who would serve on the House of Burgesses

The Legislative body was created by the Virginia Company in hopes of bringing more people to the colony

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Created by a large group of ___________________ who were seeking _____________ _____________________ from England

They too created their own government led by Puritan religious leaders _______________________________________________.

“City Upon a Hill”

Upon creating their colony, Puritan leader John Winthrop said their colony should be a “________________________________”

He believed that their colony should ________________________________________.

Puritans

Puritan values of Massachusetts Bay led to the creation of systems of ____________________________.

Additionally, Puritans believed it was your_______________________________ in order to repay God for your sins

Roger Williams

Unlike the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay colony, _________________________________________________________________________________________.

His ideas challenged the leaders of the colony which eventually led to his __________________________ ____________________________.

Rhode Island

Williams and Hutchinson went on to establish _____________________________.

Purpose of the colony was to provide a place for _____________________________.

Plymouth Colony

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Wrote the Mayflower Compact-

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Settled for _____________________.

The Mayflower Compact

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Written by Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony

Thanksgiving!