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Introduction to English Colonization

Introduction to English Colonization. The Settlements of Jamestown & Plymouth. Vocabulary. Social : deals with people Economic : deals with money Political : deals with government Geographic : deals with land Physical : deals with describing the land

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Introduction to English Colonization

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  1. Introduction to English Colonization The Settlements of Jamestown & Plymouth

  2. Vocabulary • Social: deals with people • Economic: deals with money • Political: deals with government • Geographic: deals with land • Physical: deals with describing the land • Political: deals with the exact location of places

  3. Roanoke “The Lost Colony” • 1585 • Led by Sir Walter Raleigh • Located near present day North Carolina • Disaster of the colony made it difficult for other Englishmen to risk another attempt at colonization : A settlement of people Colony

  4. The Lost Colony of Roanoke

  5. Virginia Company of London • Settled in northern part of Virginia • 1607established Jamestown (1st permanent English settlement) by John Smith at the mouth of the James River in Chesapeake Bay • Located in a swamp • Had mosquitoes • Settlers got sick from water

  6. John Rolfe introduced tobacco to them in 1612 and helped the settlement survive • 1619Virginia House of Burgesses created-1st example of a representative governmentin North America (people select others to make decisions)

  7. JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA 1607

  8. Jamestown, Virginia 1607

  9. Puritans • People who wanted to purify (clean) the church

  10. Separatists • People who wanted to separate from the Anglican Church in order to establish their own church

  11. VIRGINIA COMPANY OF PLYMOUTH • Pilgrims(Puritans/Separatists) left Europe b/c they were seeking religious freedom • Arrived in 1620 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and established Plymouth

  12. Signed the Mayflower Compact (1st example of self-government) • They agreed to make and follow their own laws

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