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LESSON 4 COLONIAL AMERICA

LESSON 4 COLONIAL AMERICA. 1607-1763. JAMESTOWN. FOUNDED IN 1607 BY THE VIRGINIA COMPANY FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT JOHN SMITH POCAHONTAS CHIEF POWHATAN JOHN ROLFE TOBACCO MADE JAMESTOWN PROFITABLE

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LESSON 4 COLONIAL AMERICA

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  1. LESSON 4COLONIAL AMERICA 1607-1763

  2. JAMESTOWN FOUNDED IN 1607 BY THE VIRGINIA COMPANY FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT JOHN SMITH POCAHONTAS CHIEF POWHATAN JOHN ROLFE TOBACCO MADE JAMESTOWN PROFITABLE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES BECAME THE FIRST ELECTED LEGISLATURE IN THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN 1619

  3. NEW ENGLAND COLONIES PLYMOUTH- ESTABLISHED BY THE PILGRIMS IN 1620 MAYFLOWER COMPACT MASSACHUSETTS BAY-ESTABLISHED BY THE PURITANS IN 1630 “CITY UPON A HILL” CONNECTICUT-1636 BY THOMAS HOOKER RHODE ISLAND- 1636 BY ROGER WILLIAMS NEW HAMPSHIRE- 1679 BY GEORGE MASON

  4. MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK 1664 BY JAMES THE DUKE OF YORK NEW JERSEY 1664 BY FRIEND OF JAMES PENNSYLVANIA 1681 BY WILLIAM PENN DELAWARE 1704 BY WILLIAM PENN

  5. SOUTHERN COLONIES VIRGINIA 1607 BY THE VIRGINIA COMPANY MARYLAND 1634 BY LORD BALTIMORE CAROLINA 1665 BY FRIENDS OF KING CHARLES IT SPLIT INTO NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1729 GEORGIA 1733 BY JAMES OGLETHORPE

  6. ECONOMY OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES THE MAIN ECONOMIC SYSTEM OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD WAS MERCANTILISM EXPORT MORE THAN YOU IMPORT ACCUMULATE GOLD ESTABLISH COLONIES AS SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS AND MARKETS FOR FINISHED GOODS MAINLY BENEFITTED MERCHANTS IN THE HOME COUNTRY

  7. ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES NEW ENGLAND : SUBSISTENCE FARMING, FISHING, LUMBER AND SHIPBUILDING MIDDLE COLONIES : TRADE CENTERS, CASH CROP FARMING OF WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS AND POTATOES SOUTHERN COLONIES : PLANTATION FARMING OF TOBACCO ,RICE AND INDIGO AGRICULTURE WAS THE MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN ALL OF THE COLONIES

  8. TRADE ISSUES NAVIGATION ACTS- A SERIES OF LAWS PASSED BY PARLIAMENT TO RESTRICT COLONIAL TRADE TRIANGULAR TRADE ROUTE- THE TRADE ROUTE FROM AMERICA TO EUROPE TO AFRICA BACK TO AMERICA MIDDLE PASSAGE- THE LEG OF THE TRIANGULAR TRADE ROUTE FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA

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