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Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

The Settlement of New England. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. New England Colonies, 1650. Plymouth (1620). “Pilgrims” – Separatists Mayflower Compact (Self-government) Thanksgiving Story – Wampanoag Indians with Squanto . Massachusetts Bay (1630) . Puritans

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Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

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  1. The Settlement of New England Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. New England Colonies, 1650

  3. Plymouth (1620) • “Pilgrims” – Separatists • Mayflower Compact (Self-government) • Thanksgiving Story – Wampanoag Indians with Squanto

  4. Massachusetts Bay (1630) • Puritans • John Winthrop • “A city upon a hill” (Reagan & Obama) • Puritans (Purify the English Church)

  5. Puritan “Rebels” Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson

  6. Rhode Island (1636) • Roger Williams • Anne Hutchinson

  7. Connecticut (1635) • Fundamental Orders • (Self Government)

  8. Middle Colonies

  9. New Amsterdam (1625) = New York (1664) • Founded by Dutch, but English took over and named it New York. • Ethnic & Religious diversity • (Wall St.)

  10. Pennsylvania (1681) • William Penn (Pennsylvania = “Penn’s Woods”) • Learned Indian language & lived peacefully • “such trust that Quaker farmers sometimes left their children in the care of Indians when they were away from home.” p90 • Quakers • No formal sacraments & ministry • Pacifists • Religious tolerance • Spiritual equality b/w men & women

  11. Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

  12. Maryland (1634) • Catholics

  13. The Carolinas • As a reward for helping him gain the throne, Charles II granted a huge tract of land between VA and Spanish Florida to 8 nobles in 1663 • It was broken into 2 royal colonies in 1729

  14. Carolinas • Charles Town • Trade with Creeks, Chickasaws & Cherokees (deer skins & captured enemies as slaves)

  15. Georgia (1732) • General Oglethorpe • Refuge for poor (penal colony) & religious freedom • Military buffer against Spanish in Florida • Savannah = cosmopolitan city

  16. Georgia – The Last Colony • A proprietary colony and the only colony to receive direct financial support from the home government in London • Set up for 2 reasons • Defensive buffer • Rid England’s overcrowded jails of debtors • Special Regulations • Absolute ban on drinking rum • Prohibition of slavery • Colony did not thrive because of the constant threat of Spanish attack • Taken over by the British government in 1752 when Oglethorpe and his group gave up • Bans on slavery and rum dropped • Colony grew slowly by adopting the plantation system of South Carolina

  17. CHART: Southern COLONIES Colony/DatePerson ResponsibleWhy FoundedGoverned/Owner

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