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AP US HISTORY

AP US HISTORY. Chapter 3- Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700. TYPES OF ENGLISH COLONIES. Corporate Virginia started as one (Virginia Company) Royal Virginia became one after the Virginia Company lost their charter in 1625 Proprietary Examples include:

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AP US HISTORY

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  1. AP US HISTORY Chapter 3- Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

  2. TYPES OF ENGLISH COLONIES • Corporate • Virginia started as one (Virginia Company) • Royal • Virginia became one after the Virginia Company lost their charter in 1625 • Proprietary • Examples include: • Pennsylvania (the king repaid a debt to William Penn) • Maryland (given by the king to George Calvert)

  3. Puritanism Wanted to purify the Church of England Characterized by The “elect” Predestination Anti-Catholicism

  4. SEPARATISTS • Puritans who believed only “visible saints” [those who could demonstrate in front of their fellow Puritans their elect status] should be admitted to church membership. • Because the Church of England enrolled all the king’s subjects, Separatists felt they had to share churches with the “damned.” • Therefore, they believed in a total break from the Church of England.

  5. Founders of massachuSsets • In 1620 102 Englishmen in Holland (half of them Separatists) negotiated with the Virginia Company for permission to settle on their lands • Winds pushed them north out of the Company’s territory • Landed in 1620 at Plymouth Rock • Drew up the _____ _____ to help govern their colony. (Mayflower Compact) Colony growth was small; Plymouth was annexed later by MA

  6. Massachusetts bay colony • Established by Puritans led by John Winthrop in 1630 • Colony dominated by very conservative religious beliefs and practices • “Town meetings” took place for self-government in town meeting house (church) • Family-centered organization, long life spans

  7. PURITAN THEOLOGY • “Covenant of Grace”: • between Puritan communities and God. • “Social Covenant”: • Between members of Puritan communities with each other. • Required mutual watchfulness. • No toleration of deviance or disorder. • No privacy.

  8. Dominance of Religion- MA • Quakerism was illegal in MA; Mary Dyer was hanged for defying the ban after 4 arrests • Church membership and attendance were mandatory; services lasted the majority of the day on Sunday • Single people were especially watched.

  9. The great migration In 1630 alone, 17 ships sailed for MA From 1630-1641, 200 ships carried approx. 21,200 colonists to MA

  10. Growth of new england colonies

  11. Growth of new england colonies

  12. Challenges to puritan authority

  13. Other new england colonies • Rhode Island • MA offshoot; Roger Williams est. Baptist church in 1638 in Providence • Connecticut • Most settlers English or Dutch. • Fundamental Orders of CT drawn in 1639 establishing form of democratic rule.

  14. Other new england colonies • Maine • Part of MBC until 1820 • New Hampshire • Part of MBC from 1641- 1679 until separated by the king.

  15. relations with the native tribes • Varied with colonies • “Praying towns” • Pequot War(1636-1637 in MA) • King Philip’s War (1675-1676 in much of New England)

  16. Early efforts to unite • New England Confederation • Established by the colonists of MBC, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven, 1642-1649 • Dominion of New England • Established by the Crown, 1686-1689

  17. Population of new england, 1620-1750

  18. The first two “middle colonies” • New Netherlands (New York) • New Sweden (Delaware)

  19. pennsylvania • 29M acres granted by Charles II to William Penn • Haven for Quakers • Also welcomed other faiths, including Jews • Decent relationship with Native Americans

  20. New jersey • King gave land to his brother. • Brother gave land to his friends. • Friends tried to make a few bucks. • People immigrated from New England, but bought land from the Native Americans.

  21. Middle colonies summary • “Bread colonies” • Networked by rivers • Lumber and shipbuilding industries • Moderate land ownership sizes (except NY) • More variety of ethnicities • More religious toleration • Land easier to acquire (except NY)

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