Set Up of the English Colonies

1. Set Up of the English Colonies • 1585 – Roanoke – Sir Walter Raleigh • 1607 – Jamestown, Virginia – John Smith (Business ordeal) • 1620 – Plymouth, Mass – Puritans and Separatists (Religious freedom)

2. A. New England Colonies • New Hampshire • Massachusetts • Connecticut • Rhode Island

3. 1. New England Facts • Religious freedom from the Anglican Church (King Henry the VIII) • Puritans – wanted to reform the Anglican church • Separatists – wanted set up their own churches. • 1630’s – 15,000 Puritans escaped = the Great Migration

4. 2. Government • Mayflower Compact – to provide order, obey the laws, democratic government (representative) • 1630 – John Winthrop (Puritan) – 1st Governor of Massachusetts Bay. • 1636 – Thomas Hooker left for Hartford, Connecticut. Adopted the Fundamental Order of Connecticut (1st written Constitution)

5. 3. Economics • Towns were organized • Farming was the main economic activity • Substance farming – meet the needs to fed their families • Waterpower > to run lumber & grain mills • Shipbuilding • Trade – West Indies – fish, fruit, and furs • Triangular trade & Middle Passage

7. B. The Middle Colonies

8. 1. Facts – Middle Colonies • 1624 - New York – Dutch settlers • 1664 - New Jersey – John Berkeley & George Carteret • 1638 - Delaware – Swedish settlers • 1681 - Pennsylvania – William Penn

9. Note: William Penn • Society of friends, or Quakers • Quakers believed they all had an “inner light” • All people were equal in God’s eyes. • Pacifists – people whom refuse to fight • “holy experiment” - Indians • Philadelphia – “city of brotherly love”

10. 2. Government • New York – Representative government – elective legislature • New Jersey – Representative assembly to set laws and taxes. • Pennsylvania – people rule themselves - democracy

11. 3. Economics • Industries • Home-based crafts, carpentry, flour mills, lumber, and iron mills. • Diversity in ethnic trades and religion

13. C. The Southern Colonies • Maryland • Virginia (Jamestown) • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia

15. 1. Southern Colonies Facts • Lord Baltimore gave large estates to his relatives and aristocrats • Wealthy and powerful landowners • The Mason-Dixon line • Act of Toleration • Bacon’s Rebellion (Nathaniel)

17. 2. Government • House of Burgesses • John Locke – English philosopher wrote a constitution for the Carolina colony. • It covers land distribution, social rankings, principles and rights.

18. 3. Economics • Tobacco (Maryland & Virginia) is the cash crop • Huge demand for tobacco = slave labor was needed • Rice (South Carolina & Georgia) is the cash crop (slave labor a must). • Tidewater – low lands, flooding, near ports • Back country – forests, mainly small farms

21. Slavery • Slavery was one reason for the economic success of the Southern colonies. • Indentured servants – agreed to work without pay.

24. States Facts COLONY Government Economics

25. Study Guide– Ream Issued 9/22 Test 9/26 Name • Be able to label all 13 colonies, Jamestown, Roanoke, and Plymouth • Reasons for colonizing Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth • Identify House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut • Identify John Calvin, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Smith, John Smith, John Winthrop, William Penn, and Nathaniel Bacon • Mercantilism. Representative Democracy, Columbian Exchange, Northwest Passage, charters, joint-stock company, Virginia Company, puritans, separatist, Great Migration, Quakers, indentured servants, Act of Toleration, and Bacon’s Rebellion. Please be prepared. If you’re absent on Friday, please come in Monday at 7:30am to take the test. All study guides, maps, PowerPoint's are on my website. Books will be issued to you 9/23/2014