Colonies Take Route

1. Colonies Take Route And Life in the Colonies

2. Quiz Yourself!

4. Charter • Legal document giving rights to a person or company • Ex: rights to colonize land

5. Joint Stock Company • A private trading company that sold shares to investors –made money off of found goods • Ex: Virginia Company • NOT owned by a country

6. Capital • Money for investment

7. Colony • A group of people settled in a distant land who are ruled by a government of their native land • Examples? • New Netherlands • New Spain • New France • New England…see a pattern?

8. English were last to colonize because they were still seeking a Northwest Passage

9. The Lost Colony of Roanoke

10. Jamestown

11. The Pilgrims at Plymouth

12. QUIZ! GOOD LUCK!

14. House of Burgesses • Representative Government, established in Virginia

15. Summary • The English began to colonize later than other European countries. At first they came seeking wealth from the New World—they did not find the gold as they expected, but rather in __________like tobacco. • Eventually, other English groups came seeking religious freedom.

16. Homework Review

17. 13 English Colonies

18. New England

19. Massachusetts

20. Massachusetts • Named after and Native American tribe • Founded by Pilgrims and Puritans • Why did they decide to leave England for the New World? • Religious freedom

21. John Winthrop • First governor/ minister- How can he be both? • Because the Massachusetts colony was a theocracy: which means that the word of God ruled the land. NO SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE • They did NOT believe in religious toleration: recognition that other people have rights to different options

22. Anne Hutchinson Trial • Spoke out against certain Puritan beliefs, including the right of women to participate in religious discussion • She was kicked out of Massachusetts and moved to New York • Video Clip

23. New Hampshire • People from Massachusetts Bay had gone there to fish and trade • The English King Charles I decided to make it a separate colony • Named after Hampshire County in England

24. Rhode Island • Disagreements about religion led to the founding of other colonies in New England.

25. Roger Williams in Rhode Island • Founded Rhode Island- named after a colony on a nearby island • Banished from Massachusetts Bay for challenging Governor’s authority • Thought it was wrong that the King granted charters. He believed that colonists should buy land from Native Americans, not have it given to them by someone who didn’t own it. • ****Rhode Island did not have an official church like Massachusetts did. People could worship freely****

26. Connecticut

27. Connecticut • Named after Algonquin word “quonehtacut” meaning “long tidal river” • Founded by Thomas Hooker who disagree with Puritan leaders and that Governor William Bradford was too powerful. • He left Mass Bay • He wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut which limited the powers of the governor.

28. Final Question • Why did so many new colonies form in New England separate from Massachusetts?

29. Middle Colonies

30. Do It Now • As I go around the room checking homework, I want you to take out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions: • Describe Puritans’ public punishments. Do you agree with those type of punishments? Why or why not?

31. New York • Was originally owned by the Dutch • Patroon: Dutch System where there was an owner of a huge estate • People were upset with the patroon system and being forced to be tenants on the manors without owning their own land • Peter Stuyvesant was in charge—people should have NO say in gov’t

32. English in New York • England wanted to connect all of its lands in the New World—so they move in and kick out the Dutch who were small and weak compared to the English • Duke of York takes over—harsh rule and named it after himself • King of England grants them their own assembly to govern

33. New Jersey • Named after an island in the English channel • Gift from the English king to wealthy friends

34. The English in New Jersey • Proprietary Colony: feudalism—land grants in exchange for king’s rule • Royal Colony: direct rule by king • How is this different from colonies like Massachusetts?

35. Pennsylvania • Name Means: Penn’s Woods • William Penn established it as a safe place for Quakers. • Believed that men and women were equal, did not pay taxes, and did not believe in war • Quakers were persecuted everywhere else. • Wanted Pennsylvania to be a Holy Experiment—a model of religious freedom, peace, and a Christian Living. • Film Clip

36. Delaware • The Colony of Pennsylvania wanted coastal land to fish and trade • Duke of York gave the land to Pennsylvania—but the people living there did not want to be ruled by Quakers. • Penn gave them their own assembly

37. Final Question • What are some key differences between the New England and Middle Colonies?

38. Southern Colonies

39. South Carolina • Named after King Charles I • Big crops and plantations • Worked by slaves

40. North Carolina • Poor tobacco farmers from Virginia • They planted small crops

41. Virginia • Named after Queen Elizabeth I • Founded to make money for the Virginia Company • John Smith- must work to eat

42. Bacon’s Rebellion • Farmers upset about lack of protection from Natives burned down the capital at Jamestown

43. Maryland • Named after King Charles I’s wife, Queen Henrietta Maria of France • Founded by Lord Baltimore • Established to be a safe place for Catholics • Act of Toleration: gave religious freedom to all Christians living in Maryland.

44. Georgia • Named after King George II • Founded by James Oglethorpe (respected soldier) • 2 reasons • Buffer against Spanish Florida • Prison Reform: people who owed money, debtors, were thrown in jail. In order to create the colony, Oglethorpe paid for their passage to Georgia.

45. Final Question • How did the geography of the Southern Colonies effect its economy?

46. Do It Now • Describe the Peter Zenger case, what was he accused of? • What was the result of the trial? How did the case influence the court system we have today?