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Discovery

Explore the early history of Colonial America, including the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia and the New England Colonization by Pilgrims and Puritans. Learn about key figures, events, conflicts, and the impact of tobacco production. Discover the challenges and successes of the early American colonies.

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Discovery

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  1. Discovery

  2. Christopher Columbus - 1492

  3. Cortez & the Aztecs - 1520

  4. Conquistadors – 1500s

  5. Encomienda System : 1500-1700

  6. Spanish Mission System :1600s

  7. The Settlement of the Chesapeake Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  8. TheLondonCompany,1606

  9. 1607: charter from James I Expectations gold, trade, Northwest Passage Realities starvation, laziness, war Solutions John Smith, John Rolfe, tobacco, Headright System/ Indentured servants House of Burgesses- 1619 Royal colony -1624 Colonizing a Continent

  10. Jamestown Settlement, 1609

  11. Chesapeake Bay

  12. Jamestown Fort, 1609

  13. Jamestown Settlement(Computer Generated)

  14. Captain John Smith

  15. Jamestown Colonization Pattern:1620-1660

  16. John Rolfe

  17. Tobacco Plant

  18. English Migration: 1610-1660 Headright System

  19. Indentured Servitude

  20. Early Colonial Tobacco 1618 — Virginia produces 20,000 pounds of tobacco. 1622 — Despite losing nearly one-third of its colonists in an Indian attack, Virginia produces 60,000 pounds of tobacco. 1627 — Virginia produces 500,000 pounds of tobacco. 1629 — Virginia produces 1,500,000 pounds of tobacco.

  21. Tobacco Prices: 1618-1710

  22. Chief Powhatan

  23. Pocahontas

  24. Powhatan Confederacy

  25. PowhatanIndian Village

  26. 1622 IndianUprisings

  27. Why was 1619 a pivotal year for the Chesapeake settlement?

  28. VirginiaHouse of Burgesses

  29. 17c Populationin the Chesapeake

  30. Population of Chesapeake Colonies: 1610-1750

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

  32. The Mayflower

  33. The Mayflower CompactNovember 11, 1620

  34. Indian Foods

  35. Colonizing New England

  36. William Bradford

  37. John Winthrop We shall be as a city on a hill..

  38. Pilgrims? vs. Puritans?

  39. Pilgrims v. Puritans- What’s the difference? Pilgrims: separatists, small group, out to practice religion with no outside interference Puritans: purify from within, large group, want to set a shining example for the rest of the world to emulate (City on a Hill) Plymouth and The Mayflower - 1620 Pilgrims (separatists) Mayflower Compact Thanksgiving -1621 William Bradford Massachusetts Bay Colony -1629 Non-Separatist Puritans John Winthrop “A city upon a hill” Village life Utopia found? Colonizing the North

  40. Land Division inSudbury, MA: 1639-1656

  41. Population Comparisons:New England v. the Chesapeake

  42. Colonial Conflicts • Indians • Powhatan wars – 1622 & 1644 (Virginia) • Cause: De La Warr’s “Irish Tactics” • Need for resources • Outcome: English Win; Indians banished • Pequot wars – 1637 (Connecticut) • Initial contact with Pilgrims was peaceful • Native’s lands destroyed • King Philip’s War – 1675 (New England) • Cause: Increased English population/influence • Metacom organizes native alliance & goes on the offensive • Outcome: Natives defeated • New England virtually free from native threat

  43. A Pequot VillageDestroyed, 1637

  44. The Pequot Wars: 1636-1637

  45. Aristocrats vs. Freedmen Governor Berkeley Nathaniel Bacon Significance??? Bacon’s Rebellion

  46. Nathaniel Bacon’s Rebellion: 1676 Nathaniel Bacon GovernorWilliam Berkeley

  47. Governor Berkeley’s“Fault Line”

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