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The American Colonies Emerge

The American Colonies Emerge. Jamestown ( va ). First permanent English settlement. Jamestown ( va ). Early Troubles: None of the colonists knew how to raise livestock Upper class refused to do manual labor They didn’t know how to fish or hunt for food. Struggles with native Americans.

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The American Colonies Emerge

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  1. The American Colonies Emerge

  2. Jamestown (va) • First permanent English settlement

  3. Jamestown (va) • Early Troubles: • None of the colonists knew how to raise livestock • Upper class refused to do manual labor • They didn’t know how to fish or hunt for food

  4. Struggles with native Americans • Bacon’s Rebellion • Raised own army to attack natives • Ended up marching on Jamestown • Result: convinced many wealthy planters to allow all free men to vote

  5. Puritan new England • Puritans • Church members who wanted to “purify”/reform Church of England • Immigrated to America to escape depression in England’s wool industry

  6. Pilgrims • Landed in Plymouth in 1620 • Were Separatists who fled from England to escape persecution

  7. Massachusetts bay colony • 1630 John Winthrop establish Mass. Bay Colony • Roger Williams challenged “forced religion” • fled to Rhode Island & started own town • Separation of church & state

  8. Settlement of the middle colonies • William Penn & the Quakers establish Pennsylvania • Equality, cooperation, & religions toleration • Dutch establish New Netherlands (New York) but English would take over

  9. Joke of the day

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