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The British American Colonies

The British American Colonies. British Colonization of America. New England Virginia Pennsylvania Backcountry. Jamestown. First permanent settlement Virginia Company An English outpost. England and the Puritans. Puritanism East Anglia Puritans and Parliament. East Anglia.

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The British American Colonies

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  1. The British American Colonies

  2. British Colonization of America • New England • Virginia • Pennsylvania • Backcountry

  3. Jamestown • First permanent settlement • Virginia Company • An English outpost

  4. England and the Puritans • Puritanism • East Anglia • Puritans and Parliament East Anglia

  5. Puritan Religious Characteristics • Calvinism • Bible as a guide to life • Suspicion John Winthrop

  6. Puritan Secular Characteristics • Education • Law • Commerce A Puritan Woman

  7. The Stuart Kings of England • James I (1603-1625) • Charles I (1625-1649)

  8. The Great Emigration 1630s • Political dissatisfaction • Religious persecution • Economic and social conditions

  9. A New England in America • Religion • Society and economics • Town and place Names Boston

  10. New England and Government • Civic tradition • Politics • Freedom and liberty A New England Town Hall

  11. Settlement of Virginia • English Civil War 1642-1649 • Virginia settlement 1645-1665 • From south and west England The English Civil War

  12. Characteristics of Rural England • Feudal system • Royalist and Anglican • Rural English Cavaliers

  13. Virginia Migration • Contrast with New England • Social organization and rank • Indentured servants A tobacco plantation

  14. Virginia Colonists • Lack of education • Population • Forced migration

  15. Chesapeake Colonies • Social characteristics • Rural society • Royalist and Anglican Chesapeake plantation society

  16. Virginia Cavaliers • Royalist refugees • Nobility • Highly intermarried Gov. William Berkeley

  17. Early Virginia and Slavery

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