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Settling the American Colonies

Settling the American Colonies. Chapters 2 & 3. Jamestown - 1607. Primogeniture Joint-Stock Companies… Virginia Company of London Jamestown site…. John Smith. Kidnapped… “He who does not work, does not eat” “Starving Time”. Powhatan. Father of Pocahontas…

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Settling the American Colonies

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  1. Settling the American Colonies Chapters 2 & 3

  2. Jamestown - 1607 • Primogeniture • Joint-Stock Companies… • Virginia Company of London • Jamestown site…

  3. John Smith • Kidnapped… • “He who does not work, does not eat” • “Starving Time”

  4. Powhatan • Father of Pocahontas… • His Indian Confederacy falls to the Three “D”s • Disease • Disorganization • Disposability

  5. John Rolfe – Tobacco 1612

  6. 1619 - Irony • 20 Africans sold as slaves in Jamestown… • London Company authorizes the House of Burgesses – 1st Legislature in America

  7. Barbados Slave Codes

  8. Maryland • Lord Baltimore • Refuge for English Catholics... • Tobacco Cultivation • Act of Toleration • Granted toleration to all Christians • Jews & Atheists get death penalty

  9. English Civil War • Oliver Cromwell

  10. Restoration • Charles II • Empire Building Resumes…

  11. The Carolinas • South Carolina – Rice Cultivation & Plantation Economy similar to the West Indies • North Carolina – outcast small farmers who didn’t like aristocratic VA or SC

  12. Georgia • James Oglethorpe • Serve as a buffer to Spanish in FL • Haven for imprisoned debtors • Religious Toleration (except Catholics) • John Wesley…

  13. “Plantation Colonies” – Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina , Georgia & the West Indies • Staple Crops • Sugar • Tobacco • Rice • Slavery • Westward Movement • Greater Religious Tolerance

  14. Martin Luther • Wittenberg, Germany • 1517 • “95 Theses” • Ignites the Protestant Reformation

  15. John Calvin • Calvinism – dominant theology of Puritans • Conversion – intensely personal • Predestination – God had determined who was going to heaven… ***Puritans wanted to “purify” the Church of England***

  16. Separatists – Wanted to Separate from the Anglican Church (Pilgrims)

  17. James I harassed the Separatists… • They flee to Holland… • Board the Mayflower bound for Jamestown… • Arrive in Plymouth Bay

  18. Mayflower Compact

  19. Wampanoags Befriend the Pilgrims • Squanto

  20. Thanksgiving - 1621

  21. William Bradford • Chosen governor of Plymouth Colony 30 times • Economy based on fish, fur, & lumber

  22. Massachusetts Bay Colony

  23. Great Puritan Migration – 1630’s

  24. John Winthrop • Governor of Mass. Bay Colony – 19 years • “A City Upon A Hill” • All freemen (churchgoing adult males) could vote • Town Meetings – majority vote • “Bible Commonwealth”

  25. Challenges to Puritan Authority • Quakers & Baptists • Fines • Floggings • Banishment • Death Penalty

  26. Anne Hutchinson • Antinomianism – truly saved shouldn’t bother to obey God’s or man’s laws… • Banished from Mass. Bay Colony…

  27. Roger Williams • Extreme separatist, challenged authority of Mass. Bay • Banished and formed Rhode Island • Freedom of Religion • Individualistic & Independent • Devout Puritans called it the “sewer”

  28. Connecticut • Rev. Thomas Hooker • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut- 1639 • 1st written constitution in America • Legislature elected by popular vote – governor chosen by legislature

  29. Pequot War

  30. King Phillip’s War

  31. Dominion of New England • Sir Edmund Andros • Goaded colonists to the verge of revolt, they begin smuggling goods • Glorious Revolution • Bloodless revolution removes James II and installs William III and Mary • Dominion of New England collapses • Years of salutary neglect begin

  32. New Netherlands • Henry Hudson - 1609…. • New Amsterdam founded… • “Wall Street” • Absorbed “New Sweden”….

  33. Peter Stuyvesant • Surrenders New Netherlands…. • Becomes New York... • Dutch Legacy • Easter Eggs • Santa Clause • Waffles • Bowling, sleighing, skating, golf • Harlem, Brooklyn, etc.

  34. William Penn - Pennsylvania

  35. Quakers- Religious Society of Friends • “Quaked” …. • Refused to • Pay taxes • Take oaths • Serve in the military

  36. Philadelphia – the city of brotherly love • Penn tolerant of all religions • Treated Indians well • Soon Quakers were outnumbered…

  37. Middle Colonies • Good Soil - “ the bread colonies” • Intermediate sized landholdings… • More ethnically mixed population • Unusual degree of religious toleration and democracy

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