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Warmup. In your notebook, respond to this cartoon in 5 sentences. Early Colonies. EQ: What factors influenced the start and development of the early colonies?.
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Warmup In your notebook, respond to this cartoon in 5 sentences.
Early Colonies EQ: What factors influenced the start and development of the early colonies?
With exploration booming, the Spanish & French are all over the place claiming lands (Territorial dibs) and starting permanent colonies • The English arrive late on the scene in the 1570s/80s • In fact, the Spanish and French both claimed the lands known as NC today long before the English!
Giovanni da Verrazzano • Italian explorer, commissioned by France • Discovers the lands now known as North Carolina in 1524 • First European since around 1000 AD to explore the Atlantic coast of North America around the Carolinas
Chapter 4 De Soto Hernando de Soto • April 1540 led an expedition across the Savannah River • Moved towards present day North Carolina • Headed west & died in Mississippi River Area • 1st European to see the interior of South Carolina
Sir Walter Raleigh & the Roanoke Colony • English aristocrat and explorer • Funded his own voyages • Supported by Queen Elizabeth I • 1584 - Landed at Roanoke Island • Made connections with local Native Americans • Decided to bring settlers back
Roanoke Colony, cont. • 1585 – 108 soldiers come to Roanoke to establish first colony • 1586 – Colonists and Native Americans at “war,” and colony is abandoned • 1587 – Second settlement attempted • 117 colonists come to Roanoke • Governor John White
Roanoke, cont. • 1590 – White returns to Roanoke, but finds the colony has disappeared • 1587 – John White returns to England to get supplies
1st Permanent English Colony • After the Roanoke Colony failure, the English established their permanent colony at Jamestown in VA • Colony became wealthy due to the sale of tobacco
The “Jamestown” Colony • 1606 • Virginia- named after the “Virgin Queen” • Began by Virginia Company (granted a charter by King) • 1st Permanent English Colony
Charter • Document granted from English king, granting sovereignty Questions: • What is sovereignty? • What powers are gained through a charter? • Why were charters necessary?
Virginia Company: a Joint Stock Company - different stakes can be bought and owned by shareholders • By 1618, colonials are granted a House of Burgesses – 1st Representative Democracy in New World
Jamestown Timelinehttp://www.virtualjamestown.org/timeline2.html 1. 1606 King James I issues a charter to the Virginia Company for land on the mid-Atlantic Coast • 2. 1607 • May 13: 104 male settlers arrive at Jamestown, the first permanent England settlement in the New World • May 26: Indian attacks • December 10: Capt. John Smith is captured • December 29: John Smith is saved by Pocahontas before Powhatan
Jamestown Timelinehttp://www.virtualjamestown.org/timeline2.html • 4. 1609 • 500 more settlers come to Virginia • Relations with Native Americans grow tense 5. 1610 September-May: The “Starving Time” reduces population to 60 (from 500-600) 3.1608 Settlers at Jamestown die in great numbers (38 of 104 remain)
Jamestown Timelinehttp://www.virtualjamestown.org/timeline2.html 8. 1618-1623 The “Great Migration” increases Jamestown’s population from 400 to 4,500 6.1612 John Rolfe tries a crop of tobacco to help save the Jamestown settlement 7. 1614 John Rolfe marries Pocahontas
Jamestown Timelinehttp://www.virtualjamestown.org/timeline2.html 9. 1619 VA House of Burgesses meets for the first time
The beginnings of NC Outgrowth in VA leads to people migrating south to new lands… helps push for a new land grant for what becomes known as the Carolina Colony
King Charles I • Colonies of Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts created under his rule • 1628 -- Granted charters to colonize lands south of Virginia, named for himself – Carolana • The Carolana charter, known as the “Heath Patent” granted to Sir Robert Heath • Heath’s plans to settle fail, contract eventually is voided during English Civil War
King Charles II • Due to lack of population, Charles II sold Heath Patent to the “8 Lord Proprietors,” 8 wealthy lords in England • Proprietor = owner • Renamed the colony Carolina, in honor of Charles II • Promoted populating the colony through profit incentive • NOW, the Carolina Colony will be permanently settled!
Wrap-Up Questions: • What factors influenced the start and development of the early colonies? • What kinds of immigrants came over to the New World? Were they voluntary or forced?