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What type of government did England have?

What type of government did England have?. Monarch’s power was limited by law and lawmaking body called Parliament Couldn’t punish people without trial Limited power to impose new taxes. How important were colonies to England?. Provided new markets for British products

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What type of government did England have?

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  1. What type of government did England have? • Monarch’s power was limited by law and lawmaking body called Parliament • Couldn’t punish people without trial • Limited power to impose new taxes

  2. How important were colonies to England? • Provided new markets for British products • Resources were available to create products

  3. First settlements were off the coast of North Carolina on Roanoke Island • First was abandoned after one year • Second was found abandoned for unknown reasons; no settlers were found

  4. Wealthy investors started the Virginia Company to start new settlements • Some wanted gold and silvers • Others wanted to trade for furs, cut trees for lumber, plant vineyards for wine • The king issued a charter which granted the company to found a colony called Virginia

  5. 100 men sailed to Chesapeake Bay and built the first permanent English settlement called Jamestown • Located in a swap, bugs were prominent in the summer causing deaths due to disease • Many colonists did not do any farm work; spent time looking for gold • Local natives gave assistance but only 38 colonists survived year one

  6. John Smith came to the colony to take charge • Set rules like “No work, No eat” • Jamestown turned around leading more colonists to settle • Smith raided native tribes for more food • Smith returned to England after a year and Jamestown went downhill • Natives refused to help during the “starving time”

  7. The Virginia Company supported the colony by sending more people • Growing tobacco lead to financial success for colonists • Colonists created the House of Burgesses as a lawmaking body in a representative government • Africans came to Virginia as slaves in 1619 • Had a chance to work for their freedom

  8. In the 1500s people could be punished for their religious beliefs • A group wanted to separate from the Church of England and fled to the Netherlands • These “Separatists” were persecuted for their beliefs • This group would become pilgrims and leave to settle in Virginia

  9. Storms blew the boat of course landing the Pilgrims in Massachusetts • Called new home Plymouth after an English port • Not being in Virginia the group thought the rules of the Virginia Company did not apply • Men signed the Mayflower Compact which called for just and equal laws and elected officeholders • The Mayflower Compact was the second step toward self-government

  10. Pilgrims arrived too late to plant crops and did not have enough food the first winter • Half the colonists died during the winter • Local natives helped the Pilgrims that spring • Squanto showed Pilgrims how to plant local vegetables and catch eels • That fall the Pilgrims gave thanks for their good fortune.

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