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EARLY ENGLISH COLONIES

EARLY ENGLISH COLONIES. The English in America 1584-1733. ROANOKE ISLAND. Island along coast of North Carolina Sir Walter Raleigh raises funding 1 ST attempt in 1585 is abandoned 2 nd attempt in 1787 is led by John White English families come over as part of an Economic Venture

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EARLY ENGLISH COLONIES

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  1. EARLY ENGLISH COLONIES The English in America 1584-1733

  2. ROANOKE ISLAND • Island along coast of North Carolina • Sir Walter Raleigh raises funding • 1ST attempt in 1585 is abandoned • 2nd attempt in 1787 is led by John White • English families come over as part of an Economic Venture • The colonists disappear when White is delayed in England while getting supplies • The “Lost Colony” loses money

  3. Sir Walter Raleigh JohnWhite engraving

  4. JAMESTOWN • Susan Constant, Discovery and Godspeed sailed into the Chesapeake in 1607 • Built settlement on the James River in Virginia • English colonists funded by the Virginia Company of London • John Smith’s leadership important in survival of colony • Colony is an Economic Venture – Tobacco makes money after other attempts failed

  5. Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery John Smith James Fort excavated 1608 James Fort sketch Jamestown growing beyond the fort

  6. PLYMOUTH • The Mayflower sailed to the coast of Massachusetts in 1620 • Separatists (Pilgrims) borrow money from the Virginia Company of Plymouth • Pilgrims are led by William Bradford • Pilgrims come seeking Freedom of Religion – want to avoid religious persecution • 1st Thanksgiving celebrated with Indians

  7. Pilgrims come ashore in America The Mayflower Plymouth Plantation The First Thanksgiving

  8. MASSACHUSETTS BAY • Settled north of Plymouth on the coast of Massachusetts (site of modern-day Boston) • Puritans led by John Winthrop arrive in 1630 • Puritans come for Freedom of Religion – want to avoid religious persecution and want to establish a society based on their beliefs • Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire formed by settlers who leave Massachusetts Bay

  9. PURITANS GOING TO CHURCH New England Indian tribes Puritan sharing the Christian faith Puritan village

  10. PENNSYLVANIA • Settled along the Delaware River – modern-day Philadelphia established • Settled by Quakers in 1630 after William Penn obtained the land grant from the King • Quakers came for Freedom of Religion - they wanted to practice their faith without interference • Greater degree of equality and freedom existed in Pennsylvania than in other colonies

  11. William Penn William Penn leads Quakers to America “Choose your church” Making a treaty with the Indians

  12. GEORGIA • Savannah, Georgia established by settlers coming to the region between Florida and the Carolinas in 1733 • English debtors (had been in prison) led by James Oglethorpe • Debtors came hoping to experience a new life and Economic Freedom in the New World • English leaders believed Georgia would serve as a military barrier (buffer) against the Spanish

  13. A barrier between the Spanish and English colonies James Oglethorpe Tobacco A carefully planned agricultural colony

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