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Unit 1: English Settlement
Objectives:• Identify English
motivations for settlement
• Compare and Contrast European settlements in the New World
Reasons for English expansion:
Scarce Land – wool
Mercantilism – source AND market
Religious Motivations – Protestant Reformation
English Reformation – Henry VIII
Puritan Separatists – James I
Lessons of Irish colonization – rigid separation
English Settlement
French – Quebec, 1608
What was different about their settlement? Why were they able to thrive so much
more than the English
Dutch – New Netherland (New Amsterdam), 1624 Where is New Amsterdam now?
French and Dutch
*It is said that the Dutch bought Manhattan for $24 worth of beads and trinkets!
1588: English navy defeats Spanish
armadaImpact on history?
English naval dominance
English Settlement
What were England’s motivations?
Why were the Spanish better at colonizing early on?
Why do these questions matter?
1587: Roanoke, Outer
Banks of NC
1590: English boats return to the colony with supplies but find the colony abandoned What happened?
Roanoke
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Jamestown
Purpose?
Problems?
March 1607: first permanent English settlement
Established by the Virginia company(JSC) What is a Joint Stock Company?
December 1607: 38 of the original 150 survived
1612: John Rolfe developed a unique tobacco leaf that became the #1 export from the colony
1618: Demand for tobacco increases the demand for workers What does this lead to?
Jamestown
John Smith John Smith
Took control of the settlement
“Work or get out”
Help of the Powhatan
Turned colony around Accident...or was
it?
Starving time?
1607-1614: English battle with Powhatans
1614: John Rolfe marries the Chief’s daughter Pocahontas…creates peace
1622: John Rolfe and 346 other settlers are killed in a Native uprising
1644: Powhatans are defeated
1685: Powhatans become extinct
English vs. Powhatan
How was John Rolfe different from other
settlers?
Why did tobacco allow Jamestown to thrive?
Video Questions
• Identify English motivations for settlement
• Compare and Contrast European settlements in the New World
Objectives
Objectives:
1. Describe the difference in cultures between the Southern and Northern English colonies.
2. Explain the founding of each of the English colonies.
3. How were the various European colonies different from one another( Spanish, English, French)?
Chapter 2:Transplantations and
Borderlands
Chapter 2:Transplantations and
BorderlandsMaryland
Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore (Cecilius Calvert). James I granted charter for friend.
Act of Toleration – 1649 – Religious Freedom for some, Catholics pushed out soon after. Why was MD opened to Protestants?
Protestant majority, reliant on tobacco
Bacon’s Rebellion
William Berkeley – Gov. of VA 1642-1677
Controlled politics and fur trade
Treaty with NAs, couldn’t expand west of Mts.
Bacon led a rebellion against the NAs and then marched on Jamestown
SIGNIFICANCE: Struggle to define NA and white spheres of
influence Growing discontent between wealthy elite and
lower class Turned towards slavery as opposed to indentured
servitude
Puritan Background
Culture Central belief: experience god through
Faith Prayer Service
Extremely anti-Catholic
Strict moral codes (blue laws)
2 categories in first voyage (Puritans & Pilgrims)
Puritans create New England
Wanted to purify Church of England of Catholicism
Puritan Separatists exiled by King James I; they go to Holland
1620, Pilgrims (Puritan Separatists) leave Holland & found Plymouth Bay Colony
In northern colonies, religion, not profit, drives colonization
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Mass. Bay Colony
“City upon a hill”
Voting rights given to all puritan males
Church & State are one (theocracy) Taxes support the Church
Laws enforced morality
Intolerant of other faiths or Indians
Successful why?
Excerpt: “A Model of Christian Charity”
By Governor John Winthrop, 1630
“We must be knit together in this work;…we must uphold each other…in all meekness, gentleness, patience and generosity. We must delight each other, make others’ conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together…
So shall we keep the unit of the spirit, in the bond of peace…ten of us will be able to resist a thousand of our enemies. For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are on us.”
Explain the impact of the Puritan philosophy and attitude on later events in American history.
Dissent in the Puritan Community
Anne Hutchinson, exiled in 1638.
In 1643 she and her family were killed in a war fought between the Dutch colonists and N. Americans
Began American tradition of Freedom of Consciousness What does this mean?
Roger Williams, fled MBC in 1636.
Founded Rhode Island – community based on religious tolerance.
Important Why? Shows what?
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King Philip’s War
Original co-existence w/ Native Americans --> Tension
Expansion of colony leads to conflict with Pequot Nation 1637 Mystic River massacre.
1675 - Metacom (King Philip) resists expansion
Wampanoag tribe destroyed Metacom killed
10% colonialists killed 60-80% New England Indians
gone, enslaved, or killed.
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Carolinas
Founded after Restoration of Charles II in1670, led by Anthony Ashley Cooper.
Economy based on Indian Slave Trade and rice plantations
Port of Charles Town founded
Why did North and South Carolina split?
New Netherlands
1621: Dutch establish colony of New Netherland; New
Amsterdam Diverse and
profitable bc of trade
New Netherlands/York
Duke of York defeats Stuyvesant for Manhattan in 1664 and 1674 highly stratified society huge landowners population soars.
York grants charters to friends Carteret and Berkeley to create New Jersey. Diverse but no strong
government. http://www.colonialvoyage.com/namstmap.jpg
Quakers
1681: William Penn is given land in the Americas as repayment of a debt
Escaped religious persecution
Quakers: Pacifists Treated natives as equals, prohibits slavery Tolerated others faiths and nationalities Excellent with Agriculture & Trade
Caribbean Islands
Most of pop. Was wiped out How??
Spain had claim to them, but only colonized largest islands
Sugar was largest crop Why?
Antigua, St. Kitts, Jamaica, Barbados
SLAVERY Extremely harsh Most died within 5-10 years Cheaper to buy more than
protect ones you have
Georgia
Founded by James Oglethorpe, 1733
Philanthropist, pauper’s colony
Buffer state with Spanish FL, military setup in cities and land ownership.
Melting pot of ethnicities, criminals, but no Catholics and blacks.
Relationships with Natives
Colonists uneasy relationships with the Natives in the West
Natives had paternal expectations Why?
Began to create workable relationships
As more British moved west, this Middle Ground dissipated NAs began to become abused and taken advantage
of
Conclusion: All Move Towards What?
By 1650’s colonial success led crown to move toward tighter control. Navigation Acts:
1660: Only trade with English ships 1663: All goods had to pass through UK for
taxation 1673: Duties on inter-colonial trade and customs
officials
Dominion of New England and appointment of governor Edmund Andros to rule from Boston How was this different from the previous
government in the colonies?
James II overthrown, William and Mary rise to power Edmund Andros overthrown, Mass. Bay and Plymouth
become single colony
“Leislerians and Anti-Leislerians”
What was the overall effect of the Glorious Revolution?
Why is it so important in American history? How will this change colonial attitudes and
potentially lead to future conflict?
Glorious Revolution
Objectives:
1. Describe the difference in cultures between the Southern and Northern English colonies.
2. Explain the founding of each of the English colonies.
3. How were the various European colonies different from one another( Spanish, English, French)?
Chapter 2:Transplantations and
Borderlands