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Period 2: 1607-1754
Models of Colonization
Periodization
Jamestown-1607French-Indian
War-1754
European Colonies: Spanish
Spanish Santa Fe—1609 Spanish men,
pueblo women=mestizo population
European Colonies: French
Quebec—1608 Coureurs de bois Focused on alliances
with native populations Hurons
Intermarriage Fur Trade
European Colonies: Dutch
Gained independence in 1581
Henry Hudson—Fort Orange—1609
New Amsterdam Elaborate international
trading and shipping Dutch West India
Company Alliances with American
Indians (Iroquois) “Wall Street”
British Colonial Settlements
British Colonies
1) Chesapeake Bay Colonies
2) New England Colonies
3) Middle Colonies
Chesapeake Bay—Virginia
Virginia Company—1607--Jamestown Joint-stock
companies Private investors
shared risk and profit
Immigration bankrolled by wealthy colonist for labor
Chesapeake Bay—Virginia
1619 was a big year House of Burgesses
Significance? Dutch dropped off
the first African slaves
90 women arrived Scarcity of women
created increased opportunity for influence
Chesapeake Bay—Virginia
Tobacco cultivation Headright system
Consistent conflict with Algonquian
Powhatan Confederacy Powhatan uprising of
1622 By 1670, Indian
population was 2,000 and Virginia was 40,000
Chesapeake Bay:Maryland
1632—Proprietary Colony
King Charles granted 10 million acres to Calvert family Lord Baltimore Catholic Economic growth &
stability=tobacco and shipping access
New England Colonies
Plymouth Colony (1620-1691) Self-sustaining
community William Bradford Separatists Virginia Company Mayflower Compact—
1620 Significance?
New England Colonies
Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629)
“City on a Hill” 13 years=20,000
settlers John Winthrop Joint-stock—Mass.
Bay Company Self-governing Divine mission
Puritans
Very structured society
“Puritans and Sex” Salem Witch Trials—
1692 Mistrust of women Unmarried,
childless, widows, assertive
Gender Roles
Middle Colonies
New York—Duke of York defeated Dutch-1664
New Jersey—1702 Both very diverse
populations Unruly ethnic mix
Pennsylvania Delaware
Pennsylvania
William Penn—1681 Quakers “City of Brotherly
Love” Gender equality Religious openess 50 years peace w/
American Indians Economic diversity
Southern Colonies
Carolinas—1669 North=small farming South=settlers from
Barbados & slavery Georgia—1732
Social experiment (failed)
Buffer between Spanish Florida (success)
James Ogelthorpe
HTS Practice
1) Timeline of colonial establishments
2) Compare/Contrast