The Great Migration By: Ethan Gaiser, Billy Reed, Kayla Cross, Briana Leon, Keegan Olson.

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The Great Migration By: Ethan Gaiser, Billy Reed, Kayla Cross, Briana Leon, Keegan Olson

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The Great MigrationBy: Ethan Gaiser, Billy Reed, Kayla Cross, Briana Leon, Keegan Olson

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Jamestown, Virginia

Sir Francis Drake “Sea Dog” James RiverJamestownJohn Smith60 totalStrugglesTobacco

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Reason for Migration

Huge European population explosionLand shortage in EnglandEconomic depressionReligion repression by King Charles ICivil war

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John Winthrop

Led 1,000 people to Boston“As a city upon a hill”Elected governor“A Modell of Christian Charity”

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City Upon a Hill

15,000-20,000 migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Under the leadership of John WinthropVery strict Puritan values Religion based society and government

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Work Cited1. Bremer, Francis J. "John Winthrop." American Historians, 1607-1865. Ed. Clyde Norman Wilson. Detroit: Gale, 1984.

Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 30. Literature Resource Center. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.2. "John Winthrop." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. World History in Context. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.3. "Puritan Migration, 1630-1643." Historic U.S. Events. Detroit: Gale, 2012. U.S. History in Context. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.