U.S. History 101

The English Explorers

English Explorers

Sir Francis Drake

Why England Sought Settlements

Lost Colony of Roanoke

• John Cabot (1497) – Newfoundland• Henry Hudson (1609) – Bay & River

• Famous privateer – those who raided Spanish treasure ships and cities in America with the Crown’s approval.

• First Englishman to sail around the world

• Riches. Stealing from Spain.• Northwest Passage• New markets for English goods• England was getting too crowded

• First English colony established at Roanoke Island by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585 and 1587.

• Settlers vanished without a trace by 1590

1588 – English defeat the Spanish Armada

Shifts the balance of power in Europe and the world

Jamestown

John Smith

Pocahontas

• Received a charter to form a joint-stock company to build a colony.

• Established in 1607. Chose a site 60 miles from the mouth of the James River.

• Colony had a governor and legislature called the House of Burgesses set up in 1619.

• 1624 – King James revokes the charter and made Virginia a royal colony.

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Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement

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Jamestown Fort & Jamestown Fort & SettlementSettlement

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Tobacco

Promised Land

Indentured Servants

Conflict with Natives

• Heart of the economy

• Needed laborers to work tobacco fields.• Headright System - all settlers got 50 acres

• Those who could not afford the voyage could agree to work for a master for 7 years. The master paid the price of the voyage, as well as provided food and shelter.

• English sought to outright conquer all peoples• 1622 – Natives attack Jamestown killing 350

settlers (25%). • Settlers respond in kind• Primary reason: misunderstandings of desires

and motivations

Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)

Bacon’s Rebellion

• Population increased & settlers moved west for land. Many were former indentured servants.

• Current landowners were buying more land and servants. King and local government supported them.

• Clashed with natives• Gov. William Berkeley refused to help.• Bacon sympathized and raised a private army to fight

the natives• Berkeley felt slighted and ordered his army to

suppress Bacon• Bacon turned his army against Berkeley, burning

Jamestown and controlled most of Virginia• Bacon died suddenly and the rebellion ended• Importance:

showed settlers were frustrated with a government that only cared about a small # of wealthy planters

Showed poorer colonists were unwilling to tolerate such a government

Nathaniel Bacon

New England

Pilgrims

Mayflower

Hardships

• Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine

• Economy: trade, shipping, fishing

• Pilgrims were separatists – those that separated from the Church of England.

• Wanted to escape religious persecution

• Prior to sailing much of NE was ravaged by a variety of plagues killing most of the native populations

• 1620 – 102 settlers (only 35 Pilgrims) set sail and landed set up a colony at Plymouth, Mass.

• En route they signed the Mayflower Compact, which stated all would obey government laws.

• Importance: set the precedent of self-government

• Over half died the first winter• Squanto showed them how to plant corn• 1621 - First Thanksgiving

New England Colonies

Massachusetts Bay Colony

City Upon a Hill

• 1630 – 1,000 settlers sail and settle the MBC

• Great Migration continued for many years.

• By 1643 there were 20,000 settlers in MBC

• Why?Puritans who wanted to worship as

they pleased• Puritans were NOT religiously tolerant• Everything revolved around the church

• Notion that their colony and America would be an example of an idealism

John Winthrop

Examination of a “Witch”

Hanging a “Witch”

Puritan Dissent

• Minister that was banished from MBC Claimed settlers could only legally attain

land by purchasing it from the natives Believed the gov should not interfere or

punish settlers over religious matters• 1635 – settled new colony of Providence, Rhode

Island

• Other dissenters New Haven, Connecticut Exeter, New Hampshire

• Denied the church’s notion of predestination• Believed its wrong to obey the church if the

individual felt they were defying God• Stood trial and was banished in 1638

Roger Williams

Anne Hutchinson

King Philip’s War (1675-1676)

• Metacom aka King Philip – sachem that united NE tribes• Effect: English conquered nearly all of New England

Middle Colonies

Middle Colonies

• New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

• Economy: trade, farming, furs

• Proprietary colonies – granted by the monarch to person(s) who had full governing rights.

• New York – settled by the Dutch in 1624 Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island for $24 1644 – British take control of NY from Dutch

• Pennsylvania – settled by Quaker William Penn in 1681 Preached religious tolerance and good relations

with natives

Peter Minuit

William Penn

Royal Land Grant to Royal Land Grant to PennPenn

Royal Land Grant to Royal Land Grant to PennPenn

Southern Colonies

Southern Colonies

• Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. All proprietary colonies.

• Economy: tobacco, rice, indigo

• Maryland – originally to be a haven for Roman Catholics from England Brainchild of George Calvert, but he died before

settlement Son Lord Baltimore took over and settled in 1634. Maryland Toleration Act (1649) - guaranteed

toleration to all Christians

George Calvert

Carolinas

Georgia

• Established in 1663• Split into North and South in 1712

• Settled in 1732

• Run by trustees led by James Oglethorpe

• Haven for English debtors and to provide a buffer between Spanish Florida

James Oglethorpe

1600s

Mercantilism

Navigation Acts

• England used the colonies for raw materials and markets for their goods

• Left colonies aloneEnglish Civil War (1640-1660)Glorious Revolution (1688)

• Countries should acquire as much bullion, gold or silver, as possible

• Required colonies to sell certain goods (sugar, tobacco, cotton) only to England

• If they sold goods to other countries, the goods must first be sent to England and taxed

• Must use English ships for trade

An Empire and Its Colonies

Class

Occupations

• Gentry – wealthy and landowners. Wigs, silk stockings, lace cuffs Most pronounced in South

• Ordinary people wore plain shirts, pants, dresses

• Artisans Apprentices – learning a trade from another person via contract

• Printers Ben Franklin – Poor Richard’s Almanac John Peter Zenger – won court case that instilled freedom of the

press• Farmers

Plantations and self-sufficient farms• Fishermen

Life in Colonial America

Education

Women

• Only the rich went to school.• Colleges – mostly trained ministers and lawyers

Harvard, MA (1636) William & Mary, VA (1693) Yale, CT (1701)

• Women could not vote, hold office or serve jury duty

• Widows and unmarried women could own property• Managed the household: cooking, gardening,

washing, cleaning, weaving, sewing.• Helped with childbirth• Shared tools/equipment• Trained daughters

• Goal: make the household self-sufficient• Children expected to work from a young age

The Triangle TradeThe Triangle Trade

“Black” Gold for Sale!“Black” Gold for Sale!

Slave Ship PlanSlave Ship Plan

“Coffin” Position: Onboard a Slave Ship

“Coffin” Position: Onboard a Slave Ship

Slave Ship InteriorSlave Ship Interior

Onboard the Slave ShipOnboard the Slave Ship

Revolt Aboard a Slave Ship

Revolt Aboard a Slave Ship

African Captives Thrown Overboard

African Captives Thrown Overboard

Sharks followed the slave ships across the Atlantic!

Notice of a Slave AuctionNotice of a Slave Auction

First Slave AuctionNew Amsterdam (Dutch New York City

- 17c)

First Slave AuctionNew Amsterdam (Dutch New York City

- 17c)

Slave Auction in the Southern U. S.

Slave Auction in the Southern U. S.

Inspection and SaleInspection and Sale

Slave Master BrandsSlave Master Brands

Slave With Iron MuzzleSlave With Iron Muzzle

30 Lashes30 Lashes

Whipped Slave, early 1 9c

Whipped Slave, early 1 9c

A Slave LynchingA Slave Lynching

Negro Hung Alive by Waist

Negro Hung Alive by Waist

Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797)

Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797)

1789 wrote and published autobiography detailing his experiences

Slave Laws/Codes

Revolts

• Virginia – 1661 first slave code• Laws varied from state to state• General laws. They could not:

• Board ships• Travel out of town w/o a pass

• Stono Rebellion (1739) – SC slaves kill 20+ whites, burn armory and run for Spanish Florida. They were caught and killed.

• 50 revolts from 1740-1800• Most resistance came from acting like they

misunderstood directions or faking illness

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Westward Expansion

Great Awakening

• Needed more land due to high birth rate and immigrants

• Began bumping into natives and French territory

• 1730s and 1740s• Ministers felt colonists fell away from

beliefs of Puritan ancestors• Effect: encouraged settlers to speak

for themselves and rely less on ministers/books

George Whitefield

Jonathan Edwards