The 13 American Colonies
TAKE NOTES ONLY OVER THE BLACK BOLDED
PARTS.
Roanoke 1580s – The Lost Colony
 Poorly planned and
supplied
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Failed due to hunger and
bad relations with the
Native Americans.
 John White returned in
August 1590 to find no
colonists on Roanoke
Island.
 On one of the trees was
written CROATOAN.
Jamestown1607
Jamestown (1607)
 1st SUCCESSFUL
English Colony in
America.
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Joint Stock Company- a
company backed by
investors. Each investor
receives a piece of the
company called a share.
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Virginia Company of London
Hardships in Jamestown
 Swampy Location
 Malaria
 Lack of clean water
 Misguided work ethic
 Climate
 Native American
conflict
 The Starving Time
(1609-1610)
Success in Jamestown
 John Smith-1st successful
leader
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Success under Smith:
Instilled a strong work
ethic
 “He who will not work,
shall not eat.” –John
Smith
 Built a wall around
Jamestown
 Worked w/ the Powhatan
Tribe
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Success continues…
 John Rolfe – arrives in
Jamestown in 1610
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Brought Tobacco to America
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Slave labor was introduced
Indentured servants- A person
under contract to work for
another person for a definite
period of time (5-7 years), usually
without pay but in exchange for
free passage to a new country.
Became the main cash crop- a
crop grown and sold for profit
 Free Enterprise
 Business not interfered with by
government
 Colonists farmed the land for profit
 Private land ownership expanded
VA House of Burgesses
Start of Representative Government
 1619 – Virginia Company
allows creation of a
representative body. The
House of Burgesses was
the 1st legislature in the
colonies.
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Gave people a voice in their
government
Ten towns sent 2
representatives called
burgesses to an assembly
July 30 – House of Burgesses
met at a church in Jamestown
A Review of Jamestown (Virginia) 1607
 Created by Virginia Company of
London
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Joint Stock Company
created colony to make profit for
investors
 Many hardships faced
 John Smith helped make the
colony successful
 John Rolfe’s tobacco plant created
wealth
 Created House of Burgesses in
1619
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First representative body
(legislature) in American colonies
The New England Colonies
Plymouth Colony of Massachusetts 1620
 Pilgrims-a religious group
who separated from the
Church of England
 Mayflower Compact
(1620)- established the
idea of self-government
and majority rule in the
colonies.
 The 1st Thanksgiving
Samoset & Squanto- NA who spoke
English
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Negotiated a peace treaty with the
Pawtuxet tribe
Showed the Pilgrims successful
farming methods
Created a trade alliance
Massachusetts Bay Colony
 Puritans- a religious
group who left England
to escape persecution by
King James.
 Great Migration20,000 Puritans left
England to settle in New
England
 John Winthrop- 1st
Governor/Preacher of
Massachusetts Bay Colony
 “New England Way” of Lifeduty, godliness, hard work,
& honesty.
John Winthrop
Rhode Island Colony 1636
 Roger Williams kicked
out of Massachusetts
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Believed in the separation
of church and state
Thought the Native
Americans should be
treated fairly
Roger Williams
New Hampshire 1623
 John Mason wanted
to start a colony for
fishing and trade
 Portsmouth
 Expanded by John
Wheelwright in 1638
 Some
Puritans seek
more freedoms
Atlantic Cod
Connecticut Colony 1636
 Established by
Thomas Hooker
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Dissatisfied with lack of
freedoms in Mass.
 Fundamental Orders
of Connecticut:
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The 1st Constitution in the
colonies
Extended voting rights to
non-church members
 Limited the power of the
government
 Expanded representative
government
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Thomas Hooker
The Middle Colonies
New York
 Originally New
Netherlands
founded by the
Dutch 1624
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Taken for its trade
routes & commerce
 Became English in
1664
 Given to the James,
Duke of York (later
James II)
New Jersey
 Originally part of
New Netherlands
 Became English in
1664
 Land sales and
religious freedom
 Given by James,
Duke of York to
friends Berkeley
and Carteret
Pennsylvania 1681
 William Penn-founder of
Pennsylvania
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Land given to William Penn
to as repayment for a loan
 Established for the
Quaker religion
 Penn insisted on also
paying the Native
Americans for their land
William Penn
Delaware 1638
 Originally settled by the
Swedes (Sweden) 16431655
 Taken over by the Dutch
1655-1664
 Taken over by the
English when they took
New Netherlands
 Maryland and
Pennsylvania both
claimed until 1704
The Southern Colonies
Maryland 1632
 Founded as a refuge for
English Catholics
 Welcomed all Christians
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Toleration Act 1649- required
religious tolerance in
Maryland; basis for the 1st
Amendment
Lord Baltimore
The Carolinas 1663
 Founded in 1663
 Split into North and South
in 1712
Georgia 1732
 Place to send debtors
 Keep the Spanish and
Seminoles from attacking
from the south
 Strict rules; no slaves, no
alcohol
James Oglethorpe