Establishing the Colonies
Name ____Mrs. Alls_
Motives for settling in the New World:
 Spread Christianity
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Find a short cut to Asia
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Better job opportunities
Roanoke Island
 With the permission of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony,
and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas.
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What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had
vanished and they found the word, “Croatian” carved in a tree.
Jamestown
 What is a joint-stock company? ______________________________________________
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Name two companies that we have discussed that were joint-stock companies. Virginia Company
of London and Virginia Company of Plymouth
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A joint-stock company would closely resemble what today in the United States? Stock market,
New York Stock Exchange, wall street
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What was the first permanent English settlement in America? Jamestown
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What type of geographical feature best describes the colony of Jamestown? peninsula
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Why did Jamestown settlers come to America? Gold and adventure
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Who was put in charge of the Jamestown colony, and told the colonists, “he that will not work,
shall not eat?” John Smith
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What helped the Jamestown colony’s economy prosper? growing tobacco
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How did Pocahontas help Jamestown to survive? Bringing peace between the colonists and her
people
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What three things helped save Jamestown?
o
John Smith as leader
o
Pocahontas
o
tobacco
The first representative form of government in America was House of Burgesses.
New England
 Specific laws set before the Plymouth colony was started were Mayflower Compact.
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Before the Pilgrims came to America, they moved to Netherlands.
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What is a legal document that gave colonists permission to settle in a certain area called? charter
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Why did the Puritans came to America? Religious freedom
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Who taught early settlers how to farm, hunt, and fish? Squanto- Native Americans
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What was the period of time when thousands of English people moved to New England called?
Great Migration
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Anne Hutchinson spoke boldly that a more powerful place in society should be given to women.
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Why did Thomas Hooker moved his congregation from Massachusetts to Connecticut? For
religious freedom
Middle Colonies
 What type of colony was the New Netherlands was set up to be? proprietary
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Landowners of large Dutch estates were patroons.
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The Dutch settlement of New Netherlands was claimed for the English by James, Duke of York.
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Who helped find Pennsylvania and was also the leader of the Quakers? William Penn
Southern Colonies
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A large farming estate is a plantation.
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What did the founders of Maryland insist that all residents of the colony do? Why?
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What was the reason for establishing the Carolinas? Growing tobacco and providing naval
supplies
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Why was Georgia established? As an alternative to debtor’s prison and a buffer between
Spanish Florida and South Carolina.
Terms and Review
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What term best describes different countries that have traits in common? Cultural region
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When the first settlers came to America, how did they get the supplies they needed? They
traded with Native Americans.
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A person that would work for 3 to 7 years in order to rid themselves of debt and for free
passage to the Americas was an indentured servants.
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A written plan of government is called a constitution.
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A place where a group of people settle from a distance, but are still ruled by their home country
is called a colony.
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Roger Williams is to Rhode Island as William Penn was to Pennsylvania
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Features of a place such a religion, ideas, languages, and history are cultural.
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Giving the exact location of a place, using either an address or longitude and latitude is absolute
location.
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Areas that have something in common are region.
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Know the 5 Themes of Geography.
The English colonies were founded by people with different goals ranging from making money to
following their faith.
New England Colonies:
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Middle Colonies:
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Southern Colonies:
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Founding the Thirteen Colonies
1st Permanent
Colony
Settlement
Reasons Founded
Founders or Leaders
New England Colonies
Massachusetts
Plymouth
1620
Religious freedom
John Carver, William Bradford,
Mass. Bay Colony
1630
Religious freedom
John Winthrop
Profit from trade and fishing
Ferdinando Gorges, John Mason
New Hampshire
c. 1630
Rhode Island
1636
Religious freedom
Roger Williams
Connecticut
1635
Profit from fur trade,
Thomas Hooker
farming; religious and
political freedom
Middle Colonies
New York
1624
Expand trade
Dutch settlers
Delaware
1638
Expand trade
Swedish settlers
New Jersey
1638
Profit from selling land
John Berkeley, George Carteret
Pennsylvania
1682
Profit from selling land;
William Penn
religious freedom
Southern Colonies
Virginia
1607
Expand trade
John Smith
Maryland
1634
To sell land; religious
Cecil Calvert
freedom
North Carolina
c. 1660s
Profit from trade and selling
Group of eight aristocrats
land
South Carolina
1670
Profit from trade and selling
Group of eight aristocrats
land
Georgia
1735
Religious freedom; protection
against Spanish Florida; safe
home for debtors
James Oglethorpe