First English Settlements
Objective:
Why move to the colonies?
Push
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__________________________________
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______________________________________________________
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Revolution
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_____________________________
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Weather
Pull
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___________________ (religious and political)
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New life
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Jobs
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Land
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_________________________
__________________________ supported plan for colonies
England plans colonies
______________________- written contract giving certain
rights to persons or groups
Jamestown
founded in 1607 (_______________________ English colony)
charter from the _______________________________
hoped to make _______________________________
Difficult at first because…
______________ land
poor water
________________________
greed for gold
low on food (2/3 __________________)
no trade
cold winter
Jamestown succeeds
adapted to land
_________________________ brought in money
1619: brought _______________ to help work
____________________________ (Representatives) established
House of Burgesses
________________________________________________ in America
elected reps met once a year to make laws
Plymouth
*Separatists
1620
wanted to ___________________________________ in England
and worship as they pleased (_____________________)
Mayflower
________________ that brought them to America
Mayflower Compact
document signed aboard the Mayflower to ______________
__________________ in the colonies
Difficult at first because…
__________________
disease
Natives
no trade, originally
women were ____________________
Plymouth succeeds
____________________________________________to raise crops
First ______________________________________
land ownership
______________________________, and hunting
Famous People of the
English American Colonies
Captain ______________________ – established 1st permanent
colony in Jamestown, VA; saved the colony with work
and order
befriended ______________________ & Powhatan Chief
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She marries John Rolfe (brought tobacco)
William Penn – _____________; founded Pennsylvania;
pacifism (_________________)
Roger Williams – created Rhode Island colony; practiced
_______________________ & dealing fair with Natives;
Religious Leader
__________________________ – pioneer settler of
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, & New Netherlands;
because __________________________________________, they
banned her from the colony; Religious Leader; challenge
authority – ______________________)
____________________ – led Puritans to the New World,
joined Massachusetts Bay Colony; Religious Leader;
“__________________________”
_______________________ – well off; men given property by
People in the New World
the governor (person in charge of the colony)
African Americans – ______________; 1st brought here by
the Dutch
women – ___________________; were not men’s equal
Native Americans – “___________________”; not real people
________________________ – in exchange for being brought to
the new world, a person would ____________________
(approximately 5 years); not permanent slaves
Differences between NE, M,
S colonies
New England
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___________________________, ____________, craftsmen
(ship builders), triangle trade, small farms,
_____________ _________________________
Middle
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Craftsmen, __________________, corn, cattle, __________
South
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____________________, Plantations (___________________),
_______________________, Tobacco
Summary: