What do you see?
What do you infer?
What can you
conclude?
Early Colonies
Where?
When?
Who?
Why?
How?
__________________________________________ (The “_________ Colony”)
_________________________ and _______________________
Sir Walter _______________________________
______________________________ Reasons (to make ______________________)
One group returned to England. Didn’t return for 3 years. The group
left behind left the word “____________________” carved into a tree and
disappeared. No one knows what happened!
After the failure of the Roanoke Colony…
A ________________ company was formed in 1606 to start colonies in the New World and
make _____________. The company sold shares (____________) in the company in order to raise
money to pay for the trip to America. Then if the company made money, those who
bought shares would get a share of the _______________. This company was called:
The ____________________ Company (The London Co.).
Where?
________________________ (1st __________________________ settlement)
When?
Who?
Why?
The ___________________________ Company (The_____________________
Company)
Mostly _____________________________ reasons (trade, _______________,
________________, spread Christianity)
Type of
Colony?
Problems of Jamestown
Problem: _______________, hunger, looking for
gold, instead of working
Solution: ___________________________ – “If
you do not work, you do not ______!”
John ____________ – developed a new type
of ___________________ which when sold to
England, made _______ for the company.
Problem: Everyone worked together on
common property and everyone got an
_____________________ of the food, BUT not
everyone ___________________________….no
reason to.
Solution: 1614, colonists were allowed to
own their own land and keep their
results/crops….so
___________________________ harder to survive.
Problem: The London Company made ALL
decisions for the colony.
Solution: In 1619, the company allowed
the colonists make ____________________.
Representatives were called
___________________. They set up the first
local government in America –
______________________________________________ –
the 1st _________________________
government.
What?
The ________________________ Colony
Where?
_________________________ , Massachusetts
When?
Who?
The ______________________– wanted to be separate from the Church of England
and were forced out of England. We call them ________________________.
Why?
__________________________ Freedom (and $$)
Type of
Colony?
Problem: Landed on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Nov. 11, 1620. Lived on the ship, the
____________________, for 4 months – half died.
Solutions:
1. Determination, religious faith, and _______________, an English-speaking
Indian, helped them survive.
2. Signed the ____________________________________ – an agreement to be governed
by the will of the majority
3. 1621 – the 1st Thanksgiving – to thank ________ for the blessings of
____________________
What?
Where?
The ________________________ Colony
_________________________ , Massachusetts
When?
Who?
The ______________________– wanted to be separate from the Church of England
and were forced out of England. We call them ________________________.
Why?
__________________________ Freedom (and $$)
Type of
Colony?
Problem: Landed on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Nov. 11, 1620. Lived on the ship, the
____________________, for 4 months – half died.
Solutions:
1. Determination, religious faith, and _______________, an English-speaking
Indian, helped them survive.
2. Signed the ____________________________________ – an agreement to be governed
by the will of the majority
3. 1621 – the 1st Thanksgiving – to thank ________ for the blessings of
____________________
What?
________________________________________________ Colony
Where?
_________________________ , Massachusetts
When?
Who?
_____________________ – wanted to _____________ the Church of England,
NOT leave it, but they were forced to leave for America
Why?
__________________________ Freedom
Type of Colony?
__________________ Ethic – beliefs on which America is founded
 Right to ________________ in government
 Right to an education – founded Harvard University in 1636!
 ______________ work – no free handouts!
 Do good deeds for the betterment of the community
 Strong moral beliefs – honesty, self-control, responsibility, and good character
Salem Witch Trials (1690)
_____ women, ______ men hanged as witches.
Accusers confessed their “__________” and their convictions were reversed (a little late!).
As people disagreed with the Puritans, they broke off and formed new colonies:
New Hampshire – by John Mason and Ferdinando Gorges
st
Connecticut – by Thomas Hooker and others (1 written Constitution)
Rhode Island – by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
What?
Who?
Why?
Lord ______________________ - George Calvert
Religious freedom for _______________________________, trade and
profit. Religious toleration act passed in 1649.
When?
Type of Colony?
What?
New Amsterdam (_________________________________)
Who?
The Dutch – Peter Stuyvesant, he was so cruel that the Dutch
invited the English ________________________ to take over.
Why?
When?
____________________ and profit
Dutch - _________________; English - _________________________
Type of
Colony?
What?
Who?
Why?
When?
Type of
Colony?
James ______________________
Founded for people from ___________________________. Economic
opportunity and a new life. Also, a buffer area between Florida which
was owned by Spain.
What?
Who?
Why?
William ______________________
Religious Freedom for ___________________________ (believed in honest,
simple manners and were __________________ - no fighting). Followed
Maryland’s religious toleration law, and had economic opportunities.
When?
Type of Colony?
What?
Who?
Why?
When?
Type of Colony?
William ______________________
Religious Freedom for ___________________________ (believed in honest,
simple manners and were __________________ - no fighting). Followed
Maryland’s religious toleration law, and had economic opportunities.
People and Social Groups
Where
did they
live?
Social Status
Who did the work?
Plantation
owners
Farmers
Free men
________________ &
family members
Artisans,
Merchants,
& Craftsmen
Depended on wealth
but less important
than
_______________________
owners
Themselves, often
had
_____________________
Women
None officially
Worked in the
_________, or as
______________ to the
wealthy
Indentured
Servants
Slaves
They did
none
Extra Info
Mostly
educated; social
life important
How important
you were
depended on
how successful
you were as a
farmer
They had no
vote
Little education
Mostly “behind
the scenes”
influence
Usually worked
for _____ years to
pay off their
passage to
American, then
_______
Considered to
be property, had
no rights, no
education
Economic Relationships
Colonies
Sent ___________________ in
exchange for __________________ 
Had to pay _________ but had
no ____________________ in
Parliament (English
____________________) 
Colonies
Had to obey
________________ which were
enforced by the
___________________ of each
colony 
Colonial _______________
made local ______ for the
colony, BUT they had to be
approved by the
_____________________ 
England
 Strict _____________
over trade (many
_________________)
 Placed high ________
on the colonies.
Political Relationships
England
 Appointed the colonial
_______________ they were
appointed by the _______ of
by the colonial
________________
 Colonial ____________
had to approve the
______________