America Takes Shape
Unit 1, Lesson 1, PowerPoint 2
Jamestown 1619
• Three events occurred that would
shape America history.
1. Arrival of women – Jamestown becomes
a self-sustaining community.
2. Slaves arrive
3. Colonists elect representative for the
first colonial assembly in the New World.
•
Virginia House of Burgesses
Appointment of a Royal
Governor
• The Great Massacre of 1622
• Slaughter of more than 300 settlers.
• Forced King James to appoint a Royal
governor. Did not absolve the House of
Burgesses.
Puritans vs. Separatists
• Puritans
• Protestants that wanted to “purify” the church of
England.
• Tended to be more highly educated, higher
ranking members of society.
• Separatists
• Wanted nothing to do with the church of
England. Wanted to completely separate.
• Recruited members from farmers and lower ranks
of society.
• Pilgrims
The Pilgrims
• Mayflower Compact
• First effort at self-government in New
England. They would come up with and
vote on their own laws.
• William Bradford – Plymouth’s first
governor
• Was elected within the first year of the
colony. Was reelected yearly until his
death in 1657.
Here Come the Puritans
• The Great Migration
• In 1630, nearly a thousand men, women,
and children set sail for Massachusetts.
Governor Winthrop
• Leader of these Puritans
• Broadened the number of individuals
that could vote in the General Court
(legislature) to include virtually all
male church members.
Education System
• Harvard est. 1636
• Est. to prepare young men for ministry.
• The Old Deluder Law
• Passed by the Massachusetts General
Court in 1647.
• Required children to be educated so they
could fight back the “Old Deluder” with
scripture.
A Legal Blunder
• Salem Witch Trials
• Some 20 women hung for being a witch. One was
pressed to death with stones.
• Convicted based on the testimony of teenage
girls.
• Known as “Spectral Evidence”
• The Great Rev. Cotton Mather backed Spectral
Evidence.
• The Crucible
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_V5EfzZAc
New Colonies Erupt
• Providence, Rhode Island -- founded by Rev. Roger Williams
• Protestants fleeing from strict Puritan rule in Boston.
• “Forced worship stinks in God’s nostrils.”
• Baltimore, Maryland – Founded by Lord Baltimore
• Intended as a refuge for Catholics
• New Netherlands – Founded by the Dutch
• Dutch were attracted by the riches of the New World.
• Pennsylvania – Founded by William Penn
• Quakers
• Complete religious freedom
The Importance of New
Netherlands
• England took control of New
Netherlands in 1664 upon capturing the
capital city, New Amsterdam.
• This capture connected the New
England colonies to Virginia and
Maryland.
Britain vs. France
• The French and Indian War
• George Washington
• Advanced his military career and made him a
hero in the eyes of the American colonials.
• Benjamin Franklin
• Albany Plan of Union
• First plan for a colonial union under British
administration.
• Americans were proud of being Britons. They
helped defeat the French. Expected greater
respect and autonomy.
Benjamin Franklin
• “When I say such an union is
impossible, I mean without the most
grievous tyranny and oppression.”