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Early Settlers: The Era of Colonization 100%
Educational Videos, 2003 . Full Video.
Discovery Education. Web. 11 December
2014. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>.
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Introduction
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Many people made colonies
girl tells how the colonies came about after hearing
stories from her father
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Beginning of Colonization
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Spanish - 1st to explore New World – looked for gold/riches
Founded St. Augustine (FL) 1565 – 1st perm. European
settlement
French – Founded Quebec (CA) in 1608 – traded w/ Indians
& fished
Tried to find Mississippi River
LaSalle found in 1673 – claimed area known as Louisiana
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English Settlements
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English – 3rd to send people in late 1500s
Looking for riches, better life, land, & religious freedom
1585 – Sir Walter Raleigh sent group – landed at Roanoke,
NC
1587 – 2nd trip – found that colony had disappeared – not
perm. settlement
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Jamestown
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1607 - VA Co. founded 1st perm. Eng. Settlement in
Jamestown, VA
bad water
disease – mosquitoes
conflicts with N.A.
looked for gold instead of preparing for winter
half died in beginning
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Pilgrims
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Pilgrims – people who left for religious freedom to find a new
place to live
1620 – Mayflower ship headed to VA but landed off Cape
Cod, MA – area called Plymouth
Arrived late in year – so had poor shelter, little food, &
disease; many died 1st year
Later – Wampanoag Indian - Squanto helped settlers –
taught to grow crops
Settlers and Wampanoag tribe celebrate feast together (1st
Thanksgiving)
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Puritans
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1630 – John Winthrop led group to Mass. Bay
-wanted to run colony by God’s laws in Bible.
-10 years later – 20,000 people
1636 – Rev. Roger William founded Providence -1st settlement
in RI
-wanted religious freedom for all beliefs
1636 – Rev. Thomas Hooker founded Hartford – 1st settlement
in CT
-believed churches should be ind. & could choose own leaders
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Colonies Grow
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People spread out – moved
New Hampshire settled
Fighting between NA & settlers
Many struggles
Forests and waters helped colonies
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Many Countries Came
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Fur trade with NA & farming brought others
Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, & others
1621 – Dutch West India Co.
1624 – New Netherland on Hudson River; New Amsterdam –
capital
1637 – New Sweden – Del, NJ, & Penn.
1651 – Dutch took over New Sweden
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English Take Over
Dutch Colonies
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1664 – King Charles II of Eng. had James, Duke of York, order
Dutch to give all land to Eng.
New Netherland became NY
New Amsterdam became NYC
1702 – NJ broke off – founded by Sir George Carteret & Lord
John Berkeley
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Pennsylvania
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King Charles II owed $ to Will. Penn’s family so gave land W
of NJ – called Pennsylvania
-had representative govt. & freedom of rel.
-many came – many diff. jobs – tradesmen & farmers
-Capital – Philadelphia
-Grew to largest colony by late 1700s
-Gained Delaware but separated in 1704
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Combining Cultures
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Middle Colonies (DA, NJ, & PA)
-common lang. & food developed
-farming, cattle, lumber, & manufacturing
-good weather helped
-nickname – “Bread Basket Colonies”
-skilled workers
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Southern Colonies
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VA – did well from tobacco crop; rel. freedom; strong govt. –
had 1st election in 1619; struggles w/ NA; formed plantations &
imported slaves from Africa;1624 – England took colony back
1634 – MD founded by Lord Baltimore to give Catholics rel.
freedom; made 1st rel. freedom law
1663 – Carolina (NC & SC combined); supposed to have rel.
freedom but had law that if not member of Church of Eng. –
had to pay a tax
1732 – GA – founded by Oglethorpe as colony for poor;
named after King George