*England, Spain, and France Claim land because of
the natural geography that exists in the new world.
People Settling in the New World
became known:
GREAT CONVERGENCE or
migration = The values and
institutions of Europeans life took
root in the colonies.
MAP KEY:
+ The Church
1. Market Place
2. Storehouse and Court of Guard
3. Streets of "Settled" Houses (shown in rows)
4. Palisades of Posts
5. Bulwarks of Half-moon Shape
6.Principal Entrance, or "South Gate
7. Other Gates
8. Trench or Moat around Palisade
1. Jamestown was funded or paid for by a jointstock company called the Virginia Company.
(1607, Jamestown is the FIRST ENGLISH
Permanent settlement in America.)
2. Roanoke Settlement failed, it was the first
attempt by the English, and no one knows
why, never heard from the settlers again.
4. Captain John Smith saved Jamestown from
certain failure like Roanoke.
5. Algonquian Indians attacked the settlement,
led by Powhatan.
http://www.historyglobe.com/flash.html#a1
http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
Problems They Faced:
*Over half of them were “gentlemen”
*Diseases killed many.
*Didn’t know how to grow crops well, and salt
water/marshy land made it difficult.
*Natives attacked.
*Decided all food grown was shared equally.
7. John Smith, their leader, said if you didn’t
work, you couldn’t eat. (Took care of many
issues)
8. John Rolfe married Pocahontas, daughter of
Powhatan, this created peace.
9. Smith returned to England in 1609, men
struggled to survive, ate dogs, cats, mice, and
cooked leather.
10. By 1619, Many survived, as did Jamestown,
they set up a House of Burgesses, 1st law making
body of men representative owning land in the
new world. (Decided how much Tobacco sold for
and taxes for roads.)
Jamestown Home
Mayflower- Ship the Pilgrims came to the new world on.
Pilgrims
Want
religious
freedom
from
England
in 1620.
Mayflower
Compactagreement
signed by
Pilgrims to
do what
was best for
group,
helped
establish
idea of
early
democracy
in America.
William Bradford- Leader of Pilgrims.
Squanto- Indian who helped the Pilgrims survive. (crops,
trade)
Comparison of the South and New England
South
New England
Economy
agriculture
manufacturing
Reasons for
establishing a
colony
provide Britain with
an new trade market
religious freedom
Population
Tidewater aristocracy Puritans
Social structure
3-part social
structure:
Aristocracy (few,
wealthy)
Middle class farmers
Slaves
People were considered relatively
equal, at least in the eyes of God
Label your map showing the 13 colonies
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm
Pequot Indians- Indian group that had trouble with
the first New England settlers.
Chief Metacomet- Leader of Pequot Indians, also
called King Philip.
King Philip’s War- Conflict between the Pequot and
colonists, Indians were defeated.
Roger Williams- Founded Rhode Island and was
against strict Puritan ideas.
Quakers- Radical sect of Puritans (persecuted in
England and America)
John Winthrop- Leader of Mass. Bay Colony.
James Oglethorp- Leader of the colony of Georgia.
Massachusetts Bay Colony- Settlement in New
England by Puritans.
New England Way- Puritans beliefs and society.
Maryland- Founded by Lord Baltimore as a refuge
for Catholics.
New York- Founded by Dutch, claimed by Charles II
and given as a gift to the Duke of York.
New Jersey- Given as a gift to two other men from a
chunk of New York.
Pennsylvania- Given to William Penn by the Duke of
York to pay off a debt.
Georgia- Established as a place to send criminals.
Great Awakening- Return to religious faith in the mid
1700’s.
Jonathon Edwards- Leader of the Great Awakening.
Plantations- Large Farms in the South.
Slaves- worked for plantations for white masters.
Magna Carta- Limited the King’s power in England.
Petition of Right- Gave people the right not to be taxed
without representation.
English Bill of Rights- Gave Englishmen their basic
rights.
Bacon’s Rebellion- Led to more rights for Colonists.
Salam Witch Trials:
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/story/story.html