AMERICA: A NARRATIVE HISTORY
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CHAPTER 2
Britain and Its Colonies
George Brown Tindall & David Emory Shi
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The English Background
• Characteristics of British Development in the
1600s
• English Liberties
• English Enterprise
The English Background
• Parliament and the Stuarts
– James I
– Charles I
– Oliver Cromwell
– Charles II
– James II
1603
1603
1625
1660
1685
1648
The English
Background
• The Glorious Revolution
• British Bill of Rights
Settling the Chesapeake
• The Virginia Company
• Differences between English and Spanish
Colonization Attempts
Settling the Chesapeake
• The Virginia Colony
– Jamestown settlement
– Chief Powhatan
– John Smith
– Reinforcement attempts
– Discovery of tobacco as
revenue
Jamestown Colony
Land Grants to The Virginia Company
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Settling the Chesapeake
• The Virginia Colony
– John Rolfe and Pocahontas
– Slavery arrives in Virginia
– Opechancanough and the Indian
massacre of 1622
– Later growth as a colony
Settling the Chesapeake
• The Virginia Colony
– Governor William Berkeley
– Nathaniel Bacon
– Bacon’s Rebellion
Settling the Chesapeake
• Maryland
– Lord Baltimore
– First proprietary colony
– Government system
Early Virginia and Maryland
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Settling New England
• Differences between New England and
Chesapeake Colonies
• Plymouth Colony
– William Bradford
– The Mayflower Compact
– Squanto
Early New England Settlements
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Settling New England
• Massachusetts Bay Colony
– The Puritans
– John Winthrop
– Trading company becomes
government
Settling New England
• Rhode Island
– Creation
– Roger Williams
– Anne Hutchinson
Settling New England
• Connecticut
– Thomas Hooker
– Fundamental Orders of
Commonwealth
– New Haven
The Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut (1639)
the first written constitution in
American history written by
Hartford settlers. It
established a representative
government consisting of
legislature elected by popular
vote and governor chosen by
legislature.
Settling New England
• New Hampshire and Maine
– Sir Ferdinando Gorges
– Captain John Mason
– Land issues
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Indians in New England
Anglo-Indian relations in New England
The New England Indians
The Pequot War
King Philip’s War
Indian
Removal in
New
England
The English Civil War in America
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New England Confederation Formed
Virginia during the War
Maryland during the War
The Role of the Restoration
Narragansett loan words: moose,papoose, powwow, squash, and succotash.
Settling the Carolinas
• Restoration and New Colonies
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
Early Settlements in the South
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Settling the Carolinas
• Southern Indian Trade
• The Tuscarora War
• The Yamasee War
Tuscarora War
Date
Location Eastern North Carolina
Yamasee War
Result
Date
April 14, 1715—1717
Location
eastern South Carolina
Result
•Colonial government victory Power of
the Yamasee was broken
•South Carolina colonists establish
uncontested control of the coast
•The Catawba become the dominant
tribe in the interior
September 22, 1711February 11, 1715
•Colonial government
victory Power of
Tuscaroras broken
•Tuscaroras retreat from
the coast
•Southern Tuscaroras
migrate to New York
Settling the Middle Colonies and Georgia
• New Netherland becomes New York
• Judaism in North America
• The Iroquois League
The Middle Colonies
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Settling the Middle Colonies and Georgia
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania and Delaware
• Georgia
Thriving Colonies
Additional Art for Chapter 2
Chapter Opener
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Stuart kings
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Stuart kings
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“Ould Virginia”
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Colonial necessities
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Pocahontas
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News of the Rebellion
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New World navigation
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John Winthrop
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The West Indies, 1600–1800
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The diversity of English Protestantism
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Algonquian ceremony
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Pequot fort
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The Broiling of Their Fish over the Flame
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Cherokee chiefs
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A war dance
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Castello Plan of New Amsterdam
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Jewish heritage
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Wampum belt
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Quaker meeting
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Savannah, Georgia
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European Settlements and Indian Tribes in Early America
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AMERICA: A NARRATIVE HISTORY
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