Unit
Key Concept 2.1: Europeans developed a variety of colonization and migration patterns, influenced by different imperial goals, cultures, and the varied North American environments where they settled, and they competed with each other and American Indians for resources. Key Concept 2.2: The British colonies participated in political, social, cultural, and economic exchanges with Great Britain that encouraged both stronger bonds with Britain and resistance to Britain’s control.
FUELING EUROPEAN COMPETITION Economic competition Overcrowded cities Mercantilism Religious competition/Freedom Spanish inquisition Reformation The Renaissance Nation sponsored colonization Joint stock company
13 English Colonies 4 Regions w/ Chesapeake(3 USVA SOL) New England Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut Middle Atlantic Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware Chesapeake Virginia, Maryland (North Carolina) Southern/ Caribbean (North Carolina), South Carolina, Georgia, Bahamas
New England Plymouth 1620 and Massachusetts Bay Colony 1630 Puritans-Settled largely for religious freedom Separatists (Pilgrims) vs Puritans Separatists (Pilgrims) vs Puritans Political, Social, Economic characteristics Political, Social, Economic characteristics William Bradford/Mayflower Compact/Direct Democracy/Town meetings John Winthrop/”City upon a Hill”/Covenant Community Timber, fur, fishing, subsistence farming, Atlantic trade
Middle Colonies Most diverse develop a middle class, religiously and racially more tolerant, politically more autonomous English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and French Quakers, Huguenots, Jews, Presbyterian Wheat/corn/rye (Cereal Crops/Breadbasket) Political, Social, Economic characteristics William Penn William Penn
Chesapeake Region Mostly exporting tobacco Cavaliers/Jamestown- Virginia Company of London(JSC) Cavaliers/Jamestown Indentured servitude vs. Chattel SlaveryChattel Slavery Bacon’s Rebellion Contributed to shift from Indentured Servants to slaves and served as And served as example for future governing bodies in English Colonies House of Burgesses
Southern Colonies/British West Indies Chattel Slavery Staple Crops (Cash Crops) Sugar, Rice, Tobacco, Indigo Held closest ties with England Trade Anglican Church official (pay taxes to)