1st English Colonies to French and Indian War 1600-1763 Review 1st English Colonies to French and Indian War

Motivations for English Colonization Rise in middle class Joint-Stock Companies More money = Opportunity to invest Surplus Population Georgia: debtors’ refuge Religious Freedom Puritans and Pilgrims (Mass), Quakers (Penn), Catholics (Maryland)

Jamestown, VA 1st Successful Eng Col. Settled on James R. Key Contributors John Smith Pocahontas John Rolfe Nathaniel Bacon Indentured Servants

Key Contributors to Jamestown Capt. John Smith John Rolfe

Bacon’s Rebellion Nathaniel Bacon 1676 Former Indentured Servants Demanded government protect them Burned House of Burgesses Failed when Bacon died Led to African Slavery

The Middle Passage = Slavery

The Puritans Massachusetts Bay Col Purify Church of Eng. John Winthrop Town Meetings fostered self-government Religion dominated life--theocracy

Puritan Dissenters Anne Hutchinson Roger Williams

The Pilgrims Plymouth Colony William Bradford Separate from Church of England Helped by Squanto—1st Thanksgiving Mayflower Compact

Pennsylvania and the Quakers Haven for Quakers William Penn Tolerance = diversity Settled Philadelphia Got along well with Natives

James Oglethorpe’s Georgia Last Colony to be settled--1730s Debtors’ Colony Buffer Zone from Spanish Florida

The Original Thirteen Colonies

Self-Government in the Colonies Virginia Charter Massachusetts Bay Charter House of Burgesses (VA) Mayflower Compact (MA) Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Maryland Toleration Act Salutary Neglect also helped

1st Great Awakening 1730s Purely American Movement J. Edwards and G. Whitefield Return to religious roots

Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanac Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Albany Plan of Union

John Peter Zenger Trial Wrote against NY government Punished, but sued Helped w/ principle of freedom of the press

English vs. French Colonies

French and Indian War Battle over Ohio Country French allied w/ Natives Iroquois did side w British Battles of Quebec and Montreal were turning points G. Washington @ Ft. Necessity started war Fort Loudon Massacre in Tennessee English won, claimed LOTS of LAND

Results of French and Indian War

Westward Ho! Daniel Boone Wilderness Road

Westward Whoa! Colonists wanted to move west of App. Mts. Created conflict with Native Americans Pontiac’s Rebellion Proclamation of 1763 banned western migration Infuriated colonists!