2: Transplantations and Borderlands Alan Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation, 8th Edition
The Early Chesapeake Colonists and Natives Jamestown’s early ordeal John Smith Powhatan Confederacy
The Indian Village of Secoton (ca. 1585) John White created this illustration of life among the Eastern Woodland Indians in coastal North Carolina. It shows the diversified agriculture practiced by the natives. © Private Collection/Bridgeman Images
The Early Chesapeake (Continued) Reorganization and Expansion The “starving time” De La Warr’s harsh discipline The tobacco economy The headright system House of Burgesses Slavery Indentured servants Pocahontas Demise of the Virginia Company
The Early Chesapeake (Continued, 2) Maryland and the Calverts George and Cecilius Calvert “Act Concerning Religion” House of Delegates Tobacco cultivation
The Growth of the Chesapeake, 1607–1750 This map shows the political forms of European settlement in the region of the Chesapeake Bay in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Note the several different kinds of colonial enterprises: the royal colony of Virginia, controlled directly by the English crown after the failure of the early commercial enterprises there; and the proprietary regions of Maryland, northern Virginia, and North Carolina, which were under the control of powerful English aristocrats.
The Early Chesapeake (Continued, 3) Bacon’s Rebellion William Berkeley’s long tenure “Backcountry” resentment Consequences of Bacon’s Rebellion
The Growth of New England Plymouth Plantation Motives of English Separatists Plymouth founded Pilgrim-Indian interaction
The Growth of New England (Continued) The Massachusetts Bay Experiment Massachusetts Bay Company Winthrop’s “city upon a hill”
The Growth of New England (Continued, 2) The Expansion of New England Connecticut Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Roger Williams and Rhode Island Anne Hutchinson New Hampshire and Maine
The Growth of New England, 1620–1750 The European settlement of New England traces its origins primarily to two small settlements on the Atlantic Coast. The first was the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth, which began in 1620 and spread out through Cape Cod, southern Massachusetts, and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The second, much larger settlement began in Boston in 1630 and spread rapidly through western Massachusetts, north into New Hampshire and Maine, and south into Connecticut.
The Growth of New England (Continued, 3) Settlers and Natives Importance of Indian assistance Shifting attitudes
The Growth of New England (Continued, 4) King Philip’s War and the Technology of Battle Metacomet Flintlock muskets
A Pequot Village Destroyed An English artist drew this view of a fortified Pequot village in Connecticut surrounded by English soldiers and their allies from other tribes during the Pequot War in 1637. The invaders massacred more than 600 residents of the settlement. The Library of Congress
The Restoration Colonies The English Civil War Oliver Cromwell The Restoration of the monarchy
The Restoration Colonies (Continued) The Carolinas Charles Town Anthony Ashley Cooper Fundamental Constitution for Carolina Close ties with the Caribbean Carolina divided
The Restoration Colonies (Continued, 2) New Netherland, New York, and New Jersey New Amsterdam seized New York New Jersey
The Restoration Colonies (Continued, 3) The Quaker Colonies The Quakers Pennsylvania established Charter of Liberties
Borderlands and Middle Grounds Complex cultural interactions The Caribbean Islands The English Caribbean Sugar and slavery
Borderlands and Middle Grounds (Continued) Masters and Slaves in the Caribbean Harsh conditions for slaves Slave culture and resistance
Borderlands and Middle Grounds (Continued, 2) The Southwest Borderlands Spain’s New World empire Spanish outposts in North America California French and Spanish claims The Southeast Borderlands The Spanish threat
Borderlands and Middle Grounds (Continued, 3) The Founding of Georgia Oglethorpe’s mission Georgia founded Georgia’s political evolution
Savannah in 1734 This view of Savannah by an English artist shows the intensely orderly character of early settlement in the Georgia colony. As the colony grew, its residents gradually abandoned the plan created by Oglethorpe and his fellow trustees. © Historic Map Works/Getty Images
Borderlands and Middle Grounds (Continued, 4) Middle ground accommodation and adaptation Elements of a precarious peace The shifting balance of power Europeans and natives
The Development of Empire The Navigation Acts The Dominion of New England Lords of Trade Sir Edmund Andros
The Development of Empire (Continued) The “Glorious Revolution” Dominion of New England abolished “Leislerians” and “anti-Leislerians” The Crown’s power
Consider the Source Cotton Mather on the Recent History of New England (1692)
Debating the Past Native Americans and the Middle Ground
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