Off to Sea to See Colonial America

Virginia 1607: Jamestown Wanted Gold and an English outpost 1607-1624: Joint Stock Company 1625-1776: Royal Company

Here It Is

People of VA John Smith John Rolfe Thomas Dale

Mel He Isn’t

Crop of VA Tobacco

Cash Crop

Massachusetts 1620 in Plymouth 1629 in Bay Colony Both lasted until 1691 Escape religious persecution. Make Puritan commonwealth

Home of the Pilgrims

Power Struggle Mayflower Compact 1620-1621 Joint-Stock: 1621-1691 Royal: 1684-1691

You’re Fired!

Power Continued Colonies merged in 1691 Royal colony from 1691-1776 Leaders were John Bradford and John Winthrop

Not Columbus!!!

Working Hard Fishing, lumber, shipbuilding, triangular trade, rum, and whaling.

Oh Crap!!!!!

New Hampshire Founded 1623 Exeter in 1638 Profit from trade and fishing Escape religious persecution

Not Old, New!!!

Power Structure Proprietary 1622-1641 Joint-Stock 1641-1679 Royal 1679-1776 Joint-Stock was part of Massachusetts Bay

Not That King!!!

Leaders Benning Wentworth John Wentworth John Wheelright

That’s a Leader!!!!

Industry Trade and Fishing

What a Whopper!!!

New York Founded 1624 Founders wanted to expand and to trade First of the middle colonies

Map

Power Colony of Dutch West India Co 1624-1664 Proprietary 1664-1685 Royal 1685-1776

That’s Power!

Leaders Peter Stuyvesant James, Duke of York Richard Nicolls Thomas Dongan

Not John Wayne

Industry Wheat Milling Lumber Furs Sugar refining

Industry Continued Distilling Shipbuilding Trade

Colony Never Sleeps

New Jersey Founded 1630 Expansion Trading Post Refuge for Quakers from England

Oatmeal Anyone?

Power Colony of Dutch West India Co. 1630-1664 Proprietary 1664-1702 Royal 1702-1776

Notice This?

Leaders John Berkeley John Carteret

The Earl

Industry Trade Farming

Big Green Tractor

Maryland Founded 1632 Establish a Catholic settlement Escape religious persecution

Fear The Turtle

Leaders Cecilius Calvert Also known as Lord Baltimore

The Lord’s Bird

Power Proprietary 1632-1691 Royal 1691-1716 Proprietary 1716-1776

Don’t Mess with Maryland

Industry Tobacco

Tobacco? Really?

Connecticut Founded 1634 Established a Puritan Settlement Establish a fur trade route

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Type of Colony Self-governing 1636-1662 Corporate 1662-1776 First colony that goes the corporate route

The Leader of Hair

The Leader of Colony Thomas Hooker

Hooker (not that kind)

Industry Triangular trade

Bored Yet?

Rhode Island Founded in 1636 Founders wanted to escape religious intolerance of Massachusetts Bay Colony

You Are Now Entering RI

Governance Self-governing 1636-1644 Joint-Stock 1644-1663 Corporate 1663-1776 Second corporate colony

Yes Master Connecticut

The Leader Roger Williams Namesake for Roger Williams College in Rhode Island famous for its Law School

The Head Rhode Island Red

Industry Shipping Livestock Agriculture

You Are Now Leaving RI

Delaware Founded for trade reasons One of the middle colonies

Guess Who?

Governance Proprietary (Swedes) 1638-1655 Dutch West India Colony 1655-1664 Proprietary 1664-1704 (part Pennsylvania post-1682

Governance 2 Royal Colony 1704-1776 Went from Swedish hands to British hands after the first proprietary switch through the Dutch India Colonial Company

Who Wants Delaware?!

Leaders Johan Pritz Johan Rising William Penn

The Phillies Helper

Industry Trade Farming

Friends With Tractors

Pennsylvania Founded 1644 Swedish Expansion Establish Quaker Colony Means “Penn’s Woods”

Oatmeal Guy!!!

Governance Part of Swedish, Dutch, and English neighbors until 1681 Proprietary 1681-1692 Royal 1692-1694 Proprietary 1694-1776

Eager Young Minds

Industry Trade Farming Sound familiar? See a pattern?

Now That’s Farming!

Carolina North Carolina: 1655 South Carolina: 1670 Founded for land wealth and to strengthen English possessions in America

North Carolina

NC Governance Proprietary 1663-1712 Proprietary 1712-1729 Royal 1729-1776 Was coupled with South Carolina until 1712

South Carolina

South Carolina Governance Proprietary 1712-1719 Royal 1719-1776

The Leader

Leaders of Carolina William Berkeley Anthony-Ashley Cooper John Locke

John Locke

Industry Ship Supplies Rice Indigo Tobacco

Yay! Food!

Georgia Established 1732 Settlement for debtors Buffer between Spanish Florida and the British Colonies

That’s No Bull…That’s a Dog

Governance Proprietary 1732-1752 Royal 1752-1776 A very young colony compared to others

The New Guy

The Leader James Oglethorpe

The Master of Debt

Industry Rice Indigo Ship Supplies

Wowie Zowie!

You Made It!!!!