KC: 3- If we started a colony… What would we need??? Resources (water, food, supplies, etc.) Jobs Rules/Laws Religion? Economy? Government

Name the original 13 colonies… GO!

Knights Charge 3- 9/15 List the 13 original colonies What were some reasons to move out to the New World? What were some realities of the New World?

Knights Charge 3- 9/15 What were some reasons to move out to the New World? What were some realities of the New World?

Unit 2: Colonies

Moving to the “New World” Why Move to the New World? Opportunity to own your own land & home Religious Freedom

How? Joint Stock Companies: Investors would buy “shares” of a company and this money would help build the colonies. Investors hoped to make money off the success of the colonies.

Virginia Company of London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne2tzfxQ6T4

Roanoke Colony Created by leader Sir Walter Raleigh Purpose of the colony was to make money Site of “The Lost Colony” England’s first attempt at a colony in New World

The Lost Colony After establishing the colony, Gov. John White returned to England to get additional supplies in 1587. Because of the ongoing war with the Spanish, White was unable to return until 1590. Upon his return, all 117 men and women had vanished from the colony. What was left was a carving in a tree which read “CROATOAN”

The Lost Colony http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke

Five popular theories… http://theshadowlands.net/roanoke.htm

Jamestown First successful English colony established in 1607 Created to make money and find gold In its first years, the colony struggled and almost failed Until the English discovered the use of…

Tobacco

Jamestown http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown/videos/death-at-jamestown

Put away your notes!!! Its show me time!!!! 1. Name 1 reason why people came to colonize the New World. 2. What was the first attempt at a colony by the English in the New World? 3. What was the first successful English colony in the New World? 4. What crop saved that colony?

Knights Charge 9/15 What was the first successful English colony? If you wanted to start a colony, what would you need to make it successful?? Make a list of things you would need

Colonial Life Lecture 1.2

Early Forms of Government in the Colonies After Jamestown was beginning to flourish from the sale of tobacco, the colony was in need of government The Virginia Company created the Virginia House of Burgesses

Virginia House of Burgesses The House of Burgesses became the first representative government in North America The people of Jamestown elected officials who would serve on the House of Burgesses The Legislative body was created by the Virginia Company in hopes of bringing more people to the colony

Massachusetts Bay Colony Created by a large group of Puritans who were seeking religious freedom from England They too created their own government led by Puritan religious leaders Settled in New England in 1628

City Upon a Hill Upon creating their colony, Puritan leader John Winthrop said their colony should be a “City Upon a Hill” He believed that their colony should serve as a model for future colonies

Puritans Puritan values of Massachusetts Bay led to the creation of systems of self government Additionally, Puritans believed it was your duty on earth to work in order to repay God for your sins

Puritan women and children Everyone of Massachusetts Colony worked Children were expected to work to forsake their sins to God Women were expected to obey their husbands, have children, and work to forsake their sins

Roger Williams Unlike the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay colony, Roger Williams believed in the separation of church and state His ideas challenged the leaders of the colony which eventually led to his banishment from the colony

Anne Hutchinson Another citizen of the Massachusetts Bay colony who challenged the religious leadership of the colony She slandered many of the Puritan leaders and held home prayers She too was eventually banished from Massachusetts Bay

Rhode Island Williams and Hutchinson went on to establish Rhode Island in 1636 Purpose of the colony was to provide a place for religious freedom

Plymouth Colony Settled on Plymouth Rock in 1620 Wrote the Mayflower Compact- first written document outlining self-government Settled for religious freedom

Thanksgiving

Mayflower Compact First written document in colonies establishing self government Written by Puritans at Plymouth Colony