Building The American Colonies Objective: I will be able to describe the foundation of the various regions of American Colonies

Colonial Regions 3 types of colonies Royal Proprietary Self-Governing Controlled by king VA., NH., MA., NC. Proprietary Land grants Penn., MD., DE. Self-Governing Charter could be revoked CT., RI.

Jamestown, Virginia 1607

Jamestown cont. Founded by Virginia/London Company Starving Time Joint-stock company Desire for profit Starving Time John Smith 1608 “Be more industrious, or starve” Native American Issues Powhatan Wars 1610- 1614, 1622-1626 and 1644-1646 John Rolfe and tobacco

Adds for Colonists

Indentured Servants vs. Slaves Worked for passage to New World Usually 7-10 years Headright system Paid passage for Ind. Servants Received 50 acres First slaves 1619 Brought to Jamestown by the Dutch Used on tobacco plantations Still very expensive

Founding of Maryland

Founding of Maryland Founded in 1634 by Lord Baltimore Huge land grant from Charles I Founded as a haven for Catholics Act of Toleration 1649 Toleration of all Christians, including Catholics

The Carolinas and Georgia South Carolina 1670 Primarily rice and indigo plantations Mostly wealthy aristocrats North Carolina 1653 Squatters from Virginia, then South Carolina Many former indentured servants Georgia 1733 James Oglethorpe’s haven for debtors Buffer state for Carolinas

New England Colonies Plymouth Colony 1620 Mass. Bay Colony 1630 Pilgrims (Separatists) Mayflower Compact William Bradford Mass. Bay Colony 1630 Strongly Puritan John Winthrop “City upon the hill” Congregational Church 2/5 franchise

Other New England States Connecticut 1635 John Hooker Fundamental Orders Rhode Island 1636 Roger Williams “Rogue’s Island” Anne Hutchinson New Hampshire 1679 Occasionally part of Mass.

Middle Colonies New York Pennsylvania 1682 Dutch 1624 English colony 1664 Split into NY and NJ Pennsylvania 1682 William Penn Quakers Pro-Indian doves

Regional differences in the colonies Create a table then identify the defining social, political and economic characteristics of each region (New England, Middle, Southern) New England Middle Southern Social Political Economic

New England Middle Southern Social Puritan (more strict in Mass.); devout; strong belief in education Quaker (Penn.) Puritan (NY) More open about religion and society Mostly Anglican, not as religious; class hierarchies Political More Charter colonies; more voting rights; more representative govt. Proprietary Penn.; Colonial councils; more equality amongst sexes Mostly royal colonies; House of Burgesses Economic Small farms, fishing, shipbuilding, staple crops, trade Oats, grain, barley, large production of staple crops, trade Plantations, Cash crops (tobacco, indigo, rice*) for export

Timeline Make a timeline of the settlement of English colonies, starting with Jamestown (Virginia). For each colony, include at least two key facts about the founding of the colony.