Building the First Colonies Chapter 4

The Spanish Colonies Chapter 4 Lesson 1

New Spain To protect its land in the Americas, Spain formed colonies

Slavery in the Americas Spain and Portugal forced Native Americans into Slavery Many Native Americans died from hunger, work, and disease, so the colonists started using enslaved Africans

Settling the Borderlands presidio = fort mission = church hacienda = ranch

The Virginia Colony Chapter 4 Lesson 2

The Lost Colony of Roanoke The First Colony When: 1584 What happened: Ran low on food and went back to England Next Colony When: 1587 It is a mystery…when John White returned everyone had disappeared

The Virginia Company When: Who: What they wanted: Early 1600’s Group of English Merchants What they wanted: To start a colony in Virginia

Jamestown: England’s First Permanent Colony Leader: Captain John Smith What happened: Land was swampy No one planted crops or wanted to work Half the colonists died the first year Captain Smith made a rule: Anyone who doesn’t work, doesn’t eat!

Growth and Government in Jamestown Leader: John Rolfe Cash Crop: crops sold for money tobacco Newcomers Arrive: Indentured servants People who agreed to work for free for a certain length of time Slaves House of Burgesses When: 1619 It was Virginia’s legislature or law making group

Powhatan Problems Powhatan Confederacy Powhatan Wars All tribes living in Virginia belong to this group Trouble developed between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan people Powhatan Wars Fighting broke out between Powhatan and settlers King James I made Jamestown a royal colony

The Plymouth Colony Chapter 4 Lesson 3

The Pilgrims Journey Who: Where: When: Ship: Pilgrims were looking for religious freedom Where: Virginia When: 1620 Ship: Mayflower

The Mayflower Compact Signers agreed to make fair laws for the good of the colony Two Important Ideas: Self - government People have the right to make their own laws Majority Rule If more than half agree to a law, then everyone must follow it

Building a Colony Who helped the colonists How: Tisquantum ( Squanto) He showed the colonists where to fish How to plant crops Helped them trade with neighboring tribes

Plymouth Grows How colonists prospered: Trouble Starts Farming, fishing, and fur trading Trouble Starts When: 1630 Why: New colonists not friendly to Native Americans and were taking more and more of their land

The French and the Dutch Chapter 4 Lesson 4

New France French merchants wanted wealth from the fur trade The King wanted to start colonies in North America First French settlement: Quebec Founder: Samuel de Champlain When: 1608 New France grew slowly

New Netherland Where: What the Dutch wanted: Along Hudson River in what is today New York and New Jersey What the Dutch wanted: Profit from the fur trade They believed they bought Manhattan Island Name of settlement: New Amsterdam Good location for trade Conflicts: Disagreements with Native Americans over land Many colonists and Native Americans killed Algonquian tribe almost wiped out

Exploring New France Explorers: They found the Mississippi River Jacques Marquette Louis Joliet They found the Mississippi River

Exploring New France Explorer: Sieur de la Salle Claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France Named this region Louisiana Settlement was a failure

Louisiana French King made Louisiana a What is a proprietary colony? Proprietary Colony in 1712 What is a proprietary colony? A colony owned by one person Capital: New Orleans What happened: Failed to attract many people