CATALYST: Brainstorm reasons why people would immigrate or move a great distance. Share answers with your partner.

UNIT 1- Independence THE BEGINNING OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES Why did British colonists come to America? What challenges did they face? How did the colonies succeed? What were negative consequences? How did southern and northern colonial regions differ?

Jamestown Jamestown Jamestown Plymouth

Setting the Stage: The American colonies by the 1750s Relations with the British The Natives New England Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Slaves

What themes of American History are evident in the original English settlements? (Jamestown and Plymouth)

What themes of American History are evident in the original English settlements? (Jamestown and Plymouth) Migration and immigration “Land of opportunity” Conflict with Natives Sectionalism (difference between regions) Slavery

With your group: Try to list all the colonies for each region Try to put the appropriate descriptions into the chart

New England Colonies- the people Puritan congregations moved over to create a religious society No religious freedom

New England Colonies- economy Rocky soil, cold= small farms wealthy merchant class (trade) Some industry, shipbuilding

New England Colonies- slavery Very little Profited greatly from the trade of slaves & southern crops

Middle Colonies- the people Much more diverse population, Different nationalities Different religions

Middle Colonies- economy NY, Penn- cattle and food crops Port cities grow from trade (NYC, Philadelphia)

Middle Colonies- slavery Substantial amount Of slaves, especially in NY

Southern Colonies- the people “Planters” dominate the south Mostly small farmers, however Some areas, slaves were a majority

Southern Colonies- economy Cash crop economy- tobacco in the Chesapeake, rice and indigo in the deep South

Southern colonies- slavery 200,000 by 1750 80-90% in agriculture Actual diagram of a ship on the Middle Passage

How would you describe “mercentalism” to your seven year old niece?

Relations with the British Mercantilism- colonies exist to benefit the mother country “Salutary neglect”- England relaxes enforcement of its regulations BOTH SIDES HAPPY by 1750s Colonies supply mother country with raw materials and buy manufactured goods

Triangular trade- trade route between the Americas, Africa, and Europe Raw materials from colonies? Goods from Europe? Africa?

Native Americans Key source of conflict: Native Americans did not believe in land ownership By 1750, most are west of Appalachians Tend to be ALLIED with the French Why were the British Colonists able to take Over the land?

The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it placed quotas on immigration discouraged the export of raw materials to England placed restrictions on trading encouraged colonial manufacturing

In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented colonial attempts to build a strong national government efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies steps in the growth of representative democracy early social reform movements

CLOSURE: WHAT COLONY ARE YOU GOING TO BE FROM? WHAT RIGHTS ARE YOU GOING TO DISCUSS?

….in a land granted in a patent from the Crown to the London Virginia Company…..