Standard 1: Founding of the US Standard USHC-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the conflicts between regional and national interest in the development of democracy in the United States.

USHC-1.1 Summarize the distinct characteristics of each colonial region in the settlement and development of British North America, including religious, social, political, and economic differences.

The 1st settlement in the US was…. Roanoke The 1st PERMANENT Standard 1.1 cont. The 1st settlement in the US was…. Roanoke The 1st PERMANENT settlement was at Jamestown, VA Disastrous at first, sickness, death, mostly men; any success was due to John Smith Eventually John Rolfe finds tobacco prosper Real or legend?

Why did Europeans come over here? GOD Standard 1.1 Why did Europeans come over here? GOD GOLD GLORY

Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies were settled next USHC-1.1 Summarize the distinct characteristics of each colonial region in the settlement and development of British North America, including religious, social, political, and economic differences Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies were settled next More successful in beginning than Jamestown. Why? They cooperated with the Native Americans and learned about their new land survival skills The Puritans founded Mass Bay (will become Boston) Pilgrims founded Plymouth

So….the EARLY Northern Colonies: Had NO RELIGIOUS TOLERATION Rhode Island will be founded for more religious tolerance They were subsistence farmers They are known for: ship building, trading, and fishing Education was HUGELY important to them because it brought people closer to the Bible Town Hall Meetings

Standard 1.1 cont. Society: New England and mid-Atlantic colonies initially developed egalitarian society based on religious equality that fostered the development of democratic ideals. The Congregational (Puritan) church fostered the development of towns and educational institutions and shaped N. England society. South: The South developed a hierarchical social structure bc of the plantation system and their dependence on indentured servants; later slaves. The slave system was transplanted to the Carolinas from Barbados Little to no schools land Georgia was initially a penal colony but it soon became a plantation colony that allowed slavery.

Politics: Political traditions of the mother country impacted colonists. Magna Carta impacted Parliament; ideas brought to colonies Democracy in colonies: Virginia’s House of Burgesses and the New England town meeting. South less democratic; slavery Civil War in England brought Salutary neglect to colonies authority of the king in the colonies and strengthened the role of colonial assemblies. British subjects in the colonies were loyal to the Crown, but believed that only their colonial assemblies had the power to tax them The English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Right all influenced the colonists’ perception of their rights as Englishmen

Geographic location and the natural resources determined economy Standard 1.1 cont Economies: Geographic location and the natural resources determined economy Shipbuilding, merchants and fishermen. New Englanders didn’t need slaves like the Southern colonists due to geographic conditions impacted views of democracy. The Mid-Atlantic colonies had fertile soil and moderate climate and developed an export trade in food stuffs The Southern colonies used their wide expanses of fertile soil to grow cash crops, such as tobacco, rice, and indigo, with slave labor and to export these crops on the ships of New England. Cotton was not a major export crop of the colonial era The 3 regions developed were interconnected and traded with the British Caribbean as well as trade across the Atlantic with Africa and Europe.

Standard 1.2 Analyze the early development of representative government and political rights in the American colonies, including the influence of the British political system and the rule of law as written in the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights, and the conflict between the colonial legislatures and the British Parliament over the right to tax that resulted in the American Revolutionary War.

Laws are clear, well-understood, and fairly enforced. Standard 1.2 Representative govt developed experienced in England and their new life changed them. The English settlers brought with them concepts from British govt- ex: Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights. The Magna Carta recognized the rights of Englishmen in relation to taxes and rights of the accused. Colonial charters declared that English colonists continued to enjoy the rights of Englishmen. English political tradition also included the rule of law, the principle that every member of society must obey the law, even the king. Laws are clear, well-understood, and fairly enforced. The English Bill of Rights reiterated that the people have the right to be consulted, through their representatives, on the levying of taxes.

1.2 cont. It established that the power of the king (executive) should be limited by the Parliament. The English Bill of Rights states that the people have the right to religious freedom which is included in the First Amendment in the American Bill of Rights. The settlers applied the principles of the right of the legislature to levy taxes and the rule of law to their colonial governments.