European Settlements -European Settlements- all along eastern Coast of America *Colony- group of people in one place & ruled by a parent country elsewhere -Spanish-- St. Augustine, Florida 1565 SW, Florida, Texas -French– Canada, Mississippi R. -English—East Coast Roanoke, NC Sir Walter Raleigh= 1st attempt (all men) “Lost Colony”= 2nd Attempt John White returned 13 yrs later to find “Croaton” carved in a tree

Virginia Company English Settlements: -Joint Stock Company Jamestown, 1607 (est. by merchants) a town to make $ John Smith- granted a charter to set up Gov’t “Starving Time” -more colonists -1st democratic gov’t House of Burgesses-— First government in Jamestown, Virginia—It was a form of representative democracy

Jamestown- 1st Permanent English Colony House of Burgesses-—1619 First government in Jamestown, Virginia—It was a form of representative democracy It had little power, but it marked the beginning of self-gov’t in Colonial America

-tobacco as a cash crop Jamestown- VA GEOGRAPHY!- Important Key John Rolfe- introduced tobacco Pocahontas- daughter of chief Powhatan -headright system 50 acres to each new colonist- given to settlers willing to cross the Atlantic and Help populate America -indentured servants- colonist paid the way to American 4 poor -first slaves imported

Native American Religion What did the N.A. worship? What did they respect? What was the white man doing to their religion?

First Rebellion -Indian dispute on the frontier? (Colonist wanted more land) -Colonists ask for protection from Virginia Gov’t, but were denied -Bacon’s Rebellion -Nathaniel Bacon led the frontier colonists in a rebellion against the Virginia gov’t -showed signs of discontent with leadership – they would not be restricted by Gov’t Policy

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Pilgrims -Pilgrims also called Separatists because they wanted to practice their own religion -Plymouth Massachusetts-- 1620 -Mayflower Compact (contract) -set up direct democracy for the colony -leads to traditions of town meetings -colony struggled but received Indian help to grow crops Thanksgiving---Squanto -William Bradford “Of Plymouth Plantation”

Puritans -Puritans -wanted to rid the English church of Catholic traditions- wanted to purify/ reform Anglican Church -Pilgrims on a religious journey -John Winthrop -”City on a Hill”- sermon be an example to the world -settled in Massachusetts (Formed Mass) -strong connection between church and state -strict adherence to Puritan rules -no religious tolerance (Witch trials)

Massachusetts Because of tight community controls some individuals began to offer dissenting opinions -Roger Williams -Believed in the Separation of Church and State and was exiled from the colony and founded Providence R.I. -Anne Hutchinson Her belief in individual worship challenged Puritan leaders and she was banished in a famous trial and fled to R.I.

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