What is the “American Dream” and where does it come from? Write your best response to the question in your notes

The Original Colonies Why did the original settlers come to America?

Jamestown

What do you know about Jamestown?

Pocahontas She was the daughter of the chief of the Powhatan. She married John Rolfe, a tobacco farmer and went to England. She died there and is buried in a London graveyard. She never married John Smith!

The Virginia Company It’s a company! Survival is his Number One priority! Motto: “you don’t work…you don’t eat!”

Who were the original settlers?

Pilgrims merge with the Puritans to form Massachusetts Bay Colony Separatists fleeing from Holland to protect their cultural identity Pilgrims merge with the Puritans to form Massachusetts Bay Colony

PURITANS Pilgrims merge with the Puritans to form Massachusetts Bay Colony Communities well organized Established towns Protestant Work Ethic Family values Settled by families

Who were the northern settlers? Valued education because it was necessary in order to read the bible Valued hard work, individual independence and moderation

Who were the northern settlers? John Winthrop 1630 sermon their new community would be a "city upon a hill", watched by the world---

A “City upon a hill” A City upon a Hill is a phrase from the parable of Salt and Light in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. In Matthew 5:14, he tells his listeners, "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden."

Religious Tolerance… Not so much Intolerant to those who challenged or opposed Puritan authority Quakers and others were persecuted

Religious Tolerance… Roger Williams “Forced religion stinks in the nostrils of god”

What aspects of our American identity do we take from its earliest settlers?