Warm-Up (9/27)
Why did European Colonies Explore North America? Political-POWER...Extend their INFLUENCE and EMPIRES Economic...New sources of WEALTH Social...Spread of CHRISTIANITY.
1st English Settlements 1607...Jamestown, Virginia: 1st SUCCESSFUL ENGLISH COLONY (Virginia) Founded for ECONOMIC reasons-to find gold 1620…Plymouth, Massachusetts Founded by the Pilgrims/Puritans RELIGIOUS Freedom Jamestown was founded in 1607 Jamestown was founded for wealth and economic gain
Other Colonies Founded for Religious Freedom Rhode Island: ROGER WILLIAMS- Founded for religious freedom Pennsylvania: William Penn—Founded for QUAKERS Maryland: LORD CALVERT- Refuge for CATHOLICS
Growth of Representative Government Why? King was TOO FAR AWAY to rule effectively. They needed their own governments. After having TOWN MEETINGS, colonists formed their own governments, such as…. Virginia House of Burgesses (1619)- 1st elected assembly (law making body of colonists) in Jamestown, Virginia! Mayflower Compact (1620) - self-government, majority rule Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) - 1st colonial constitution
SLAVERY-WHERE AND WHY? Developed primarily in the SOUTHERN COLONIES (agriculture) Why? Because Southern colonies were warmer with fertile soil good for cash crops Slaves were needed as labor on large plantations
The THREE Colonial Regions New England: -Harsh WINTERS, ROCKY SOIL -FISHING, SHIPBUILDING, TRADE Middle Colonies: -FERTILE soil, forests -WHEAT, GRAINS, lumber Southern Colonies: -FERTILE soil, mild climate, long GROWING SEASON -AGRICULTURE
Free Enterprise The ability to practice business without government control. How did this come about? -Distance from England -Salutary Neglect -Colonists had already established their own laws….why not businesses too?