Colonial America

Financing a Colony $

Journal So you want to open a Wawa store?? That sounds like a lot of work, and it will probably cost you some money. So… – What are all the things necessary in order to open a Wawa? – What are the potential risks of doing this? – What are the potential rewards of doing this? – How are you going to pay for this?

Money and Investing Colonies are not cheap. Not everyone can afford one. People would pool their money together to create a (1)_________________. The pieces of the company that they owned were called (2) ___________________. The people who risked their money were called (3)___________. Once they raised the money, the King would issue a (4)___________giving the company certain rights. Those who could afford passage over were given a (5)____________or land grant. Those who could not were given passage but had to be an (6)___________________, working for several years to pay off their debt.

Key Terms: Financing a Colony Investors: – People who risked their money for a project.

Shares of Stock – Pieces of a company, ownership of a small part of a company

Joint Stock Company – When people would bring their money together to buy something large

Virginia Company of London – The joint stock company that funded the Jamestown colony

Virginia Company of Plymouth – The joint stock company that funded the Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)

Charter – A list of rules and laws for a colony, must be approved by the King or Queen

Headright – A piece of land given to someone who comes to America—usually acres

Indentured Servant – Someone who paid off their debt by working for the person who paid their passage to America

Money and Investing Colonies are not cheap. Not everyone can afford one. People would pool their money together to create a (1)_________________. The pieces of the company that they owned were called (2) ___________________. The people who risked their money were called (3)___________. Once they raised the money, the King would issue a (4)___________giving the company certain rights. Those who could afford passage over were given a (5)____________or land grant. Those who could not were given passage but had to be an (6)___________________, working for several years to pay off their debt.

Key Trade Terms Mercantilism – The idea that colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country

Exports – Goods being shipped out of (exiting) a country

Imports – Goods being shipped into a country

Navigation Acts – Passed so that England knew exactly what was being made and produced in the colonies

Smuggling – The illegal importing and exporting of goods

Triangular Trade America/Africa/West Indies

Triangular Trade America/West Indies/England

The Three colonial regions 1. New England – New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island 2. Middle -New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware 3. Southern -Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

New England New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island Small farms—subsistence agriculture, growing only what you need to eat Crops, harvesting animals, lumber, fishing Colder climate Primarily religious in nature, devout Created for religious freedom A better relationship with the Native Americans

The types of colonial governments: There are three types: 1. Charter 2. Royal 3. Proprietary

Charter Colony A colony that is governed by the rules of the charter

Royal Colony A colony governed directly by the King or Queen (usually a royal governor)

Proprietary Colony A colony that is governed by the proprietor (owner) of the colony

Colonial Norms and Values For the following norms and values, answer these two questions: Why do you think this was a custom or value? Is this true today? Would it be accepted today? Why? Why not?

Unmarried girls over 21 were considered old maids

Widows remarried immediately. One widow served the leftover refreshments from her first husband’s funeral at her second wedding.

Women had many children. One Massachusetts woman had twenty-seven children.

Bleeding was a common way to treat illnesses, and when the doctor was unavailable, a barber was called in.

Letter carriers delivering long distance mail sometimes entertained themselves by reading the letters they carried.

Education was mostly for boys.

Most voting was limited to male property owners.

Hogs roamed the streets as garbage collectors.

Funerals and weddings provided a good excuse for drinking liquor.

Colonial women smoked pipes in public.

Where would you live? Would you live in the New England, Middle, or Southern colonies if you were a… Farmer Slave Quaker Carpenter Mill owner Clothing manufacturer Fisherman Butcher Cigarette maker Pilgrim Preacher

You Be the Judge…. After reading each of the following scenarios, what do you think an appropriate punishment should be?

Breaking the Sabbath – In Puritan life Sundays are set aside as a serious day of communion between man and his maker— a day of worship, sacrifice, and prayer. Breaking the Sabbath is everybody’s business in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Punishment: A 10-shilling fine or five lashes with a whip.

Gambling – In Puritan society, gambling in any form is strictly forbidden. It is a sinful violation of the law of honesty and industry. A man’s work, not chance, should determine his success in life.

Punishment: Wear “G” on chest, a fine of 20 shillings.

Theft – In one of the Bible’s Ten Commandments, stealing is a condemned.

Punishment: Branding a “T” (thief) on forehead with a hot iron, five lashes with a whip, or cutting off one hand.

Rebellion Against Parents – We Puritans have a law which states that if any child above age 16 curses, smites, or is rebellious towards his father or mother, or does not obey his parents command.

Punishment: If guilty, parent could put him to death. Minimally, the youth must receive a whipping and considerable time in the stocks.

Vulgar Language – There is no more certain sign that a person’s moral code has weakened than the use of profanity. Cursing in oaths, using the Lord’s name in vain or anger is an abomination.

Punishment: Five lashes with a whip, pins stuck through the tongue.

Drunkenness – All Puritans, especially the church elders, are deeply concerned about excessive drinking in our community taverns and inns. The sin is drinking in excess, when words are slurred and behavior is outrageous.

Punishment: A 10 shilling fine or ten lashes. Time in stocks until person is sober.

Gossiping – A Puritan who spreads malicious rumors does the community no good. Women especially have a weakness that results in their talking negatively about other women and children.

Punishment: Banishment from the community, one’s tongue being branded with a “G” and several dips into the village pond while she sits on a dunking stool.