STANDARD(S): 11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation. LESSON OBJECTIVES/ GOALS/ SWBAT 1. Describe the English settlement at Jamestown. 2. Identify the motives that led Puritans to New England and the colonies they founded. 3. Explain the pattern at New Netherland and Pennsylvania.

Chapter 1: Section 3 Early British Colonies Beginning in the early 1600s, the English establish colonies along the eastern shore of North America.

NEXT The English Settle at Jamestown A Disastrous Start In 1607 the English establish Jamestown, a colony in North America Groups of investors who hope to profit form joint-stock companies Colonists seek gold, suffer from disease and famine John Smith forces colonists to farm; gets help from Powhatan Tobacco Requires a Supply of Labor Indentured servants—pay for food, housing, and passage with labor Indentured servants and slaves provide labor for tobacco growth Early British Colonies 3 SECTION Continued...

NEXT The English Settle at Jamestown A Disastrous Start In 1607 the English establish Jamestown, a colony in North America Groups of investors who hope to profit form joint-stock companies Colonists seek gold, suffer from disease and famine John Smith forces colonists to farm; gets help from Powhatan Early British Colonies Continued...

NEXT The English Settle at Jamestown Tobacco Requires a Supply of Labor Indentured servants—pay for food, housing, and passage with labor Indentured servants and slaves provide labor for tobacco growth Early British Colonies Continued...

NEXT Colonists Clash with Native Americans Colonists’ demand for land leads to warfare with Native Americans Colonists defeat Native Americans, force them off their land The English Settle at Jamestown Early British Colonies

NEXT Economic Differences Split Virginia Poor, former indentured servants demand legislative representation 1676 uprising, called Bacon’s Rebellion, fails The English Settle at Jamestown Early British Colonies

JAMESTOWN 1. Settlers English settlers poorly prepared for colonial life; indentured servants looking for a new life; Africans brought as slaves in 1619

JAMESTOWN 2. Leaders Founder John Smith He was charismatic, ambitious, and skilled in diplomacy & military arts.

JAMESTOWN 3. Motives for Settlement Settlers wanted to strike it rich in' the New World; Smith wanted to make money for his investors; indentured servants wanted passage and temporary support.

JAMESTOWN 4. Relations with Native Americans The Powhatan helped the new colonists at first but conflict developed as settlers moved onto more and more land; Indian: rebellion died out as English population grew.

NEXT Puritans Create a “New England” Puritans Puritans want to rid Church of England of Catholic rituals In 1620 a Separatist group, the Pilgrims, found colony at Plymouth Continued...

NEXT The Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritans found colony in Massachusetts Bay, centered in Boston John Winthrop, a Puritan leader, wants to create “City upon a Hill” to practice their religion Continued... Puritans Create a “New England”

NEXT Continued... Dissent in the Puritan Community Roger Williams flees to Rhode Island for religious freedom Anne Hutchinson banished for speaking against church – said people didn’t need the church to interpret bible. (Killed by Indians) Puritans Create a “New England”

NEXT Native Americans Resist Colonial Expansion Native Americans help settlers survive in new environment Disputes between Native Americans and Puritans over land, religion Puritans Create a “New England”

NEXT King Philip’s War Tensions between natives and colonists grow for 40 years In 1675 chief Metacom leads several tribes in King Philip’s War Native Americans surrender due to casualties, disease, and famine Puritans Create a “New England”

MASSACHUSETTS BAY 5. Settlers Puritans from England, mostly families

MASSACHUSETTS BAY 6. Leaders John Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay Company

MASSACHUSETTS BAY 7. Motives for Settlement The Puritans wanted to escape; religious persecution, political repression, and poor economic conditions in England.

Cruel and unusual?

MASSACHUSETTS BAY 8. Relations with Native Americans Native Americans were very helpful to the colonists at the beginning; resentment grew with the spread of European diseases and the loss of land to settlers; disputes arose about land ownership and religion.

NEXT Settlement of the Middle Colonies The Dutch Found New Netherland Dutch set up New Amsterdam as center of fur-trading colony (1625) Dutch take over New Sweden on the Delaware River (1655) British duke of York takes colony, renames it New York (1664)

NEW NETHERLAND 9. Settlers Dutch West India Company; Dutch, Swedish, Finnish; people of many religions Peter Minuit of the Dutch West India Company buys Mannahatta from the Canarsie Indians for 60 guilders -- $24 – in 1626.

NEW NETHERLAND 10. Motives for Settlement To expand the thriving fur trade and build colony

NEW NETHERLAND 11. Relations with Native Both groups had motivation for cooperation in the fur trade.

NEW NETHERLAND 12. Relations with Americans England In 1644, England took over the colony from the Dutch without a fight, renaming it New York.

Manhattan NEW YORK CITY

NEXT The Quakers Settle Pennsylvania William Penn, a Quaker, founds Pennsylvania (“Penn’s Woods”) Quakers, the Society of Friends, are pacifist Protestants who - worship without formal ministers - believe in equality, cooperation, religious toleration Settlement of the Middle Colonies

PENNSYLVANIA 13. Settlers English Quakers

PENNSYLVANIA 14. Leaders William Penn, a Quaker, founds Pennsylvania

Penn is the son of a powerful English member of government who called on the King when Penn's father left his inheritance to the practicing Quaker. The King was in the debt of the elder Penn and sought to 1)repay the debt owed the father and 2)rid himself and England of the pesky Quaker sect by giving them a plot land large enough to take the entire following. Penn really threw a wrench in the King's plan by making his colony open to all comers, regardless of religion or political persuasion. The territory became a popular settlement point for those who cold find no respite elsewhere in the colonies. Penn was living up to his Quaker teachings and made sure the colonists were truly free of political restraint or religious hindrance.

PENNSYLVANIA 15. Motives for Settlement Religious freedom

PENNSYLVANIA 16. Relations with Native Americans Good relations with Indians

NEXT Thirteen Colonies From the 1600s to 1700s, thirteen British colonies are established Georgia is founded as a debtor haven, crown assumes control in 1752 Colonies export raw materials, Britain manufactures goods Continued... Settlement of the Middle Colonies

NEXT England and Its Colonies Prosper Mercantilism and the Navigation Acts Mercantilism—economic system to make a nation self-sufficient Nation obtains gold, silver, and establishes a favorable balance of trade British pass Navigation Acts in 1651 to control colonial trade – shipbuilding prospered in the colonies Continued...

NEXT Colonial Governments Colonies run by a governor, who is appointed by the Crown Governor appoints judges, oversees local assembly and colonial trade Colonial assemblies pass laws; governors have veto power England and Its Colonies Prosper

NEXT Growing Spirit of Self- Determination Colonies want greater political and economic freedom Desire for freedom eventually leads to rebellion England and Its Colonies Prosper