English Colonies in America

13 Colonies Art Project Draw all 13 original colonies Write in each the why, when, and/or who formed it Color them by regions This information comes from Ch 2 sections 3 and 4

What drove people from England to America? King Henry VIII had just created the Anglican Church

Differing views on the Anglican Church Puritans Separatists Pilgrims In 1620 The Pilgrims settled in Plymouth, MA under William Bradford

The economy in England also affected American colonization English landowners began to realize the price for wool in Europe was greatly rising So they converted their lands to sheep farms, making many tenant farmers homeless and jobless

This became known as the enclosure movement Also many of these merchants needed new markets for their wool so they formed Joint- stock companies to try to help set up colonies

Military conflict with Spain also aided settlement by the English Sr. Walter Raleigh set up the first English colony in the Americas known as Roanoke, however it wouldn’t last He named the land Virginia in honor of the queen

Journal-Tues, Aug. 25 Yesterday, we decided what it would take to leave our homes. Today we are going to start our own colony. * What groups of people would be welcome? * What would your government/laws be like? * What would the name of your colony be? * How would your colony try to make money? Answer these questions and give any other important, legal, and appropriate info for your colony

James town was settled in 1606 by a charter from the Virginia Company, under the leadership of John Smith Despite early struggles, mostly with Native Americans, the colony lasted, mostly thanks to John Rolfe and his cultivation of tobacco

The colony was governed by the Virginia House of Burgesses which was the first representative government in the colonies Patrick Henry before the House of Burgesses in an 1851 painting by Peter F. Rothermel

Other Colonies and Their Founders Maryland – Lord Baltimore, for Catholics to have freedom to worship Massachusetts – John Winthrop, a refuge for puritans Rhode Island – Roger Williams, for government with no authority in religious matters, he was a separatist

Connecticut – Thomas Hooker, they adopted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the first written constitution in the colonies New Hampshire – was started by a royal charter due to overcrowding in Massachusetts. Maine was as well but later was bought back by Massachusetts

New York and New Jersey – originally founded by Henry Hudson for the Dutch but King Charles sent his brother James to take it for England Pennsylvania and Delaware– William Penn, refuge for Quakers, love and pacifism for all

North and South Carolina – King Charles gave this land to his political allies, mostly for farming Georgia – James Oglethorpe, a place for poor English debtors to start over

Essay Questions Explain in detail the events that led to Columbus’ discovery of the Americas and their influence on each other, in terms of the first Americans, trade with Asia, and changes in Europe.