Themes  The colonizers’ backgrounds, ideologies, goals, and modes of settlement produced distinctly different societies in North America in the 17 th century.  European powers France, Spain, England, and the Netherlands extended their global competition for natural resources, territory, and power into the resource-rich Americas.

Spain’s Northern Frontier  St. Augustine, 1565  Missions and Missionaries

The Chesapeake Tobacco Coast  Jamestown  Joint-stock Company  Indentured Servitude  Expansion and Indian War  Maryland  Daily life on the Chesapeake

Massachusetts and its Offspring  Puritanism in England  Puritan Predecessors in New England  The Pilgrims  ‘A City Upon a Hill’ – John Winthrop  An Elusive Utopia  Roger Williams, Rhode Island  Anne Hutchison, Antinomianism  New Englanders and Natives  Village Life in New England  Village Layout  Health, Life Expectancy  Literacy, Education  Confederation of New England

France’s America  Samuel de Champlain  “Beaver Wars”

England Challenged the Dutch  New Netherland colony between Chesapeake Colonies and New England Colonies.  England and Netherlands both Protestant nations, but bitter commercial rivals.  Repeated wars between two powers until Dutch dislodged from North American continent in  New Amsterdam renamed New York.

Proprietary Carolina  A Restoration Reward  The Indian Debacle  Early Carolina Society

The Quakers and the Middle Colonies  The Society of Friends  William Penn  Pacifism  Ethnic and Religious Pluralism  Trade and Commerce.  Grain and Livestock.  Diverse, educated population.

Conclusion  17 th century – 200,000 immigrants to English colonies.  New England Colonies.  Middle Colonies.  Chesapeake Colonies.  Southern Colonies.