Formation of the US
22,000 years ago… People came over on the land bridge: Bering Strait Russia Land Bridge Alaska
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. In the ships: Nina Pinta Santa Maria
They landed on the islands of Cuba Hispaniola
More Europeans came and created colonies Colony= distant land controlled by a parent country.
THE COLONIES Founded between Varying governments, topography, cultures, economic policies
England Spain France Holland (Dutch) Virginia (1607) Massachusetts(1620) New Hampshire (1623) Maryland (1634) Connecticut (1635) Rhode Island (1636) Delaware (1638) North Carolina (1653) South Carolina (1663) New Jersey (1664) New York (1664) Pennsylvania (1682) Georgia (1732) Parent Country 13 original Colonies
3 types of colonies Joint stock colony: a business control the colony $$$ Proprietary colony: friend of the king controls the colony. Royal: under direct control of the king.
Mayflower Compact (1620) Dutch Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower (ship) They wrote the 1 st government/constitution
1 st Direct Democracy
Who are Pilgrims? Pilgrims are Separatist. They left Europe so they could practice their religion freely. They were Protestants.
Puritans
Religious Dissenters Roger Williams Gov’t should be separate from religion
William Penn: Pennsylvania Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Love Created a Frame of Government: governor, council, and assembly
Quakers
Jamestown
Virginia House of Burgesses 1 st representative democracy Legislative assembly: makes the laws
Virginia Troubles Nathaniel Bacon wanted protection against the natives The governor refused
Bacons Rebellion He raised an army to fight the natives Bacon army marched to Jamestown to protest. Set fire to the colony
Triangle Trade Route
The Middle Passage
Slave Ships