1. Unit 2 1607- 1754

2.  Key Concept 2.1: Europeans developed a variety of colonization and migration patterns, influenced by different imperial goals, cultures, and the varied North American environments where they settled, and they competed with each other and American Indians for resources.  Key Concept 2.2: The British colonies participated in political, social, cultural, and economic exchanges with Great Britain that encouraged both stronger bonds with Britain and resistance to Britain’s control.

3. FUELING EUROPEAN COMPETITION  Economic competition  Overcrowded cities  Mercantilism  Religious competition/Freedom  Spanish inquisition  Reformation  The Renaissance  Nation sponsored colonization  Joint stock company

4. 13 English Colonies 4 Regions w/ Chesapeake(3 USVA SOL) New England  Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut Middle Atlantic  Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware Chesapeake  Virginia, Maryland (North Carolina) Southern/ Caribbean  (North Carolina), South Carolina, Georgia, Bahamas

5. New England  Plymouth 1620 and Massachusetts Bay Colony 1630  Puritans-Settled largely for religious freedom  Separatists (Pilgrims) vs Puritans Separatists (Pilgrims) vs Puritans  Political, Social, Economic characteristics Political, Social, Economic characteristics  William Bradford/Mayflower Compact/Direct Democracy/Town meetings  John Winthrop/”City upon a Hill”/Covenant Community  Timber, fur, fishing, subsistence farming, Atlantic trade

7. Middle Colonies  Most diverse  develop a middle class, religiously and racially more tolerant, politically more autonomous  English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and French  Quakers, Huguenots, Jews, Presbyterian  Wheat/corn/rye (Cereal Crops/Breadbasket)  Political, Social, Economic characteristics  William Penn William Penn

8. Chesapeake Region  Mostly exporting tobacco  Cavaliers/Jamestown- Virginia Company of London(JSC) Cavaliers/Jamestown  Indentured servitude vs. Chattel SlaveryChattel Slavery  Bacon’s Rebellion  Contributed to shift from Indentured Servants to slaves and served as And served as example for future governing bodies in English Colonies  House of Burgesses

10. Southern Colonies/British West Indies  Chattel Slavery  Staple Crops (Cash Crops)  Sugar, Rice, Tobacco, Indigo  Held closest ties with England  Trade  Anglican Church  official (pay taxes to)