1. European Settlements -European Settlements
-Spanish-- St. Augustine, Florida 1565
SW, Florida, Texas
-French– Canada, Mississippi R.
-English—East Coast: 13 colonies by 1753
Roanoke, NC: First attempt of English Colony
Sir Walter Raleigh
Lost Colony: Queen Eliz. I grants charter for colony
John White: led expedition to Roanoke

2. The Virginia Company was a group of London Merchants…
-Joint Stock Company: provides investors partial ownership and a share of future profit
Jamestown, 1607: 1st permanent (successful English colony)
John Smith: known for establishing Jamestown, he was the leader of the colony
“Starving Time” Powhatan Indians try to force colonist out by cutting off food supplies… killed all but 60 of 500
-more colonists
-1st democratic gov’t: was…
1619 House of Burgesses-— First government in Jamestown, Virginia—It was a form of representative democracy marks the beginning of Gov’t in Colonial America
The Virginia Company was a group of London Merchants…

3. Jamestown -tobacco as a cash crop
John Rolfe: 1st successful tobacco cultivator (grower)
Pocahontas: Saves John Smiths life after his capture
-headright system: used to expand colonial land owned by England
50 acres to each new colonist
-indentured servants: someone who makes contract with American Colonist for food & shelter in return for labor
-first slaves imported: large cash like tobacco, rice, and indigo crops increase need for workers, indenture servants and immigrants can do

4. 1640s First Rebellion -Indian dispute on the frontier
-Colonists ask for protection from Virginia Gov’t, but were denied
-Bacon’s Rebellion
-Nathaniel Bacon led the frontier colonists in a rebellion against the Virginia gov’t
-showed signs of discontent with leadership
Showed colonist were not willing to be restricted by government policy

5. A Compact is an agreement or contract among a group of people…
Pilgrims
-Pilgrims also called Separatists because they wanted to practice their own religion
-Plymouth Massachusetts
-Mayflower Compact: to survive they would need government
-set up direct democracy for the colony
-leads to traditions of town meetings
-colony struggled but received Indian help to grow crops
Thanksgiving---Squanto
-William Bradford
“Of Plymouth Plantation”
A Compact is an agreement or contract among a group of people…

6. Puritans -Puritans: Founders of Massachusetts
-wanted to rid the English church of Catholic traditions
…or purify the English Church
-John Winthrop: Puritan leader who wrote…
-City on a Hill: wanted puritan colony to…
be an example to the world
-settled in Massachusetts
-strong connection between church and state
-strict adherence to Puritan rules