1. Why Do We Celebrate Puritan Massachusetts But Not Jamestown?

3. I. Context: The 100 Year Delay and England’s Exploration

4. A. England’s Military Power: The Defeat of the Spanish Armada

5. B. England’s Excess Population: Enclosure & Primogeniture

6. C. England’s Economic Resources: Private Funding and the Joint Stock Company

7. II. May 14th 1607: No School for Jamestown Day?

8. A. The Argument for Jamestown Day
1. Jamestown was the First! (Kind Of)

9. 2. A First Step Toward Democracy: The House of Burgesses

10. 3. Tobacco & an Eventual Economic Boom

11. B. The Argument Against Jamestown Day:
1. Jamestown’s Goal: Gold Trumps God

12. 2. Jamestown’s Early Years: Men, Malaria, and the Starving Time

14. 3. Jamestown & Native Americans: From Pocahontas to the Anglo-Powhatan Wars

16. 4. Jamestown & the Shift from Indentured Servants to Slaves

17. III. Comparing and Contrasting Southern Colonies

18. A. The Colonies’ Contrasting Origins
Maryland (1634) – A Haven for Catholics
Carolina (1670) – A Link to the West Indies
North Carolina (1712) – A Refuge for Poor Whites
Georgia (1733) – A Buffer against Spanish Florida

19. The Colonies’ Common Characteristics:
1. Economic: Rural Plantations, Wealthy Landowners & African Slaves

20. 2. Religious: The Church of England & Religious Toleration