1. The English Establish 13 Colonies Chapter 3 1585-1732 AD

2. Early Colonies Have Mixed Success
To describe early English attempts at colonizing
To explain English financing of a colony
To summarize how Jamestown was founded and grew
To analyze the conflicts of the Jamestown colonists both with Native Americans and among the colonists themselves

3. The English Plan Colonies
By the late 1500s Spain has many colonies
England is late to the game, Richard Hakluyt
Mercantilism
Transfers wealth from colonies to parent country through trade
Resources from colonies is used to produce items that are sold back to the colony

4. Two Early Colonies Fail
Sir Walter Raleigh would sponsor Roanoke.
He would name the first English colony Virginia
Roanoke would rely on Natives to feed them
John White on the supply ships from England
Both options were a mistake, why?
Plymouth Company at Kennebec River
Essentially a penal colony
Infighting, hunger, and the cold

5. Financing a Colony
As first colonies failed, new idea for sponsorship had to come about
Joint-stock companies would form
Investors would invest in business ventures
Profit was shared, risk was minimized
Royalty needed to be included, so a charter would have to be created.
A legal document that gave a company the right to create a colony

6. Jamestown Is Founded 1607 Virginia Company of London 100 settlers
Named after King James
Early hardships would only made worse by gold fever
Didn’t bother with farming
Constructed a poorly built fort

7. Jamestown Grows By 1608, only 38 colonist remained
John Smith would take over
“will not work shall not eat”
Things would get better until Smith would be injured and have to return to England
The Starving Time
As Smith left, 800 colonist would arrive in 1609
Relations would worsen and after the starving time only 60 colonists remained
Lord De La Warr’s Jamestown
John Rolfe’s high grade tobacco

8. Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 Tobacco would be introduced
Land was offered to settlers, and indentured servants would be need.
House of Burgesses
First representative assembly in America
Helped form laws
Nathaniel Bacon and rebellion
Gov. Berkeley’s high taxes
Over land and Native Americans

9. New England Colonies
To explain why the Pilgrims established Plymouth Colony
To explain why the Puritans set up the Massachusetts Bay Colony
To identify the New England Way and to evaluate challenges to Puritan leadership
To summarize the causes and effects of King Philip's War and the Salem witchcraft trials

10. The Voyage of the Mayflower
Separatists would organize in the early 1600s
Pilgrims would not support the Church of England
Persecution would push them out of England to the Americas
Signed a Charter with the Virginia Company
Mayflower Compact
Agreed upon laws for the settlement at Plymouth
Helped established the idea of self-governance

11. The Pilgrims Found Plymouth
The first winter was harsh, but aid came in the spring
Samoset and Squanto helped create a treaty
Natives would show the Pilgrims how to survive in the harsh environment
Following fall would lead to the first Thanksgiving.
The Pilgrim successes would be heard of in England

12. Puritans Come to Massachusetts Bay
Puritans would come to America
Not Separatist, but reformers
The first “Great Migration”
About 20,000 would come to America
Heavily invested in the Massachusetts Bay Company, Puritans arrived with plenty of support

13. The New England Way Society was based around the congregation
The General Court
Elected males from the congregation
Emphasized duty, godliness, hard work, and honesty
Puritan congregations would spread out over the region
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Extended voting rights
Limited the governor’s powers

14. Challenges to Puritan Leaders
Not all agreed with New England Way
Roger Williams
Founder of the first Baptist church in America
Established Providence Rhode Island
Guaranteed Religious Freedom
Separation of Church and State
Anne Hutchinson
Didn’t need a church to worship
Quakers
Would flee Massachusetts, and intolerance

15. King Phillip’s War Growing Populations impacted Native Americans
Lack of understanding on both sides
Land ownership was the major issue
Religion and food also played a role
Metacom (King Phillip) lead a war against Puritan colonies
The results of the fighting would leave more land open to settlement

16. The Salem Witchcraft Trials
1692 Witch Hunts would consume the Puritan settlements
Started with several young girls
These hunts would be used as a sign to return to a stricter Puritan life style
100+ would be tried, 20 executed

17. Founding the Middle and Southern Colonies
To compare the founding of the four Middle Colonies
To trace the growth of the Middle Colonies
To explain how economics influenced the development of the Southern Colonies
To identify unique reasons for the founding of Georgia and Maryland

18. The Middle Colonies Religious Freedom attracted many settlers
General freedoms were not taken lightly
Many religions could be found in the Hudson and Delaware basins
A couple of the Middle Colonies were not English

19. New Netherland Becomes New York
Dutch West Indies and “Patroon System”
Patrons would bring 50+ workers, and be rewarded land in colonies
The more workers you brought the more land you received
Duke of York would notice the Colony
The Dutch colony was considered a threat to the English Colonies
Dutch would surrender without a fight.
Dubbed New York

20. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
The Duke of York became the single largest landowner in the New World
Promises of freedom of religion would attract more settlers
William Penn
King Charles II owed the Penn family money so instead he granted him Pennsylvania
A colony meant for Quakers to live in
Peace and Harmony

21. Southern Colonies Maryland Carolinas
Lord Baltimore established Maryland for Catholics
1649s Toleration Act
Tobacco Economy
Carolinas
English, French Huguenots, and African slaves
Became Royal Colony through rebellion…1729

22. Georgia 1732, founded by James Oglethorpe
English wanted to use Georgia as a military outpost against Spanish Florida and French Louisiana
Would defend against Spanish forces
Oglethorpe’s strict rules would force the king to make Georgia a royal colony
By the 1700s there was 13 colonies.