1. Jamestown and Plymouth

2. Jamestown- 1607

4. Location’s effect on society
Climate
Swampy- disease
HIGH mortality rates

5. Economy
Cash Crops after 1617

6. Tobacco’s effect on society
Starvation
Rely on ships and Natives for food
Rely on immigration for labor

7. Labor and Settlement Wealthy: Dispersed settlement Costal planters
1616- Headrights/ Hundreds
Dispersed settlement
Costal planters
Small farmers in the interior
Workers:
Indentured Servants
1619- intro of slavery cuz of labor shortages

8. Women Young, male population Few marriages few kids
SLOW population growtwth
Complex households
Women imported after 1619

9. Goal Make VA like England!
1619- House of Burgesses– Like Parliament, reps make laws
Church of England

10. Plymouth 1624
Location’s effect on society
Healthier climate
Longevity

11. Economy and Society Agriculture Timber Shipping … diverse econ.
Fishing
Grain
Livestock
Timber
Shipping
… diverse econ.
Poorer soil
No cash crops
No large land holdings
Close towns
Fewer slaves
Rely on family labor

13. Women Balance of men and women Stable family units
Rapid population growtwth

14. Goal Be different Make a more perfect England!
Models of reform and witness to their faith
Separatists Pilgrims Puritans
Religious intolerance?
Make a more perfect England!

15. Two distinct characters
Summary
Two distinct characters

16. Middle Colonies Until 1680s- most colonists from ENGLAND
After 1680s- others settle in Middle Colonies
Even more diverse population and economy
Agriculture and commerce
Imports and exports