1. Relationship with Indians
Who came/
Why?
Economic
Political
Relationship with Indians
England - New England
Colonies
Who: Puritan Families
Goal: “City on a Hill”
Leader: John Winthrop
Why: Escaped religious persecution
Labor: Puritan Work Ethic; Few Slaves/ Few Indentured Servants
Education: Harvard University training ground for ministers.
Industry: Fishing/lumbering
Mercantilism: Navigation Laws end Salutary neglect.
Docs: Mayflower Compact
Gov’t: Elite Rule. Only White, male, property owners can vote.
Hostile / Savages
Rigid Racial Hierarchy (no inter-marriage)
Expansion led to conflict with Indians
Pequot War/King Phillips War
England - Chesapeake
Colonies & Southern Colonies
Who: Merchants
Goal: Economic; initially for Gold in Virginia then cash crops.
Leader: John Smith (Jamestown) then John Rolfe (introduce Tobacco)
Why: Gold for the crown
Labor: Indentured Servants then Slaves
Lack of Indentured Servants  Headright System tries to encourage immigration to New World  Bacon’s Rebellion (no land, no protection from Indians and lack of opportunities)  Expansion of African Slavery
Industry: Cash crops Tobacco, Rice, Indigo
Gov’t: Virginia House of Burgesses (1st rep. gov’t in colonies)
Elite Rule
Only White, male, property owners can vote.
Stono Rebellion
(Effect: Stricter Slave Codes)
Spanish
Who: Conquistadors
Goal: God, Gold and Glory
Why: Wealth for the crown; Spread Catholicism; Enlarging the Spanish Empire
Labor: Indians through the Encomienda System
Hacienda System – Land grants to Spanish merchants.
Mission System
Hostile, but intermarried (Mestizos)
Pueblo Revolt (religious conflict, Spanish were more cooperative afterward),
French
Who: Merchants/Traders
Goal/Why: Trade/Economic
Beaver Fur Trade
Mercantilism
Little Political Influence
Mostly traded and intermarried (Mestizos)
Mystic River Massacre

2. Relationship with Indians
Who came/
Why?
Economic
Political
Relationship with Indians
England - New England
Colonies
Who:
Goal:
Leader:
Why:
Labor:
Education:
Industry:
Mercantilism:
England - Chesapeake
Colonies & Southern Colonies
Spanish
French
Goal/Why: