1. Quiz next class! Mercantilism Salutary Neglect Glorious Revolution
Chart on Jamestown
Chart on Plymouth
Indentured Servants
Name the Colonies BY REGION (name Southern, Middle, and Northern Colonies)

2. English motivations for colonization
National Power and Wealth (competition with other nations)
High population growth in England
Religious freedom
Poor economic conditions in England  families seek better life
Land = Basis of liberty, wealth, and power
Many English people come over as indentured servants
If English settlers are coming over in groups or part of families, how is that different from French and Spanish colonization?

3. Colonial culture People still identify as being English citizens
Each colony is governed by a representative assembly
All colonies allowed for religious tolerance
Everyone, except African Americans, has more social mobility

4. Indentured Servants vs. slaves
2/3 of English settlers
Could become free members of society
Mostly white
Slaves
West African slaves reach Jamestown in 1619
Could NOT become free members of society
Mostly African
How is the concept of “freedom” different for these two groups of workers?

5. Impact on Native americans
Many Native Americans assist English settlers at first
Show the English settlers farming methods
Trade with the English settlers
Native Americans killed by war and disease
English have a technology advantage
English push Native Americans West
English change the land
Destroy forests
Decimate animal populations

6. Colonial Families Men have landowning power and dominated politics
Women were responsible for:
Household work
Education of children
Field work