1. Unit 1: Colonization & Revolution
Week 1 – Colonizing America

2. What were the reasons for English colonization of America?
Essential Question
What were the reasons for English colonization of America?

3. Vocabulary Puritans (pg. 60) Joint-stock Companies (pg. 61)
Burgesses (pg. 63)
John Winthrop (pg. 67)
William Penn (pg. 74)
Quakers (pg. 75)

4. English Colonies Colonies settled by Great Britain (England)
3 Major Colonial Regions
New England
Mid-Atlantic (Middle)
Southern

5. Colonies New England Mid-Atlantic Southern
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
Mid-Atlantic
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
Southern
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

6. Motivations for Settling
New England
Religious Dissent (Disagreement)
The Puritans wanted to establish a community built solely on pure biblical teaching rather than Anglican (The Church of England) traditions.

7. Motivations for Settling Cont.
Mid-Atlantic
Religious Freedom & Financial Gain
Religious sects such as the Quakers were persecuted by the Puritans and left New England
The Swedes and Dutch had already settled in this region trade goods from the new world

8. Motivations for Settling Cont.
Southern
Financial Gain
The first successful English settlement was Jamestown, Virginia in The settlement was founded by a Joint-Stock Company, The Virginia Company, to make money off of the trade of new world goods.

9. Impact
Because of these different locations and motivations the three colonial regions will develop unique economies, societies, and political practices.