1. England’s 17th century colonies
Chapter 2
England’s 17th century colonies

2. I. Breaking Away Why? When? Results..
Who knows why the English came to America?
They had many different reasons. Some wanted the opportunity to worship God in their own way; others wanted land.
When did they come? Some in the early part of the century when England was still stable. Other came after Englands civil war.
In America, the colonist had to adjust to different environments. The result was the development of different subcultures; The chesapeake, New England, the Middle colonies and the carolinas.

3. II. The Chesapeake: Dreams of Wealth
A. Entrepreneurs in Virginia
B. Spinning out of Control
C. “Stinking Weed”
D. Time of Reckoning
E. Corruption and Reform
F. Maryland: A Troubled Refuge for Catholics

4. III. Reforming England in America
A. “The Great Migration”
B. “The City on a Hill
C. Limits of Religious Dissent
D. Mobility and Division

5. IV. Diversity in the Middle Colonies
A. Anglo-Dutch Rivalry
on the Hudson
B. Confusion in
New Jersey

6. V. Quakers in America A. Quaker Beliefs and Practices
B. Penn’s “Holy Experiment”
C. Settling Pennsylvania

7. VI. Conclusion: Living with Diversity
All of the colonies struggled for survival in their first phase, but as they developed distinct regional differences intensified and persisted throughout the colonial period and even during the struggle for independence. Nevertheless, the colonists eventually saw themselves as a distinct people, a phenomenon that historians have to explain.

8. Project
Choose one of the following colonies. You are to imagine that you’re on a travel advisory board for the colony of your choice. Your job is to create a travel brochure to entice settlers to live or visit your colony.
Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or Delaware