1. Thanks Native Americans for this awesome land!
Rhode Island
Thanks Native Americans for this awesome land!
-founded by Roger Williams
Separation of Church and State
exiled from the colony
fled and founded Providence R.I
-land peaceably acquired from Indians
-based on religious freedoms that Williams promoted
-church and the government are separate

2. Connecticut
-founded by Thomas Hooker
-wanted more religious freedom than Massachusetts allowed
-disliked the requirement of citizens to be church members
-Fundamental Orders:
first constitution in the nation (1st in North America)
written by Puritan clergymen
Required elections of governors and 6 judges.
They had Legislative, Executive and Judicial power
How to be represented
Pay taxes

3. New Hampshire
-founded by Puritan communities
-N.H. becomes royal colony
-Maine (not a colony) was eventually sold to Massachusetts and remained part of Massachusetts until 1820

4. New Netherlands
-Henry Hudson
-Englishman sailing for the Dutch
-Explored the Hudson R. and Hudson Bay areas
-Dutch found colony at New Amsterdam
-lots of different immigrants
-religious freedom
-English take colony in 1664
-renamed New York
-Part of the region divided into the colony of New Jersey

5. Pennsylvania
-William Penn
-Quakers
religious group who practiced worship without ministers and were pacifists
-Philadelphia
“City of Brotherly Love”
-fair treatment of Indians
-thriving colony

6. Maryland
-George Calvert
Lord Baltimore
-established as safe haven for English Catholics
-Catholics soon outnumbered
-Toleration Act (1649) guaranteed religious freedom: requiring religious toleration of all Christian denominations. 1st such law, so often seen as the origin of the 1st Amendment.

7. -royal colony named after King Charles
Carolina
-royal colony named after King Charles
-Charles Town became major port city
-large slave populations
-North Carolina created as refuge for the poor and dissenters
-remained thinly populated until mid 1700’s
Colonies of the Carolinas were a swampy, heavily wooded backcountry populated by Indians and a few runaway servants from Virginia. It was originally run by English men who looked like this. As you might imagine, things didn’t go smoothly.

8. also was a buffer from Spanish areas
Georgia
James Olgethorpe
haven for debtors
also was a buffer from Spanish areas
COLONIAL GEORGIA: SAVANNAH, FROM A PRINT OF 1741

9. Colonial System
-mercantilism
system of nations increasing their wealth and power through trade with colonies
-English wanted a favorable balance of trade which meant they sold more than they imported from colonies
-Social System
widely available prosperity

10. English Control
-colonies were very successful traders
-lumber, furs, fish, grain, tobacco sent to Europe
-large quantities of finished goods bought
-Parliament passes the Navigation Acts
Restricted how colonists could do business

11. Seeds of Independence
-Glorious Revolution in England, 1688
-Parliament becomes the dominant force in English government
-salutary neglect
very loose supervision of the colonies
-lack of control led to self government
religious, political, economic, and social freedoms
John Peter Zenger Trial

12. Writing Activity Diary: Colonist’s experience in Jamestown (S)
Radio Show Interview: Guests include J. Winthrop, A. Hutchinson, and R. Williams (H)