1. Early History of Immigration to America - Background History of immigration to the United States. (2012, August 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:58, September 3, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_immigration_to_the_United_S tates&oldid=509663070

2. Why do we care? (Label & take notes on your map) Understand who wrote early literature Understand why they wrote Influences: – Ethnicity (e.g. Finnish, Dutch, English) – Religion – Location, including: Encounters with Native Americans Landscape & climate

3. Colonial Era 1600-1775 New England African slaves were brought to all areas Massachusetts – English Puritans – Plymouth & Boston, MA and surroundings Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire – More English Puritans

4. Middle Colonies New York – Dutch – along Hudson River in New York (Protestant Christians) – Soon Germans & English also settled NY (Protestants) Pennsylvania – British Quakers around Philadelphia – Scotch Irish from Northern Ireland in the west (Presbyterians) – Germans (Protestants) New Jersey & Delaware – Swedes and Finns (Protestants)

5. The South Virginia & Chesapeake Bay – English (not Puritans) settled plantations Georgia & Appalachians – Scots-Irish (Presbyterian) Map

6. West & Southwest Spanish (Catholic) – Florida – Santa Fe – Texas French (Catholic) – Louisiana – Nova Scotia Map

7. Summary Native Americans hadn’t yet been driven west Native Americans Most settlers from Northern Europe Diverse countries and religious sects represented African slaves in all parts of early America