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COLONIAL AMERICA Unit IB AP U.S. History
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England ► Defeat of Spanish Armada in 1588 makes England a superior naval power ► Population increases ► Joint-stock companies develop ► Religious conflicts divide the nation ► Weak monarchs, civil wars, and revolutions
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English Colonies ► Charters ► Corporate Colony Granted a charter to stockholders Ex. Virginia ► Proprietary Colony Granted a charter to individual or group Ex. Maryland, Pennsylvania ► Royal Colony Under direct control of the monarch Ex. New Hampshire Eventually, 8 of the 13 colonies became royal colonies, including Virginia and Massachusetts
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The First English Colonies ► First Attempt: Roanoke in 1585 ► First Permanent: Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 John Smith – “he that will not work shall not eat” John Rolfe - tobacco
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Who is this?
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Oh yeah…Pocahontas
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Disney’s John Smith
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Hollywood’s John Smith
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This is John Smith.
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Pilgrims ► Separatists to Holland then head for Virginia ► Mayflower takes Separatists and others to Jamestown but weather complicates matters ► Settlers decide to remain and establish Plymouth (1620)
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The Mayflower (II)
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Look, a big rock.
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Wampanoag Dwelling
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Plymouth Colony
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Thirteen Colonies
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New England ► Massachusetts Bay Colony and Puritans (1630) John Winthrop and “city upon a hill” ► Providence, Rhode Island, and Roger Williams (1636) “Wall of separation” ► Portsmouth and Anne Hutchinson (1638) Antinomianism ► Hartford, New Haven, Connecticut (1636-1637) Thomas Hooker ► New Hampshire (1679)
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New England and Religion ► Massachusetts under strict Puritanical lifestyle ► Religious toleration and dissent lead to Rhode Island ► Anne Hutchinson and Antinomianism ► Halfway Covenant Attempt to increase members ► Salem Witch Trials (1692- 1693) Cotton Mather Spectral evidence
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New England Politics ► Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) First written constitution in America ► Relations with Natives New England Confederation (1643-1684) ► Defense alliance among Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Haven ► King Philip’s (Metacom) War (1675-1676) New England Confederation defeats Wampanoag alliance
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Middle Colonies ► Development New York ► New Amsterdam transferred to Duke of York in 1664 New Jersey (1702) Pennsylvania settled by Quakers Delaware (1702) ► Economics Develop wheat and corn farms ► “Bread basket” of the colonies Eventually into manufacturing and trade
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Pennsylvania ► William Penn (1681) ► Religious Society of Friends aka Quakers ► Holy Experiment Religious refuge Liberal political ideals Economic success Frame of Government and Charter of Liberties
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Southern Colonies ► Maryland (1634) Lord Baltimore Act of Toleration (1649) ► Virginia (1607) ► Carolinas (1663) North Carolina (1729) ► Tobacco South Carolina (1729) ► Rice and indigo ► Georgia (1732) James Oglethorpe
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Virginia ► Jamestown (1607) ► House of Burgesses in 1619 First legislative assembly in the colonies ► Becomes royal colony in 1624 ► Bacon’s Rebellion (1676) Inequities between large landowners and western farmers Nathanial Bacon vs. William Berkeley ► Headright System 50 acres to each paying immigrant or plantation owner who paid for immigrant
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Georgia ► James Oglethorpe establishes in 1732 Social experiment ► Defensive buffer to Spanish Florida ► Debtors colony
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Colonial Religion ► Diverse among colonies regarding strict adherence and religious toleration ► Protestant dominant Limited Anglican ► The Great Awakening (1730s- 1740s) Jonathan Edwards ► “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” George Whitefield Evangelism
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Colonial Religion
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Colonial Politics ► ► Limited Self-Government Elected bicameral legislative assemblies Governors Local governments ► ► Voting Limited to adult male educated and/or property owners ► ► Freedom of Expression John Peter Zenger Case (1735)
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Dominion of New England (1686-1689) ► ► Established by King James II to consolidate colonies ► ► Administrative union of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey ► ► Governor Edmund Andros ► ► Dissolution
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Colonial Society And Colonial Culture ► ► American Social Structure Wealthy landowners Merchants Small farmers Craftspeople Slaves Regional differences ► ► Opportunity Less dependent on heredity ► ► Gender Roles Men ► ► Patriarchal society, landowners, workers Women ► ► Submissive to men but respected, domestic responsibilities, limited to no political rights ► ► Becoming American Pragmatism ► ► Dominance of English culture ► ► Folkways Regional differences
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Colonial Culture - The Arts ► ► Architecture Early colonies centered around a church Urban structures typical of English structures Frontier log cabins ► ► Painting Portrait painters and landscapes ► ► Literature Newspapers Religious sermons, political essays, non-fiction books Poor Richard’s Almanac - Benjamin Franklin
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Typical Colony Layout
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Colonial Culture - Education ► ► Limited to wealthy males; females learned domestic chores ► ► Higher Education Most established for ministry/theological studies ► ► New England Colonies Education by mothers Towns with over 50 families required primary schools; 100, grammar schools ► ► Middle Colonies Private and church education ► ► Southern Colonies Limited education due to agricultural lifestyle
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Settlement and Migration ► 250,000 in 1701 to 2.5 million in 1775 ► Europeans and Africans along with a high birth rate ► Reasons: religion; economics; political turmoil ► English, Germans (Pennsylvania Dutch), Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Swedish OLD IMMIGRANTS ► Africans forced to America; suffered discrimination and slave labor
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Colonial Slavery ► Indentured servitude ► Why Slaves? Increased wages in England Labor shortages lead to importing slaves Cheap labor Dependable work force ► Slave Rebellions and Reactions Stono Rebellion/Cato Rebellion (1739) New York “Conspiracy” (1741) Slave laws
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Slave Demographics
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Colonial Economics ► Mercantilism Colonies for the “Mother Country” ► Acts of Navigation Trade on English ships Imports pass English ports Exports to England ► Molasses Act (1733) ► Triangular Trade Middle Passage
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Colonial Economics ► Land was “gold” ► No established monetary system (gold and silver) ► Transportation Rivers and coasts Horse and carriage led to taverns and postal services ► New England Limited land led to shipbuilding, fishing, trading ► Middle Colonies Wheat and corn fields; manufacturing and trade ► Southern Colonies Tobacco, rice, indigo plantations based on forced labor
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PUROPOSEDATEFOUNDERMAJOR EXPORT VIRGINIAcommercial1607Virginia Company John Smith Tobacco PLYMOUTH/ MASSACHUSETTS Religious refuge/ commercial 1620/ 1628 William Bradford/ Massachusetts Bay Company John Winthrop Grain, timber NEW YORKcommercial1613 (1664)Peter Stuveysant (Duke of York) Furs, grain NEW HAMPSHIREcommercial1623John MasonTimber, naval stores RHODE ISLANDReligious refuge1636Roger WilliamsGrain CONNECTICUTexpansion1635Thomas HookerGrain PENNSYLVANIAReligious refuge1681William Penn - Quakers Grain DELAWAREcommercial1638 (1681)Peter Minuit/ William Penn Grain MARYLANDReligious refuge1634Lord Baltimore - Catholics Tobacco NORTH CAROLINAcommercial1663Anthony CooperTobacco, timber, naval stores SOUTH CAROLINAcommercial1663Anthony CooperRice, indigo, naval stores GEORGIABuffer, experiment1733James OglethorpeRice, timber, naval stores () - Becomes an English colony
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