1. “No Taxation without representation”

2. Focus Questions: What motivated English Colonization? What motivated English Colonization? To what extent does geography play in determining the type of economy and government of each American Colony? To what extent does geography play in determining the type of economy and government of each American Colony? What important ideas and major events led to the American Revolution? What important ideas and major events led to the American Revolution?

3. Spain: Mexico, Central America, and South America Western US  Present day Texas, New Mexico, California Florida They established “presidios” or forts within Mission Communities French (The Northwest Passage / “New France”) Canada  Nova Scotia and St. Lawrence River Fishing and Fur trading 1690’s established Louisiana along the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico

4. Roanoke Colony Roanoke Colony Sir Walter Raleigh… Becomes the Lost Colony Jamestown 1607 Jamestown 1607 Virginia Company In Virginia founded by the Virginia Company and led by John Smith. First permanent settlement in the North America Survived by growing Tobacco as a “cash crop” The House Of Burgesses The House Of Burgesses First Legislature in the New World Partnered with the Royal Governor to govern the colony.

5. The Puritans The Puritans 1620 “Model Moral (Religious) Communities” The Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact Provided the framework for colonial “Self-government” What are the differences between Jamestown and Plymouth?

6. Comprised of Four separate colonies by 1700. Massachusetts Massachusetts Rhode Island Rhode Island Connecticut Connecticut New Hampshire New Hampshire Focus: Focus: Religious Freedoms and toleration

7. New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Middle Colonies focused on Trade, Sea Ports, and Shipping Commerce. Southern Colonies focused on Agriculture and Cattle Farms Because of Agriculture, the Atlantic Slave Trade begins.