1. US I History | Ms. Burke

2. 1. Virginia (1607) 2. Massachusetts Bay Colony (1620 / 1628) 3. New York (1623) 4. Maryland (1634) 5. Connecticut (1636) 6. Rhode Island (1636) 7. New Hampshire (1638) 8. Delaware (1638) 9. Carolina (North and South) (1663) 10. New Jersey (1664) 11. Pennsylvania (1682) 12. Georgia (1733)

3.  Known as the “Lost Colony”  In what is now North Carolina  First attempt by the British (Queen Elizabeth I) to set up colonies in North America in 1585 She sends Sir Walter Raleigh  Colonists disappear…what happened? Anglo-Spanish War? Native American attack? Did they integrate with neighboring tribes?

4.  The clues… “Croatoan” carved into a nearby tree All the houses / buildings were gone Walls of the colony were unmarked and still up  What do you think happened?

5.  Jamestown “Starving Time”  Set up by the London Company (joint stock company)  Headright system each settler is promised a certain number of acres of land for the promise of colonization

6.  King James I grants a charter to establish an English settlement in the Chesapeake region  About 100 settlers come to the New World to… Find gold Find a way to the Pacific Build a settlement  Immediately attacked by the Powhatan Indians

7.  Town would have been abandoned without the new governor, Lord De La Ware  Why does Jamestown succeed? Peace treaty with the Pocahontas – John Rolfe marriage Discovery of tobacco farming  First representative assembly in English North America – Jamestown Church in 1619

8.  The first instance of African slavery in the British American Colonies… First slaves arrived in Jamestown in 1619

9.  Pilgrims leave England for religious freedom First go to Holland, but then met with investors to set up a colony in the Americas  Second successful English settlement  Has become a central theme in US history  Founders: John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges Gorges: “Father of English Colonization in America”

10.  First governing document of Plymouth Colony  Signed November 11, 1620  Only 41 of the 101 Pilgrims signed this document WHY?

11.  Set up by John Winthrop  Strongly Puritan  In 1691, Plymouth joins with Mass Bay Colony

12.  Starts as “New Netherlands”  Is taken over by the English (Duke of York) without a single shot  Dutch founders: Peter Stuyvesant Peter Minuit

13.  King Charles gives land to Lord Baltimore (George Calvert) to create a haven for Catholics in America WHY?

14.  Founded by Thomas Hooker He left Mass Bay Colony due to dissatisfaction with the leadership  In 1639, three different settlements in the Connecticut River Valley joined to form a unified government and created the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut FIRST WRITTEN CONSTITUTION IN AMERICA

15.  Collection of four settlements that eventually merge Roger Williams (Providence) Anne Hutchinson (Portsmouth)  Williams and Hutchinson were kicked out of Mass Bay Colony for religious differences

16.  Founded by John Mason  Settled by John Wheelwright and others

17.  Founded by Peter Minuit What other colony did he found?

18.  Eight men received charters for the Carolinas from King Charles II to settle lands south of Virginia  Main port  Charles Town (Charleston)  1729 – North and South Carolina split

19.  Duke of York granted land to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley  Separated into two parts  East and West Jersey  1702 – the two sections merge

20.  Quakers settle Pennsylvania with their founder : William Penn  First settlement is Philadelphia  Only colony to oppose slavery from its foundation  Complete religious freedom!

21.  King James II combines the following colonies into ONE COLONY Connecticut Massachusetts Bay Colony Plymouth Rhode Island New York New Hampshire East Jersey West Jersey  Now called The Dominion of New England

22.  Sir Edmund Andros is appointed Captain General and Governor in Chief  The colonists are upset because he does not have to answer to any higher authority What type of government is this?

23.  Founded by James Oglethorpe  Goal was to create a barrier or buffer between South Carolina and Florida WHY?

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