1. Formation of the US

2. 22,000 years ago… People came over on the land bridge: Bering Strait Russia Land Bridge Alaska

4. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. In the ships: Nina Pinta Santa Maria

5. They landed on the islands of Cuba Hispaniola

8. More Europeans came and created colonies Colony= distant land controlled by a parent country.

9. THE COLONIES Founded between 1607-1733 Varying governments, topography, cultures, economic policies

10. England Spain France Holland (Dutch) Virginia (1607) Massachusetts(1620) New Hampshire (1623) Maryland (1634) Connecticut (1635) Rhode Island (1636) Delaware (1638) North Carolina (1653) South Carolina (1663) New Jersey (1664) New York (1664) Pennsylvania (1682) Georgia (1732) Parent Country 13 original Colonies

12. 3 types of colonies Joint stock colony: a business control the colony $$$ Proprietary colony: friend of the king controls the colony. Royal: under direct control of the king.

13. Mayflower Compact (1620) Dutch Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower (ship) They wrote the 1 st government/constitution

14. 1 st Direct Democracy

15. Who are Pilgrims? Pilgrims are Separatist. They left Europe so they could practice their religion freely. They were Protestants.

16. Puritans

17. Religious Dissenters Roger Williams Gov’t should be separate from religion

18. William Penn: Pennsylvania Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Love Created a Frame of Government: governor, council, and assembly

19. Quakers

21. Jamestown

22. Virginia House of Burgesses 1 st representative democracy Legislative assembly: makes the laws

23. Virginia Troubles Nathaniel Bacon wanted protection against the natives The governor refused

24. Bacons Rebellion He raised an army to fight the natives Bacon army marched to Jamestown to protest. Set fire to the colony

25. Triangle Trade Route

27. The Middle Passage

28. Slave Ships