Richard Hakluyt – English geographer – urged England to start a colony
Thought colonies would provide a market for English exports and serve as a source for raw materials
Also thought colonies would help plant the Protestant faith in the Americas
Sir Walter Raleigh
Founded Roanoke – 1585 - the "lost" colony - no survivors
Joint-stock companies – backed by investors (people who put money into a project to earn profits).
1606 – King James I granted charters to VA company of London
And VA Company of Plymouth.
charter – a written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony
1607 – VA Company of London financed an expedition to the Chesapeake Bay. 100 colonists
1st permanent English settlement: Jamestown in honor of King James I
1608 – 38 colonists remained alive.
John Smith – “if you don’t work, you don’t eat”
John Rolfe – developed a high-grade tobacco
The company offered a 50-acre land grant for each man, woman or child who could pay his way to the colony.
Indentured servants – free passage to the colony in exchange for working for a number of years
House of Burgesses – 1st representative assembly in the American colonies
Bacon’s Rebellion – and group of landless frontier settlers opposed Governor William Berkely.
They complained about Berkely’s favoritism toward large plantation owners and high taxes
Took control of the House of Burgesses and burned Jamestown to the ground
King Charles II recalled the governor.
The House of Burgesses passed laws to prevent a royal governor from assuming such power again.
Separatists - religious groups who wanted to purify/separate from the Church of England.
Among them: Puritans and Pilgrims
Pilgrims - 100 sailed on the Mayflower for religious freedom
Mayflower Compact - agreement to obey rules (1st example of self-governance in the new world)
Named their colony: Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Richard Hakluyt - English geographer - encouraged England to start a colony
mercantilism - state controls trade and attempts to transfer wealth from colonies to the parent country
Hakluyt although thought English colonies would help plant the Protestant faith in the Americas.
joint-stock company - back by investors, people who put money into a project to earn profits
charter - a written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony
1607 - the Virginia Company of London financed an expedition to Chesapeake Bay - included more than 100 colonists.
Named the first permanent English settlement: Jamestown, in honor of King James I
hardships: disease, cold, Native Americans(Powhatan), no food
Many died from disease and starvation
Imagine you are a settler in the New World. What would you like to accomplish?
What hardships might you face?
What would you have brought with you from England to help you in the New World?
The Pilgrims
Separatists - didn't want to be a part of the Church of England or the Catholic Church
1st went to Holland
Then asked the VA co. if they could settle in America as a "distinct body unto themselves"
wanted religious freedom
sailed on the Mayflower -landed N. of the lands of the VA co.
landed in what they named Plymouth, MA
Wrote the Mayflower Compact - a form of self government - emphasized the general good of the colony
they also had a "starving time" - 1/2 died from disease and starvation
Squanto - part of the Pawtuxets
spoke English - helped the Pilgrims by teaching them how to plant, fish and hunt
1st Thanksgiving
The Puritans
Also a Separatist group
Left England between 1630 - 1640 went to New England
20,000 cross the Atlantic - "Great Migration"
They created the Massachusetts Bay Colony
They came prepared!
governor: John Winthrop
commonwealth - a community in which people work together for the good of the whole
town meetings - a form of self-government
in which people made laws and other decisions for the community
Only male church members were allowed to vote
By law - everyone had to attend church
"New England Way" : emphasized duty, godliness, hard work and honesty.
Puritans thought that amusements (dancing, cards, etc.) would lead to laziness
From 1630 to 1700 the colony grew to 93,000 people
In 1700 William and Mary (king and queen of England) combined the two colonies into one: Massachusetts
Challenges to Puritan Leaders
Roger Williams - founded the first Baptist church in America
didn't believe in forced church attendance
General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony forced him to leave the colony
Went to Rhode Island
guaranteed religious freedom and separation of church and state
Anne Hutchison
believed a person could worship God without the help of a church
held discussion in her home
seen as a challenge to church authority
forced to leave MA
fled to Rhode Island
King Philip's War - 1675-76
fought because colonists were taken native's land
"King Philip" - leader of Wampanoag
He organized an alliance of tribes
Natives lost the war, English settlers expanded even further into Native American land
Salem Witch Trials - late 1600's
20 killed - accused of being witches
Richard Hakluyt – English geographer – urged England to start a colony
Thought colonies would provide a market for English exports and serve as a source for raw materials
Also thought colonies would help plant the Protestant faith in the Americas
Sir Walter Raleigh
Founded Roanoke – 1585 - the "lost" colony - no survivors
Joint-stock companies – backed by investors (people who put money into a project to earn profits).
1606 – King James I granted charters to VA company of London
And VA Company of Plymouth.
charter – a written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony
1607 – VA Company of London financed an expedition to the Chesapeake Bay. 100 colonists
1st permanent English settlement: Jamestown in honor of King James I
1608 – 38 colonists remained alive.
John Smith – “if you don’t work, you don’t eat”
John Rolfe – developed a high-grade tobacco
The company offered a 50-acre land grant for each man, woman or child who could pay his way to the colony.
Indentured servants – free passage to the colony in exchange for working for a number of years
House of Burgesses – 1st representative assembly in the American colonies
Bacon’s Rebellion – and group of landless frontier settlers opposed Governor William Berkely.
They complained about Berkely’s favoritism toward large plantation owners and high taxes
Took control of the House of Burgesses and burned Jamestown to the ground
King Charles II recalled the governor.
The House of Burgesses passed laws to prevent a royal governor from assuming such power again.
Separatists - religious groups who wanted to purify/separate from the Church of England.
Among them: Puritans and Pilgrims
Pilgrims - 100 sailed on the Mayflower for religious freedom
Mayflower Compact - agreement to obey rules (1st example of self-governance in the new world)
Named their colony: Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Richard Hakluyt - English geographer - encouraged England to start a colony
mercantilism - state controls trade and attempts to transfer wealth from colonies to the parent country
Hakluyt although thought English colonies would help plant the Protestant faith in the Americas.
joint-stock company - back by investors, people who put money into a project to earn profits
charter - a written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony
1607 - the Virginia Company of London financed an expedition to Chesapeake Bay - included more than 100 colonists.
Named the first permanent English settlement: Jamestown, in honor of King James I
hardships: disease, cold, Native Americans(Powhatan), no food
Many died from disease and starvation
Imagine you are a settler in the New World. What would you like to accomplish?
What hardships might you face?
What would you have brought with you from England to help you in the New World?
The Pilgrims
Separatists - didn't want to be a part of the Church of England or the Catholic Church
1st went to Holland
Then asked the VA co. if they could settle in America as a "distinct body unto themselves"
wanted religious freedom
sailed on the Mayflower -landed N. of the lands of the VA co.
landed in what they named Plymouth, MA
Wrote the Mayflower Compact - a form of self government - emphasized the general good of the colony
they also had a "starving time" - 1/2 died from disease and starvation
Squanto - part of the Pawtuxets
spoke English - helped the Pilgrims by teaching them how to plant, fish and hunt
1st Thanksgiving
The Puritans
Also a Separatist group
Left England between 1630 - 1640 went to New England
20,000 cross the Atlantic - "Great Migration"
They created the Massachusetts Bay Colony
They came prepared!
governor: John Winthrop
commonwealth - a community in which people work together for the good of the whole
town meetings - a form of self-government
in which people made laws and other decisions for the community
Only male church members were allowed to vote
By law - everyone had to attend church
"New England Way" : emphasized duty, godliness, hard work and honesty.
Puritans thought that amusements (dancing, cards, etc.) would lead to laziness
From 1630 to 1700 the colony grew to 93,000 people
In 1700 William and Mary (king and queen of England) combined the two colonies into one: Massachusetts
Challenges to Puritan Leaders
Roger Williams - founded the first Baptist church in America
didn't believe in forced church attendance
General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony forced him to leave the colony
Went to Rhode Island
guaranteed religious freedom and separation of church and state
Anne Hutchison
believed a person could worship God without the help of a church
held discussion in her home
seen as a challenge to church authority
forced to leave MA
fled to Rhode Island
King Philip's War - 1675-76
fought because colonists were taken native's land
"King Philip" - leader of Wampanoag
He organized an alliance of tribes
Natives lost the war, English settlers expanded even further into Native American land
Salem Witch Trials - late 1600's
20 killed - accused of being witches
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