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Colonies & Roots of Rebellion

Colonies & Roots of Rebellion. Jamestown. -more colonists -1 st democratic gov’t House of Burgesses -tobacco as a cash crop John Rolfe Pocahontas -headright system 50 acres to each new colonist -indentured servants -first slaves imported. Rebellion.

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Colonies & Roots of Rebellion

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  1. Colonies & Roots of Rebellion

  2. Jamestown -more colonists -1st democratic gov’t House of Burgesses -tobacco as a cash crop John Rolfe Pocahontas -headright system 50 acres to each new colonist -indentured servants -first slaves imported

  3. Rebellion • 1624: Jamestown becomes a royal colony • War with the Indians • Disputes on the frontier

  4. Rebellion • - Colonists ask for protection from Virginia Gov’t, but were denied • -Nathaniel Bacon led the frontier colonists in a rebellion against the Virginia gov’t • -showed signs of discontent with leadership

  5. Bacon’s Rebellion • Nathaniel Bacon • William Berkley • Reforms passed by House of Burgesses

  6. Declaration of the People of Virginia • Taxation • Judicial Corruption • Personal Enrichment • Failure to Protect Colonists • Death of Bacon

  7. Religious Reasons -Henry VIII begins the Anglican Church -Reformers want to rid the church of all Roman Catholic traditions -Puritans wanted to purify the Church of England individual and congregational control of religion

  8. Pilgrims -Pilgrims also called Separatists because they wanted to practice their own religion -Plymouth Mass. 1620 -Mayflower Compact set up direct democracy for the colony -colony struggled but received Indian help to grow crops Thanksgiving Squanto -William Bradford Pilgrim leader “Of Plymouth Plantation”

  9. Pilgrims (Plymouth) • Separatists • wanted to separate from the Anglican Church • 1st Thanksgiving • Mayflower Compact • 41 men drew up the agreement to outline fair and equal laws for the colony; signed on the Mayflower • 1620

  10. Massachusetts (1630) Puritans Purify and reform Anglican Church Massachusetts Bay Colony Strict religious beliefs; radical John Winthrop “for wee must Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill, the eies of all people are uppon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god in this worke wee have undertaken and soe cause him to withdrawe his present help from us” City Upon A Hill, 1630 connection between church and state -strict adherence to Puritan rules

  11. Puritan Dissent -Roger Williams Separation of Church and State exiled from the colony fled and founded Providence R.I. -Anne Hutchinson belief in individual worship banished in famous trial fled to R.I.

  12. Indian Resistance

  13. New Netherlands

  14. Rhode Island - founded by Roger Williams -land peaceably acquired from Indians -based on religious freedoms that Williams promoted -church and the government are separate

  15. Connecticut - founded by Thomas Hooker -wanted more religious freedom than Massachusetts allowed -disliked the requirement of citizens to be church members -Fundamental Orders first constitution in the nation

  16. Pennsylvania -William Penn -Quakers religious group who practiced worship without ministers and were pacifists -Philadelphia “City of Brotherly Love” -fair treatment of Indians -thriving colony

  17. Maryland George Calvert Lord Baltimore -established as safe haven for English Catholics -Catholics soon outnumbered -Toleration Act guaranteed religious freedom

  18. Carolina -royal colony named after King Charles -Charles Town became major port city -large slave populations -North Carolina created as refuge for the poor and dissenters -remained thinly populated until mid 1700’s

  19. Other Colonies Georgia James Olgethorpe haven for debtors also was a buffer from Spanish areas -NewHampshire and Maine -founded by Puritan communities -N.H. becomes royal colony -Maine was eventually sold to Massachusetts and remained part of Mass. Until the 1820

  20. Colonial System -mercantilism system of nations increasing their wealth and power through trade with colonies -English wanted a favorable balance of trade which meant they sold more than they imported from colonies -Social System widely available prosperity

  21. Mercantilism High tariffs Network of overseas colonies Forbidding trade with other nations Monopolizing markets with staple ports Banning export of gold & silver Forbidding trade to be carried in foreign ships Export subsidies Promoting manufacturing with research or direct subsidies Limiting wages Maximizing use of domestic resources Restricting domestic consumption with non-tariff barriers to trade

  22. Mercantilism

  23. English Control colonies were very successful traders -lumber, furs, fish, grain, tobacco sent to Europe -large quantities of finished goods bought -Parliament passes the Navigation Acts Restricted how colonists could do business

  24. Seeds of Independence Glorious Revolution in England, 1688 -Parliament becomes the dominant force in English government -salutary neglect very loose supervision of the colonies -lack of control led to self government religious, political, economic, and social freedoms John Peter Zenger Trial

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