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Colonial America

Colonial America. Unit 1: Notes #1 9/5/12 Mr. Welch. The Northern Colonies New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut. Creation of New England. English Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England of all Catholic traces were known as puritans

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Colonial America

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  1. Colonial America Unit 1: Notes #1 9/5/12 Mr. Welch

  2. The Northern Colonies New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut

  3. Creation of New England • English Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England of all Catholic traces were known as puritans • They wanted to form a colony where they could practice their religion freely • In England, they were persecuted for their beliefs by King James I • Some Puritans wanted total separation from the church they were known as Separatists

  4. Coming to America • The Pilgrims were a group of Separatists who set sail for America in 1620 on the Mayflower • After a 2 months at sea they landed in Massachusetts • There they signed the Mayflower Compact, a legal contract where they agreed to make laws for the general good • This is one of the first attempts at self-gov’t in the colonies

  5. Massachusetts Bay Colony • Inspired by the Pilgrims soon more Puritans moved to New England • Puritan merchants founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony • The port town of Boston became the colony’s thriving capital • Plymouth colony was eventually incorporated • John Winthrop became the leader of the MBC, he believed that the colony should be a moral society model for others to follow • “We (New England) shall be as a City upon a Hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.” • The MBC grew quickly, by 1643 there were 16,000 inhabitants

  6. John Winthrop & the MBC

  7. Rhode Island • The strict rule of the MBC caused many to leave the colony and settle new towns in other parts of New England • Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams • He expressed that English settlers had no rightful claim to the land unless they purchased it from the Native Americans • He argued that every person should be free to worship according to his or her conscience • Rhode Island was founded with the ideas of religious freedom and separation of church and state

  8. Economy of the North • Massachusetts: Shipbuilding, shipping, fishing, lumber, rum, & meat products • New Hampshire: Ship masts, lumber, fishing, trade • Connecticut: Shipping, livestock, foodstuffs • Rhode Island: Rum, iron foundries, shipbuilding, snuff & livestock

  9. The Middle Colonies New York New Jersey Pennsylvania & Delaware

  10. Pennsylvania • King Charles II, owed money and favors to many people • In order to pay them back he established proprietary colonies, or land grants to loyal friends • William Penn was awarded land as part of an old debt • He established Pennsylvania as a haven for Quakers • Quakers believed in pacifism and tolerance so people of all religions were welcomes • Penn also believed in the Native American’s right to land

  11. New York • King Charles also granted land to his brother James the Duke of York • The land had previously been claimed by the Dutch • By 1674 the land was firmly in the hands of the English and the colony was renamed New York • The colonist of New York were very diverse having English, Dutch, Scandinavian, German, & French backgrounds

  12. Economy of the Middle Colonies • New York: furs, wheat, glass, shoes, livestock, shipping, ship building, rum, beer, snuff • Delaware: trade, foodstuffs • New Jersey: trade, foodstuffs, copper • Pennsylvania: flax, shipbuilding

  13. The Southern Colonies Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia & Maryland

  14. Virginia • In 1607 Jamestown became the first English settlement to survive • Their economy was largely based on the very profitable tobacco plant • Indentured servants and African slaves were needed for the very labor intensive harvest of the plant • By the late 1600s it became more profitable for the tobacco farmers to have only slaves

  15. Maryland & the Carolinas • In 1634 Lord Baltimore established the colony of Maryland as a refuge for English Catholics • Catholics were also being persecuted in England for their beliefs • The Carolinas and Georgia also started out as land grants from King Charles II • In southern Carolina rich rice plantations grew up along rivers • Their economy depended heavily on slave labor • In northern Carolina mainly had small farmers • These differences led to their official separation by the king

  16. Economy of the Southern Colonies • Virginia: tobacco, wheat, cattle, iron • Maryland: Tobacco, wheat, snuff • North Carolina: naval supplies, tobacco, furs • South Carolina: rice, indigo, silk • Georgia: indigo, rice, naval supplies, lumber

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