CHAPTER 2: ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE SECTION 1: FOUNDING THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
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Transcript of CHAPTER 2: ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE SECTION 1: FOUNDING THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
CHAPTER 2: ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE
SECTION 1: FOUNDING THE AMERICAN
COLONIES
SECTION 1: FOUNDING THE AMERICAN
COLONIES
AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS
FRENCH --Fur TradeQuebec, Canada—Trading PostMississippi River & Louisiana
DUTCH—New Amsterdam-NYCTrading Colony/Ports
SPANISH-- Catholic MissionsSanta Fe, NM-Protect Territory
VIRGINIA COLONYVA Joint Stock Company gets charter—goal is profit
Jamestown-first permanent English settlement in North America—1607
VIRGINIA COLONYStarvation/Clashes with Indians/No Gold
John Smith-- leader forced settlers to farmJohn Rolfe -->Tobacco=Cash Crop
Virginia GovernmentLand-Owning colonists got the right to elect
Burgesses--Representatives vote on laws1st Legislature
PILGRIMSGroup given land in VA
colony—to come and worship freely
Mayflower lands at Plymouth in New England (MA)
Mayflower Compact—Set up Civil Government
MassachusettsFounded by Puritans—Capital BostonAdult male owns property & church member
could voteBarred other faiths
Connecticut
1st written Constitution--1639
Rhode IslandPuritan Minister--Roger Williams founder--1644
Policies of Religious tolerationSafe place for dissenters
New YorkEngland takes over in 1664—Desire for Wealth
Given to Duke of YorkCommercial Port
PennsylvaniaWilliam Penn—1680Quakers fleeing persecutionHoly Experiment of
Toleration & Equality
MarylandCatholic—Lord Baltimore
Act of Toleration—right of Catholics & Protestants to worship freely
CarolinasKing Charles gave colony to court membersColonists push for greater role in gov’t
↓Splits Carolina in 1729
GeorgiaLast Colony founded—1733
Place for English Debtors to make a fresh startMilitary buffer from Spain
SECTION 2: LIFE IN COLONIAL AMERICA
“COLONIES AS DIFFERENT AS FIRE & WATER”
COLONIAL SECTIONSNEW ENGLAND— NH, MA, CT, RI
Fishing, Ships, Timber: Boston=Business
MIDDLE—NY, PA, NJ, DEFarming NYC/PHILLY (Ports)Diversity
SOUTH—MD, VA, SC, NC, GASmall Farmers/Plantations
Great AwakeningReligious Revival in the 1730s & 1740s
New England & Middle Colonies↓
Effect was greater Religious & Political Freedom; Belief in Equality
EDUCATION & THE PRESS
Education valued—First Colleges (Ivy League)Closely related to religion
Press—Right & Responsibility to print the truth
Government in Colonies
Colonies changed into Royal Colonies↓
Direct British (largest trade empire) Control↓
Mercantilism Trade Laws(only buy British goods & export through Britain)
↓Colonists Resistance (Smuggling)