COLONIZATION
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COLONIZATION
First settlements (1500s mid 1600s) Colonial settlements (mid 1600s 1700s)
3 Sections1. New England colonies
2. Middle colonies
3. Southern colonies
FIRST SETTLEMENTS
Jamestown colonyWhy here?
1. Sea port – close to the Atlantic Ocean
2. Somewhat isolated from Native Americans, “Indians”
Jamestown colony First permanent colony in America In Virginia, 1607 105 volunteers from England COMPLETELY unprepared for the
upcoming months
Who?
What happened? King James (British Monarch) sent them overseas Men focused too much attention on finding gold
instead of farming
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After 1 yearhow many lived?
How did Jamestown survive? John Smith vs. Pochahontas vs. John Rolfe
What problems did Jamestown colonists face? lack of food, harsh winter, fool’s gold poor relations with Native Americans
How did they survive the winter/starvation? Traded with Native Americans
How did they eventually earn money? Focused attention on growing tobacco
John Smith Pocahontas
What happened to many Native Americans?
Massachusetts Bay colony Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620Why here?
1. Sea port – easy access to Atlantic
2. Away from hostile Natives
Massachusetts Bay colony
First successful colony in America 13 years after Jamestown was settled
Why is this important? learned from Jamestown’s mistakes better prepared
Why was the colony formed? To escape religious intolerance
Pilgrims What images come to mind?
Pennsylvania Colony Founded by ____________ in 1682. Who?
Quakers Why PA?
Didn’t fit in anywhere else
Quakers Religious freedom – no matter the
religion Opposed violence
Had peaceful relations with Natives
Jamestown vs. Massachusetts vs. Pennsylvania
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WORK:• Naïve, Selfish
• Dug for gold plantations
SUCCESSES:• Tobacco
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FORMED BECAUSE:• Religious
freedom
• didn’t fit it in w/ South or North
POPULATION OF:• Quakers
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