Jamestown/Mass. Bay Colonies1) In it for the $$, named after King James2) Founded 22 years before the first Mass. Bay Colony

(Winthrop got a joint stock company)3) Primarily a puritan colony4) Jamestown was mostly church of England5) Original colonists were mostly men6) Jamestown was more for business, not for families7) Jamestown had a lot of deaths from starvation and disease8) 38 colonists remained by 16089) John Smith took control “you don’t work you don’t eat”10)Profitable crop was tobacco

King Charles/Dutch Colonies

1) New Amsterdam as a trade center2) Bought land from local Indians3) 1664 New Amsterdam Gov Peter Stuyvescent surrendered the colony to

the English, renamed New York4) Dutch West Indian co founded in 1681 as trading co in New World5) King Charles was monarch of England6) Very diverse, even had free Africans. Everyone was welcome7) Dutch business men formed this colony8) Ft. Orange was northern most outpost and became Albany9) Henry Hudson was hired to find the NE passage-he failed10)Not much interest in agriculture, focused on fur trade11)Expansion caused conflicts with other colonists and native americans

Head right System/Indentured Servitude

1) Ind servants were poor men who agreed to work in exchange for going to the colonies

2) Head right System created in 1618, 50 acres given to anyone who brought an indentured servant to the colonies

3) Colonists were already residing in Virginia were granted 2 head right systems

4) Indentured servants fare across the Atlantic paid in full by their master5) Used mainly in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and

Maryland.6) Increased population in the British colonies.7) The growth of tobacco, rice and indigo was a result of this system8) Plantation economy created a need for labor in southern colonies9) Indentured servants were considered property.

Puritans/Pilgrims/Middle Colonies

1) Colonists settled there because of fertile soil, long seasons and religious freedom

2) Puritan church members wanted to reform the church of England

3) They were not able to change the church so they moved4) Pilgrims are people who journeyed for religious reasons.5) Some Puritans became separatists known as Pilgrims.6) Pilgrims felt they were chosen by god and must live every

minute in a god fearing manor.7) Very diverse society8) Salem witch trials were partly the result of this strict religious

beliefs.

The Great Awakening1) Church was losing members in the 1700’s. 2) Benjamin Franklin was one of the champions of this movement3) Preachers attracted thousands of people and stirring themselves

to rededicate themselves to god4) Lasted from 1730’s to 1740’s5) Brought native American and African americans into the church6) Jonathon Edwards was a big part in renewing the church7) Jonathon Edwards said that being religious was more than

showing up at church.8) They questioned authority and this is called enlightenment.9) Led by evangelical protestant Christians10)Pastors read their sermons as arguments11)Improved the education for the less wealthy