COLONIZATION

First settlements (1500s mid 1600s) Colonial settlements (mid 1600s 1700s)

3 Sections

1. 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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