Lecture Preview
• England and the New World• The Coming of the English• Settling the Chesapeake• The New England Way• New Englanders Divided• Religion, Politics, and Freedom
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & CompanyThe Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I
Mary Tudor, the queen who tried to restoreCatholicism in England
England and the New World
Focus Question:
What were the main contours of English colonization in the seventeenth century?
England and the New World
• Unifying the English Nation• England and Ireland
England and the New World
• England and North America• Motives for Colonization
England and the New World
• The Social Crisis
• Masterless Men
An engraving by Theodor de Bry depicts colonists hunting and fishing in Virginia.
The Coming of the English
Focus Question:
What challenges did the early English settlers face?
The Coming of the English
• English Emigrants
• Indentured Servants
• Land and Liberty
A pamphlet published in 1609 promotingemigration to Virginia
The Coming of the English
• Englishmen and Indians
• The Transformation of Indian Life
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & CompanyDrawing by John White
The only known contemporary portrait of a New England Indian
Settling the Chesapeake (Virginia Area)
Focus Question:
How did Virginia and Maryland develop in their early years?
Settling the Chesapeake
• The Jamestown Colony• Powhatan and Pocahontas
Map 2.1 English settlement in the Chesapeake, ca. 1650
Powhatan, the most prominent Indian leader in the original area of English settlement in Virginia
Settling the Chesapeake
• The Uprising of 1622
The only portrait of Pocahontas
Settling the Chesapeake
• A Tobacco Colony• Women and the Family
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & CompanySir Walter Raleigh Ad for Tobacco
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & Company
Processing tobacco was as labor-intensive as caring for the plant in the fields.
Settling the Chesapeake
• The Maryland Experiment• Religion in Maryland
The New England Way
Focus Question:
What made the English settlement of New England distinctive?
The New England Way
• The Rise of Puritanism• Moral Liberty
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & CompanyA portrait of John Winthrop
The New England Way
• The Pilgrims at Plymouth
• The Great Migration
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & CompanySeal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The New England Way
• The Puritan Family
• Government and Society in Massachusetts
• Church and State in Puritan Massachusetts
The Savage Family, a 1779 painting by the New England artist Edward Savage
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & Company
An embroidered banner depicting the mainbuilding at Harvard
New Englanders Divided
Focus Question:
What were the main sources of discord in early New England?
New Englanders Divided
• Roger Williams
• Rhode Island and Connecticut
• The Trials of Anne Hutchinson
Map 2.2 English Settlement in New England, ca. 1640
Roger Williams
New Englanders Divided
• Puritans and Indians
• The Pequot War
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & Company
The title page of a translation of the Bible into theMassachusett language
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & CompanyAn engraving from John Underhill’s News from America
New Englanders Divided
• The New England Economy
• A Growing Commercial Society
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & Company
Mrs. Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary
Religion, Politics, and Freedom
Focus Question:
How did the English Civil War affect the colonies in America?
Religion, Politics, and Freedom
• The Rights of Englishmen
Religion, Politics, and Freedom
• The English Civil War• England’s Debate over Freedom
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & CompanyThe execution of Charles I in 1649
Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4th Brief EditionCopyright © 2014 W. W. Norton & CompanyMeeting of the General Council of the Army at Putney
Religion, Politics, and Freedom
• The Civil War and English America• Cromwell and the Empire
Review
England and the New WorldFocus Question: What were the main contours of English colonization in the seventeenth century?
The Coming of the EnglishFocus Question: What challenges did the early English settlers face?
Settling the ChesapeakeFocus Question: How did Virginia and Maryland develop in their early years?
Review
The New England WayFocus Question: What made the English settlement of New England distinctive?
New Englanders DividedFocus Question: What were the main sources of discord in early New England?
Religion, Politics, and FreedomFocus Question: How did the English Civil War affect the colonies in America?
MEDIA LINKS—— Chapter 2 ——
Title Media link
Eric Foner on 17th-century society http://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.7/?p=/college/history/foner4/&f=17th_century_society
Eric Foner on the origin of slavery in North America
http://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.7/?p=/college/history/foner4/mp4/&f=question018
Eric Foner on the origin of religious freedom
http://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.7/?p=/college/history/foner4/mp4/&f=question019
Eric Foner on religious freedom in Maryland in 1649
http://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.7/?p=/college/history/foner4/mp4/&f=question020
Eric Foner on religion and American life
http://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.7/?p=/college/history/foner4/&f=religious_life
Next Lecture PREVIEW:—— Chapter 3 ——
Creating Anglo-America, 1660–1750
• Global Competition and the Expansion of
England’s Empire• Origins of American Slavery• Colonies in Crisis• The Growth of Colonial America• Social Classes in the Colonies