THE AMERICAN COLONIES
EMERGE
JAMESTOWN (VA)
• First permanent English settlement
JAMESTOWN (VA)
• Early Troubles:–None of the colonists knew how
to raise livestock–Upper class refused to do manual
labor–They didn’t know how to fish or
hunt for food
STRUGGLES WITH NATIVE AMERICANS
• Bacon’s Rebellion– Raised own army to attack natives
– Ended up marching on Jamestown
– Result: convinced many wealthy planters to allow all free men to vote
PURITAN NEW ENGLAND
• Puritans– Church members who wanted to
“purify”/reform Church of England
– Immigrated to America to escape depression in England’s wool industry
PILGRIMS• Landed in Plymouth in 1620• Were Separatists who fled from England to
escape persecution
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
• 1630 John Winthrop establish Mass. Bay Colony
• Roger Williams challenged “forced religion” – fled to Rhode Island & started own town– Separation of church & state
SETTLEMENT OF THE MIDDLE COLONIES• William Penn & the Quakers establish
Pennsylvania– Equality, cooperation, & religions toleration
• Dutch establish New Netherlands (New York) but English would take over
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