The Journey From Asia

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Chapter 3 ReviewColonial America
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Early English Settlements

• Roanoke Island (The Lost Colony - 1585/1588)
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• John White
• Virginia Dare
• Croatoan

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Early English Settlements

• Jamestown (1607)
• Virginia Company
• John Smith
• John Rolfe --- Tobacco
• House of Burgesses (1619)
• William Tucker

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New England Colonies

• Pilgrims Journey (1620)
• Separatists
• Mayflower --- Pilgrims and Strangers
• Plymouth, Massachusetts
• William Bradford
• Mayflower Compact
• Squanto and Samoset
• First Thanksgiving

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New Settlements

• Puritans (1629)
• Massachusetts Bay Company
• John Winthrop
• Great Migration (1630s)

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New Settlements

• Connecticut
• Thomas Hooker
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• (First Constitution)
• Rhode Island
• Roger Williams
• Government should not force people to worship in
  a specific way.

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New Settlements

• New Hampshire
• John Wheelwright
• Became fully independent of Massachusetts
• in 1679.
• Conflict with Native Americans
• King Phillips War (Metacomet) 1675.

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Middle Colonies

• New Netherland
• Dutch West India Company (1621)
• Manhattan Island bought (1626)
• Taken over by the English (1664)
• New York
• Colony given to James II (Duke of York)
• Proprietary Colony
• Religious Freedom Key Motivation

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Middle Colonies

• New Jersey
• Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
• Land granted by Duke of York
• Proprietary colony --- returned to King Charles
• Pennsylvania
• William Penn --- Quaker
• Land granted as payment of debt
• Penn advertised in Europe for settlers

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Middle Colonies

• Delaware
• Originally settled by Swedes
• Lower three counties of Pennsylvania
• Allowed to organize their own legislature, but
  still controlled by the governor of Pennsylvania

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Southern Colonies

• Maryland
• Sir George Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
• Safe place for Catholics
• Promoted settlement through large plantations
• Mason-Dixon Line
• Survey conducted to establish boundary between
  Pennsylvania and Maryland

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Southern Colonies

• Virginia Expands
• Westward Expansion
• Governor Berkeley --- Agreement with Native
  Americans limiting settlements
• Bacons Rebellion
• Nathaniel Bacon disagreed with Gov. Berkeley
• Resented control by those in the East
• Burned Jamestown and chases Berkeley away

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Southern Colonies

• Carolinas
• King Charles II --- proprietary colony
• Rewarded eight men who helped him regain the
  throne
• John Locke wrote the colonys constitution
• North --- Tobacco and Forest Products
• South --- Fertile Farmlands and Charles Town
• Indigo --- Blue Gold --- dye for textiles.

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Southern Colonies

• Georgia
• Established in1733 by James Oglethorpe
• Intended for debtors and the poor
• Functioned as a barrier to the Spanish (FL)
• Oglethorpe established strict rules
• Highest percentage of non-British settlers

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New France

• French Settlements
• Quebec founded in 1608
• Primary intent was to establish fishing and fur
  trade
• Exploration
• Louis Joliet, Jacque Marquette, Rene-Robert
  Cavelier, and Sieur de La Salle explored new
  territory.
• Louisiana --- New Orleans

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New Spain

• Spanish Exploration
• Spain controlled most of Mexico, the Caribbean,
  and Central and South America.
• Settlements established in California and Texas
• Missions
• Religious settlements established to convert
  people to Christianity
• Santa Fe, San Antonio, and San Diego