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Quick Review

England Wants Gold & Silver! Today we will talk about how Jamestown

was founded (created) in 1607.

It was England’s first permanent colony in North America.

France, Spain and Portugal were already in North America!

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Going to Virginia!!!

Why Go??

People went for one of three reasons…–Political (Glory)–Social (God)–Economic (Gold)

Settlement of Jamestown

• The Virginia Company offered people willing to move to Jamestown a headright.

Headright – 50 acres of land given to each person who could pay their own way to Virginia

Official seal of the Virginia Company

In the photos above, the blue square represents one acre. 

one acre = 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet

It was easy to defend.

4 reasons they chose a peninsula:

The water was deep enough for ships to dock.They thought they had a

good supply of fresh water.The river provided food

and a pathway for exploration.

swampy

unsafe water

mosquitoes

“He that will not work, shall not eat!”

John Smith maintained a good relationship with the Powhatans so the colonists were able to …

starving time

The Powhatans had introduced the colonists

to 2 new crops:

corn and

tobacco

Tobacco was sold in England as Jamestown’s _______ _______.

cash crop

Mayflower- Ship the Pilgrims came to the new world on.

Pilgrims

Want religious freedom from England in 1620.

Mayflower Compact- agreement signed by Pilgrims to do what was best for group, helped establish idea of early democracy in America.

•41 Male passengers on the Mayflower formed into a signed a compact promising to write and obey ""just and just and equal lawsequal laws ... for the general good of the colony."

•The compact brought an element of democracy to America and was an example of the practice of self-self-governmentgovernment in the colonies.

•All the colonies practiced some form of self-self-governmentgovernment…………

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Environment, Culture, and Migration.

The Three Regions

New EnglandMiddle

ColoniesSouthern

Colonies

New EnglandGEOGRAPHY

Land/Weather

Very Short Growing Season Long Cold Winters Large Forests On the Atlantic Ocean Rocky Soil/Bad (infertile)

PRODUCTS Subsistence Farming Timber and Ship Building

Supplies (Rope, Masts, Tar)

Rum and other Manufactured Trade Goods

Fishing/Whale Hunting

Why the came Puritans and Pilgrims

who believed in working hard and following strict religious rules.

New EnglandECONOMY $$$$$$$

New England

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Connecticut

Rhode Island

New EnglandWhy they came??

Religious Freedom and to make Money.

Middle ColoniesGEOGRAPHY

Fertile Soil (Good Soil)

Mild Temperatures Many lakes and

rivers for transportation.

PRODUCTS Called the Bread Colonies Farmed Wheat, Oat, Barley and Rye. Made homespun products. Trade

Middle ColoniesEconomic $$$$

Middle Colonies

New York

Pennsylvania

New Jersey

Delaware

Middle ColoniesWhy They Came

Religious Freedom and & $$$$$

ENVIRONMENT Atlantic and Gulf

Coastal Plains. Long growing season

and fertile land. Warm for most of the

year Humid

Southern ColoniesGeography

Southern ColoniesEconomic

Farmed CASH CROPS Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, and Cotton. Trade “cash crops” farmed on

Plantations. Purchase manufactured goods.

Southern ColoniesGovernment Maryland

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Merchant: A person who produces or trades goods.

Subsistence Farming: When a family grows only enough food to survive.

Cash Crops: Crops that are grown in large amounts and sold for a profit.

Colonial RegionsVocabulary

Indentured Servants: People who are brought to the colonies and must work to pay off the trip.

Slaves: People captured in Africa and sold to plantation owners. The plantation owner saw them as property.

Colonial RegionsVocabulary

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