early settlements jamestown & plymouth jamestown & plymouth

14
Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth

Upload: elmer-craig

Post on 01-Jan-2016

250 views

Category:

Documents


1 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

Early SettlementsEarly Settlements

Jamestown&

Plymouth

Jamestown&

Plymouth

Page 2: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

JamestownJamestown

•first permanent settlement in America

•Established in Virginia in 1607

•Established to seek/use/exploit the area’s mineral resources

•Three ships carried 105 people

•http://www.apva.org/history/orig.html

•first permanent settlement in America

•Established in Virginia in 1607

•Established to seek/use/exploit the area’s mineral resources

•Three ships carried 105 people

•http://www.apva.org/history/orig.html

Page 3: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth
Page 4: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

Hardships in JamestownHardships in Jamestown•Swampy, low-lying site --impure drinking

water, disease, malaria

•Starving time - winter of 1609-1610 --forced to eat dogs, cats, rats, snakes, toadstools, horsehides, carcasses of dead men

•2/3 died from illness & malnutrition

•No gold

•Swampy, low-lying site --impure drinking water, disease, malaria

•Starving time - winter of 1609-1610 --forced to eat dogs, cats, rats, snakes, toadstools, horsehides, carcasses of dead men

•2/3 died from illness & malnutrition

•No gold

Page 5: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth
Page 6: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

John SmithJohn Smith•Led Jamestown

•Kept the colony together until 1608 --Jamestown reached its lowest point in the winter 1609-1610

•Famous connection to Pocahantas (myth - love story)

•Led Jamestown

•Kept the colony together until 1608 --Jamestown reached its lowest point in the winter 1609-1610

•Famous connection to Pocahantas (myth - love story)

Page 7: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

How did it survive?How did it survive?•1610 -more colonists return

•Learned to grow tobacco & corn for export

•Powhatan Native Americans helped

•1610 -more colonists return

•Learned to grow tobacco & corn for export

•Powhatan Native Americans helped

Page 8: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

House of BurgessesHouse of Burgesses

•1619 - first meeting held

•House of Burgesses - first representative legislative body in the New World

•1619 - first meeting held

•House of Burgesses - first representative legislative body in the New World

Page 9: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

Magna CartaMagna Carta

•1215 - English nobles forced King John to sign the Great Charter

•Stated that the kings could not raise taxes without consulting the council of nobles and church leaders

•This council would lead to the development of Parliament (House of Lords & House of Commons)

•1215 - English nobles forced King John to sign the Great Charter

•Stated that the kings could not raise taxes without consulting the council of nobles and church leaders

•This council would lead to the development of Parliament (House of Lords & House of Commons)

Page 10: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

Plymouth, MAPlymouth, MA•Pilgrims settle Plymouth in 1620 (Cape

Cod)

•Travelled on the Mayflower - 102 men, women & children

•Pilgrims settle Plymouth in 1620 (Cape Cod)

•Travelled on the Mayflower - 102 men, women & children

Page 11: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth
Page 12: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

Who were the Pilgrims?Who were the Pilgrims?

•Separatists - Protestants who wanted to separate from the Church of England (radical Puritans)

•Early 1600’s this group of Pilgrims travelled from England to Leiden (Netherlands)

•Netherlands - allowed to worship freely BUT wanted children to grow up English, not Dutch

•Non-separatists also traveled to the New World

•Won a charter to establish a colony in Virginia

•Separatists - Protestants who wanted to separate from the Church of England (radical Puritans)

•Early 1600’s this group of Pilgrims travelled from England to Leiden (Netherlands)

•Netherlands - allowed to worship freely BUT wanted children to grow up English, not Dutch

•Non-separatists also traveled to the New World

•Won a charter to establish a colony in Virginia

Page 13: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

Mayflower CompactMayflower Compact

•November 11, 1620 - males signed the compact

•Framework for governing the colony --united into a “civil body politic” of government

•Agreed to abide by laws that insured the good of the colony

•Beginning of government by the people in the New World

•November 11, 1620 - males signed the compact

•Framework for governing the colony --united into a “civil body politic” of government

•Agreed to abide by laws that insured the good of the colony

•Beginning of government by the people in the New World

Page 14: Early Settlements Jamestown & Plymouth Jamestown & Plymouth

Life in PlymouthLife in Plymouth•Early on they faced starvation BUT Native

Americans helped them (Squanto) --showed them how to plant (Pokanokets - Massasoit)

•Special harvest led to Thanksgiving

•However, children of Pilgrims will fight with and kill Native Americans

•Instilled fear in the Native Americans

•Early on they faced starvation BUT Native Americans helped them (Squanto) --showed them how to plant (Pokanokets - Massasoit)

•Special harvest led to Thanksgiving

•However, children of Pilgrims will fight with and kill Native Americans

•Instilled fear in the Native Americans