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Page 1: European Colonization of the AmericasEuropean Colonization of the Americas The English in America Southern colonies New England Middle Atlantic The English in America Southern colonies

European Colonization of the Americas

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The English in America

Southern colonies

New England

Middle Atlantic

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The English in America

Southern colonies

Chesapeake

Carolinas

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The English in America

Who came ?

Why they came - motives

What kind of society did they create?

Goals – what they sought to accomplish

How did these colonies change over

time (1600s, 1700s, 1800s) ?

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England in the 16th century

Religious conflict

Catholics vs. protestants

Political turmoil

Succession crises

Economic problems

Foreign Wars

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“Northwest Passage”

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“Northwest Passage”

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Roanoke Colony - 1584

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Defeat of Spanish Armada - 1588

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Treaty with Spain 1604

Spain renounces claim to Virginia

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1606 – King James I

Virginia Company

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1607 - “James Fort”

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Jamestown

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Wahunsunacawh

(Powhatan)

Powhatan Confederacy

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Powhatan Confederacy

Opechcancanough

1622

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Types of English Colonies

“charter”

Rules established by monarch

Authority with the colonists

RI, CT, MA Bay

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Types of English Colonies

“proprietary”

Controlled by private owners

Authority with the owners

PA, NJ

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Types of English Colonies

“royal”

Governor appointed by monarch

Authority with the monarch’s representative

VA

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Chesapeake Colonies

Virginia

Maryland

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tobacco

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How successful was tobacco?

1620: 60,000 lbs shipped to England

1700: 35 Million lbs

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What do you need to successfully grow

tobacco?

Land

Labor

Capital

Tools/equipment

Tobacco plants

Market (buyers)

Sales/Distribution method

transportation

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Land & labor

50 acres awarded for each person brought to

America

“indentured servants”

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Indentured servants

Contract laborer

7 years

restrictions

Caucasian only (1636)

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Chesapeake society

Gender imbalance

High mortality

2 classes:

landowners &

landless servants

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Slavery

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Slavery

1641 – Massachusetts legalized

slavery in Colonies

1619 – Virginia

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Anthony Johnson

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New World Slavery vs. Old World Slavery

Much larger scale

1500 – 1600 250K slaves imported

1600 – 1620 200K more

by 1800 nearly 12 million

Type of work

Field work

Race-based

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New England Colonies

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