Founding the American Colonies

• Spanish Colonies– Purpose of forts & missions

• French Colonies– Samuel de Champlain

• Dutch Colonies• English Colonies

– Virginia• The Virginia Company• House of Burgesses

• Charter colony: charter or grant of rights & privileges granted by the English monarch to shareholders

• Proprietary colony: owned by an individual or small group of proprietors

• Royal colony: under direct English control

English Colonies cont….New England Colonies

• Massachusettso Pilgrimso Mayflower Compacto Puritans..John Winthrop

o chartero Governmento Protestant Faith only

• Connecticuto Thomas Hookero Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

English Colonies cont….New England Colonies

• Rhode Island– Roger Williams– Religious toleration– Native Amer. land

• New Hampshire– Area settled north of Mass. Bay Colony– 1680 became a colony

English Colonies cont….Middle Colonies

• New York– New Netherlands/Dutch– 1664:seized by English– 1691:representative gov’t

• Pennsylvania– William Penn– Quakers– Religious toleration– Philadelphia “City of Brotherly Love”– Native American land– Representative gov’t

English Colonies cont….Middle Colonies

• New Jersey– Part of New Netherland– 1st proprietary colony Royal Colony(1702)

• Delaware– Part of Pennsylvania– Colony in 1776

English Colonies cont….Southern Colonies

• Virginia– Virginia Land Co.– 1624: Royal Colony

• House of Burgess powerless

• Maryland– George Calvert– Religious freedom– Act of Toleration..Protestants & Catholics

English Colonies cont….Southern Colonies

• North & South Carolina– 1(royal colony) created by King George to 8

members of his court– South breaks away for say in Gov’t

• Georgia (last)– General James Oglethorpe– Charter colony for Eng. Debtors– Barrier to Spain