london company settles poor site unskilled colonists capt. john smith takes control
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London Company settles
•Poor site
•Unskilled colonists
Capt. John Smith takes control
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•Brought food
•Taught colonists to grow corn
•Introduces sweeter tobacco to export to England
•Marries Pocahontas
•Powhatan & colonists fight
•England cancels London Company’s charter
•Virginia becomes royal company
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Colonists who paid own way to Virginia received 50 acres of land & 50 for each person they brought
Workers were needed for plantations
•Indentured servants
•African slaves
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Group of indentured servants attack Indians (led by N. Bacon)
Bacon & followers attack JamestownEffects:
•difficult to make peace with Indians
•fear of uprising of indent. servants led to more slavery
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Protestant group that wanted to purify the Church of England
Most extreme group – SEPARATISTS (wanted to separate from Church of Eng.)
English leaders punish Separatists
One group was PILGRIMS
Pilgrims leave Eng. to escape persecution
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Pilgrims go to Netherlands
•Allowed to practice own religion
•Children learn Dutch
•Feared they would forget culture/ traditions
•Disappointed by job opportunities
Move to Virginia
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The Mayflower
William Bradford
Mayflower Compact - rules to govern selves
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(Samoset, Squanto)
•Indians teach & help
•Pilgrims invite Indians to celebrate harvest
1st Thanksgiving
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•Families common & center of life
•Women had more legal rights than in England
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The New England Colonies
• The Massachusetts Bay Colony– dissenters-people who disagree with
official opinions.
• General Court– helped to run colony– founded Harvard in 1636 with the help of John
Harvard
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Dissent in Massachusetts
• Roger Williams– disagreed with leadership– criticized the General Court for taking
land from the Indians without paying them.
– leaders made him leave– settled Providence• Anne Hutchinson– angered Puritan leaders by publicly discussing
religious ideas that were considered radical.
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• Toleration Act of 1649– ease growing tensions between
Catholics and Protestants
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•No towns or churches for a long time
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People who paid their way received land grants.
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Dutch Colony—New Netherland
later became an English Colony
1664
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•diverse population of Dutch, Swedes, Finns, and Scots
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•Founded because William Penn wanted a safe place for Quakers
•Government-protect against abuse of power
Granted charter by
King Charles I
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•1733 -King George II granted a charter to James
Oglethorpe
•Outlawed slavery and limited land grants to 500 acres
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•Once part of Pennsylvania 1682-1776
•Originally settled by Swedish
•Became part of English colonies in 1664