1. Chapter 2; Section 1 Southern Colonies-Sec1 New England Colonies-Sec2
Middle Colonies-Sec 3
The beginning
The struggles
The victory

2. VOCABULARY ACOSTIC POEMS
An easy way to remember the definition of any word

3. Jamestown J…James River runs through it. A...arrived by British
M…men arrived
E…even women
S...settlement in North America
T…town in Virginia
O…original colony
W…winters were difficult
N…no food in the beginning

4. Southern Colonies Jamestown -1st settlement Joint Stock company
40 miles up the James River
Lack of preparation
-farming or carpentry

5. Temporary Improvement
John Smith workers
Powhatan corn
Tobacco introduced
1609 – 400 settlers
1610 – 60 settlers
Rolf introduces tobacco, sell well in England

6. War in Virginia Rolf marries Pocahontas Enters peaceful relations
1622 Powhatan leader killed
20 year battle
London Company couldn’t protect
King becomes Authority

7. Daily life in Virginia Tobacco Plantations
Head Right System – 50 acres/person
Indentured servants
Demand greater than supply
1619 Dutch bring slaves

8. Bacon’s Rebellion Officials ask for more taxes
Indentured servants attack Indians
Trade polices
Wanted Indian land
Burns down Jamestown

9. Other Southern Colonies
Catholics in Maryland
Raised corn, hogs
Tobacco for profit
Protestants arrive
Toleration Act of 1649
Religious freedom and freedom to minority

10. Carolinas and Georgia 1663 Carolina formed
By 1712; 20,000 Enslaved-10,000 Whites
Savannah, Georgia – a place for debtors,
founded by Oglethorpe

11. Economies of the South Dependant of Agriculture Export of tar and wood
Tobacco, rice, indigo
Long growing season
Enslaved Africans
Slave codes
Olaudah Equiano

12. Section 2 The New England Colonies
Pilgrims
Immigrants
Mayflower Compact
Pg 43
Puritans
Protestants

13. Mayflower Compact Why:
Practice their Christian faith, and still honor the King of England
Rules to follow and protect themselves
SELF GOVERNING

14. Samoset and Squanto Fish remains for soil Relationships with locals
Trading furs

15. New England Communities
Different than the South
Taught Servants and children
Poorer, but worked together
Women’s rights

16. The Great Migration In 1630, John Winthrop leads over 20,000
Christian community – Puritans
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Boston named Capital
Come prepared
New Immigrants

17. Religion and Gov’t in New England
Church members – strong role
Pass test of faith
Connecticut
Fundamental Orders
Providence, Rhode Island
formed

18. New England’s Economy Harsh climate, rocky soil
Grew crops, raised animals
Slavery not an issue

19. Economy Merchants – traded goods; furs, beef
Fishing – cod, halibut, dried, whale oil
Shipbuilding – materials, vessels
Craftspeople – blacksmith, weaving, printing

20. Education in New England
Read the Bible
Public Education – 1647
Higher Education
Harvard
William and Mary
1700 – 70% men 45% women – read and write in New England

21. Section 3 The Middle Colonies
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Pg 53; map questions
Stuyvesant – NY NJ
Director

22. Gov’t Life in the English Colonies

23. Colonial Governments Some colonies were elected representation
Others were elected by the Governors
Each passed laws after approval

24. Penn’s Colony Quakers in New Jersey Elected assembly – self governing
Penn – proprietor
Philadelphia – brotherly love
Duke York – Delaware – to Penn

25. Indentured Servants – settled in Penn Trade important
Markets in West Indies and England
Women ran clothing stores, bakeries etc.

26. Economy of Middle Colonies
Combined North and South characteristics
Staple crops – crops that are always needed.
Wheat, barley, oats and livestock
Slaves- Blacksmiths and carpenters

27. Triangular Trade ..pg 56
A system in which goods and slaves were traded among, Britain, Americans, and Africans.
Pg 56
Pg 62

28. Middle Passage
The slave trade brought millions of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean in a voyage called Middle Passage

29. Brother James II becomes King of England
Wants more control; England and Colonies
Parliament replaces him
with daughter Mary

30. England Adopts: English Bill of Rights
Main Goal: To reduce the powers of the English Monarch.

31. English Trade Laws
Main Idea: Discover American Colonies- Earn $$ from trade
Mercantilism; creating and controlling wealth through carefully controlled trade

32. Navigation Act (1650-1696) (to support mercantilism)
Forbade colonial trade items like; sugar or cotton with any other country than England.

33. Trade only with England ?
Is this freedom?
Smuggling; sugar, molasses
And rum
* 1700’s found rich merchants
Trading around the world.

34. 1700’s Revolutions Occur Religion, political and social reform.
Europe and Colonies affected
“ Great Awakening” & “Enlightenment”

35. A period where reason and logic could improve society.
Europeans examined their worlds
Scientist began to understand the basic laws that govern nature.

36. The French and American Colonies
1675 “King Phillip Wars” - Wampanoag upset because NE colonists “taking their land”
Many Indians developed trade relations with French colonists.
Furs, tools, weapons, goods.

37. French and British struggle ..
Who was to settle Ohio River Valley?
6 different American tribes unite
Indians trusted French more that English

38. War between France and England
Struggled for control over North American colonies
Ohio Valley – 3 forts /French
Washington / English fort
His defeat starts the war
Europe – 7 year war
Taxes increases

39. Treaty of Paris (pg 60) 1763 Britain and France sign treaty
Canada to Britain
Britain has east of the Mississippi (except New Orleans)
Britain gets Florida through Spain

40. Why taxes? Had to pay for the war Sugar Act
Taxation without Representation
What? Colonist had no say?

41. More Problems… Boston Massacre: Boston Tea Party:
Snowball fight – British soldiers
And Colonists
Boston Tea Party:
Sank Tea in the harbor

42. What were the problems after the French and Indian War?
Sugar Act
Taxation without Representation
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Act

43. Affects of English Bill of Rights
Colonists valued their rights to elect representation
Decide local issues
Used courts to control local affairs

44. Bill of Rights establishes control over the monarchy.
The right to petition the king
Freedom of Speech to the Parliament
Right to keep arms for defense
Right of a trial by jury
No excessive bail, fines, and cruel punishment.

45. 11 Causes of the American Revolution
What brought on the war between Great Britain and their American Colonies?

46. Fear brought; Proclamation of 1763
This law banned British settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains, and settlers had to leave the upper Ohio Valley.

47. Sugar Act
Raise to pay for war
(French / British)
import tax
Smugglers

48. Taxation without Representation
Taxing Colonist without approval
No direct representation in Parliament
Boycott-refused to buy British goods
Samuel Adams and Otis spearheads

49. Stamp Act A stamp or seal when buying paper items
Newspapers, licenses, playing cards etc.
First direct tax; not like an import
Patrick Henry – Sons of Liberty
Repealed – or, go away……..

50. Townshend Act Duty, or tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
Boycotting by colonist
Liberty Ship seized

51. Quartering Act British troops brought in for… Check for smuggling
Protection
Enforce laws

52. Boston Massacre Troops brought threat to Massachusetts
Resentment and tension developed
3/5/1770 Snowball fight
Firing began – 3 dead
Propaganda written (one sided)

53. Boston Tea Party Repealed Townshend; except for tea
Tea Act 1773 – East India Company
3 ships show up at Boston Harbor
340 tea chest dumped into harbor

54. Intolerable Act (Coercive Act)
British upset of tea dumping; put these laws into affect.
Harbor closed until ruined tea paid for
Massachusetts charter cancelled

55. First Continental Congress
12 representatives arrived in Philadelphia to discuss a plan
Presented king with Declaration of Rights
Exports and imports ceased.

56. Lexington and Concord King reject petition
British plan to seize (take) gunpowder and arms
Met by minutemen

57. Second Continental Congress
Met and drafted a new appeal to king
George Washington
selected to head army of minutemen in Boston