New Netherland Photo by S Sepp
Commercial Empire
New Amsterdam (NYC)
The Fur Trade Photo by Alex "Skud" Bayley
Director-General of New Netherland 1647-1664 Peter Stuyvesant Director-General of New Netherland 1647-1664
PEG LEG Photo by Alexisrael
Wall Street
Map by R. A. Nonenmacher
Longhouse Photo by Perry Quan
Agriculture & Gender What does this magazine cover suggest about traditional European gender roles? [Please disregard the National Socialist propaganda element. This is the best picture I could find of a woman plowing.]
“Lead me, Follow me, or get out of my way!”
The “Dutch Wedge” Dutch claims in New Netherland split English claims along the Atlantic Coast. 1664 – English take control of “New York”
European Motivations for Colonization SPANISH FRENCH DUTCH REGION(S) COLONIZED Mexico, California, Southwest US, Florida Canada, Mississippi River, Louisiana RELIGION Catholic INTERESTED PARTIES 1. Conquistadors 2. Priests 1. Fur Traders Priests PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Conquest (Encomienda) Fur Trade SETTLEMENTS Missions Trading Posts NUMBER OF COLONISTS FEW EVANGELISM? YES ADVICE TO THE NATIVES FOLLOW ME! LEAD ME! New Netherland (New York) Protestant 1. Fur Traders 2. Settlers Fur Trade & Farming Trading Posts & Towns SOME NO LEAD ME!
Virginia Colony
St. Augustine, Florida (New Spain, 1565) First Permanent Settlement in U.S. Photo Credit: http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc45407.php
The Virginia Colony Sir Walter Raleigh Named for Elizabeth, the “Virgin Queen” Sir Walter Raleigh “Lost Colony” at Roanoke Insufficient Funds Abandoned for three years due to war with Spanish Sir Walter Raleigh
Spanish Armada Defeated 1588 Philip II of Spain tries to conquer England… EPIC FAIL Picture Credit: http://e-watchman.com/home/2009/10/28/the-spanish-armada-or-world-war-three.html England can now focus on starting a permanent settlement in America.
Three Types of Colonies Joint-stock (Corporate) Royal Proprietary A corporation raises capital for settlement The Crown administers directly Administered by proprietor(s)
First Permanent ENGLISH Settlement in U.S. Jamestown Settlement (Virginia, 1607) First Permanent ENGLISH Settlement in U.S. Virginia Company Named for King James I Captain John Smith
“Starving Time” Winter 1609–1610 All but 60 of 500 original colonists died. See Document 1.2 for a description of the starving time in the Jamestown settlement.
John Rolfe and “Brown Gold”
Tobacco A labor-intensive crop Indentured Servants Slave Labor
English Settlements in Virginia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_%22Reynolds%22_Bailey_Jordan_Farrar
European Motivations for Colonization SPANISH FRENCH DUTCH ENGLISH REGION(S) COLONIZED Mexico, California, Southwest US, Florida Canada, Mississippi River, Louisiana New Netherland (New York) RELIGION Catholic Protestant INTERESTED PARTIES 1. Conquistadors 2. Priests 1. Fur Traders 2. Settlers PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Conquest (Encomienda) Fur Trade SETTLEMENTS Missions Trading Posts Trading Posts / Towns NUMBER OF COLONISTS FEW SOME EVANGELISM? YES NO ADVICE TO THE NATIVES FOLLOW ME! LEAD ME! Atlantic Coast, Canada Protestant 1. Farmers 2. Religious Dissidents Agriculture Towns / Plantations MANY NO GOoMW!
347 English Settlers Killed 1622 Indian Massacre 347 English Settlers Killed List of the Dead
1625 Virginia Company charter revoked. ROYAL COLONY