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 Massachusetts oPilgrims oMayflower Compact oPuritans..John Winthrop ocharter oGovernment oProtestant Faith only Connecticut oThomas Hooker oFundamental 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 –1 st 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