Chapter 3 – Section 1 I.England in America A.English defeat the Spanish Armada B.1585 Sir Walter Raleigh sent 100 men to settle Roanoke Island 1.Difficult winter 2.Returned to England C second group of settlers at Roanoke 1. deserted the island and disappeared II. Jamestown Settlement A settled by the Virginia Company B. Faced many hardships 1. no gold 2. no fish or fur trade

C. Captain John Smith 1. more hardships D. Discovery of tobacco 1. colony began to thrive 2. relations with natives improved a. John Rolfe married Pocahontas. E. Virginia Company allowed colonists to set up a govt. 1. House of Burgesses F women were sent to Jamestown 1. form families 2. increase population G Africans came to Jamestown and were sold to planters to work in tobacco fields 1. Until 1640, some Africans were free and some owned property 2. Slavery became officially legal in 1660’s

Pocahontas

John Rolfe

Section 2-New England Colonies I.Religious Freedom A.2 groups of Protestants in England 1.Puritans-Wanted to reform the Anglican Church 2.Separatists- Wanted to leave and set up their own church. B. Separatists got a promise of religious freedom from the Virginia Company 1. Called themselves Pilgrims C. Pilgrims took the Mayflower 1. Headed for Virginia 2. Landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts 3. Wrote the Mayflower Compact

D. Received help from natives, learning to farm, hunt and fish II. New Settlements A. Other Puritans in England received a royal charter to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1. Settled in Boston 2. John Winthrop was their governor B. Great Migration 1630’s 1. 15,000 Puritans came to Mass. 2. Escaping religious persecution C. General Court-ran the colony 1. Created a colonial legislature 2. Voting rights a. Adult Male b. Church Member c. Property Owner

D. Fled to America for religious freedom, but still persecuted people with different beliefs. E. Colonists began to settle Connecticut 1. fertile river valley F. Thomas Hooker founded Hartford Conn. 1. along with 2 other colonies, adopted the Fundamental Order of Connecticut st written constitution in America G. Roger Williams-minister 1. founded Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 2. religious toleration-worship as you please H. John Wheelwright 1. founded New Hampshire 2. became independent of Mass. In 1679

New England Colonies

Section 3 The Middle Colonies I.England and the Colonies A. 2 groups of English colonies 1. New England Colonies-Run by private corporations a. Massechusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island 2. Royal Colonies-Run by England a. Maryland and Virginia B. Wanted the Dutch colonies in between 1. Harbor and River Trade 2. New Netherlands + New Amsterdam C. English fleet attacked and Gov. surrendered the colony D. New York 1. Freedom of Religion and let them keep their land

E. New Amsterdam became New York City F. Southern part of New York became New Jersey II. Pennsylvania A. William Penn 1. Received land grant as repayment of a debt. B. Quakers 1. Tolerance and Equality 2. City of Philadelphia C. Penn advertised the colony throughout Europe 1. English, Welsh, Irish, Dutch and German settlers D the three lower Counties became Delaware