Native American Resistance to Colonial Expansion –Ex. of cultural differences  land treaties –1637 in CT –Pequots wiped out –1675 –English win after about a year of brutal fighting and high casualties –End of Indian resistance in New England What does this image of Metacom teach us?

Massachusetts and its Offspring –1636 Rev. Thomas Hooker founded Hartford with unhappy Boston Puritans –Not religious reasons, wanted less restrictive government and better farmland Wrote first written constitution in American history – »Representative government: legislature elected by popular vote + governor chosen by the legislature –1637 John Davenport settled New Haven –1662 granted limited self-government –Including election of the governor – joined together to form CT

Massachusetts and its Offspring –Originally part of Massachusetts Bay –Settled by colonists who left Massachusetts for political, religious, and economic reasons Separated by King Charles II to increase royal control over the colonies,, subject to authority of an appointed governor

English Colonies

New Netherland  New York The “Dutch Wedge” –Separated English northern and southern colonies English navy seized New Netherland, –Peter Stuyvesant called Dutch to arms  ignored Surrendered to English without firing a shot!

Pennsylvania & “The Friends” PA –Charter was payment to William Penn for money owed by Charles II –Refuge for (Society of Friends)  “Holy Experiment” –City of brotherly love  Philadelphia –A Thriving Colony

Proprietary Maryland Granted to Lord Baltimore  –Haven for fellow – (1649) Religious freedom

Proprietary Colonies 1663 granted land to supporters  North & South Carolina 1732 James Oglethorpe granted land  Georgia

Early Carolina Society South Carolina –Originally based on trading furs and food to West Indies, by mid 1700s large rice-growing plantations resembled the economy and culture of the West Indies North Carolina, –Officially created in 1712 –Small self-sufficient tobacco farms, less slavery due to less hospitable conditions for plantations –Became refuge for religious dissenters and poor whites Rhode Island of the South –Democratic views and autonomy from British control by 1800s Impact of West Indies on Carolinas –West Indies (esp Barbados) developed plantation system based around sugar production –Increasingly relied on mainland British America for food –Small farmers were crowded out and many moved to Carolinas (with slaves)