1. Day 6: Beginnings of America
Unit 2
Day 6: Beginnings of America

2. Questions of the Day
What were the social, political, religious, and economic motivations for the development of the early colonies?
In what ways did the colonists’ European life affect the development of their American experience?
Evaluate the challenges facing the Jamestown settlers.
Evaluate the development of tobacco on the survival of the Jamestown colony.

3. North American Settlements
1. European Settlements
Spanish – St. Augustine, Florida – 1565
Southwest – Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California
French – Canada, Mississippi River, Great Lakes
Dutch – New York
English – East Coast

4. Coloring Activity Color in and label the states on your map.
Which are northern colonies?
Which are southern colonies?
Which are middle colonies?
Coloring Activity

8. 2. First English Attempt Sir Walter Raleigh
Lost Colony – Roanoke Island
John White - Governor
Virginia Dare – first European child born in America
Mystery at Roanoke Video

9. 3. English Settlements
Virginia Company (joint stock company) – Jamestown – 1607
John Smith – one of the leaders of Jamestown
Hard times – few workers, most were nobles, didn’t know how to work
Powhatan – Indian tribe near Jamestown that struggled with colonist
“starving time” – Period during the 3rd winter when a large number of colonist perished from lack of food

10. 4. Jamestown More colonist came to help Jamestown – workers
1st democratic gov’t – House of Burgesses ( because of salutary neglect; representative democracy)
Tobacco – became cash crop or Virginias’ gold
John Rolfe – First to commercialize tobacco overseas
Pocahontas – daughter of the tribal leader, married to Rolfe
Head right system – Each new colonist was given 50 acres
Indentured servants – traded passage to America for years of service
Slaves – came to America in 1619

11. 5. Clash with Indians
Desire for land led to conflicts
Europeans feeling of superiority – no intermarriage with Indians
Fought wars with Powhatan Indians
Virginia becomes royal colony so that the King’s Army can protect them

12. 6. First rebellion in the Colonies
Indian dispute on the frontier
Colonists ask for protection from Virginia Governor but were denied
Nathaniel Bacon – led the colonist in a rebellion against the Virginia gov’t
1st time the colonist showed their discontent with violence

13. COLONIES IN AMERICA
7. Religious Reasons
Henry VIII – starts the Anglican
Church to divorce his first wife
Reformers want to rid the church of all Roman Catholic traditions
Puritans – Wanted to purify the Church of England, individual and congregational control of religion

14. 8. Pilgrims
Separatist (Pilgrims) – they wanted to practice their own religion
Plymouth, Mass. 1620 
Mayflower Compact – set up a direct democracy for the colony
colony struggled but received food from Indians
Thanksgiving, Squanto
William Bradford – Pilgrim leader
Mayflower Compact
Of Plymouth Plantation

15. Indentured Servants Look up indentured servant contracts
What do you think life was like for these colonists?
How many lived long enough to be free?

16. Write a diary entry for a colonist based on their experiences n Jamestown or Plymouth.
Put this in your notebook, on either side of Day 6
Activity