1. Warm Up #7
Who were the first Europeans to establish a colony in what is now New York?
a. Spanish b. French
c. Dutch d. English
People came to the British colonies for all of the following reasons except-
a. Freedom of religion b. Economic gains
c. New opportunities d. Start a new nation
Write both questions, and your answer choice for each.

2. The First Two English Colonies
Jamestown, Virginia
Plymouth , Massachusetts

3. North America in 1607
England, France , and Holland were all jealous of Spain’s Glory, Gold, and Christian Missions. So they had to also make colonies !
Spain had colonized since 1492… a 115 year head start

4. England Failed to Catch Spain at First – Roanoke , North Carolina
Vanished ! No Trace !
Where are they?

5. Jamestown, Virginia : 1st successful English Colony 1607
104 Men and Boys arrived. NO WOMEN ????
Only men came because the purpose of the colony was…..
Economic, to make money, nobody planned to stay there ! They would find gold and return to England rich!

6. Jamestown, Virginia “Starving Time”1608 & 1609
Problems and Hardships faced by the Jamestown , Virginia Colonists…
Bad location… swampy land with brackish water (salty mixed with fresh)
2. Indian wars after a few years
3. Disease , and starvation killed 2/3’s of colonists !
4. Colonists were dumb… looked for gold and didn’t plant crops or build shelters well

7. John Smith Saves Jamestown: “He that shall not work, neither shall he eat”
Forced Native Americans to trade food to the English !
Forced everybody to work for the colony to survive !

8. Economic Success at Jamestown
John Rolfe discovered a way to grow a “hybrid” tobacco in Virginia in … this made a profit for the colony which was why it was begun 

9. Jamestown, Virginia’s government
Land Owners were able to vote and elect representatives to the House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses’ job was to make laws for local government while obeying England’s laws passed for the nation.
House of Burgesses 1619

10. Colonists Change Jamestown’s Physical Geography
After Europeans docks were built by every tobacco farm for easy transportation !
Before Europeans just rivers no ports
Plains near the coast
Appalachian Mountains farther west
Plains were made into farmland
Mountain valleys were hunted for furs

11. Plymouth, Massachusetts 1620 (13 years after Jamestown ! )
Pilgrims left England to escape religious persecution from the political powers in England ( King)
Pilgrims brought men , women , and children to Massachusetts !

12. Pilgrims were called “Separtists”
Pilgrims were fined, inprisoned, tortured , and even put to death for being a different religion from their king…. So they asked the government to let them move to Virginia… they missed and were in Massachusetts !

13. Pilgrims wrote the Mayflower Compact to create local government
In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the Faith, etc.
Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, …..
covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; …
for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof
to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, …
from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, 1620.[12]
Political
Make local laws

14. Plymouth, Massachusetts Governor
William Bradford led the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts in church and government
Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor
John Winthrop led the Puritans in Politics and Religion

15. Puritans Seek Religious Freedom
We are going to America b/c you are a cruel tyrant !
We want to PURIFY the church !
English King Charles I persecuted Puritans because they refused to follow his church : The Church of England
Obey Me !

16. Native American Relations
Jamestown, Virginia
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pocohontas
Kept peace between Indians and Virginians for a few years. When war came she sided with her English husband against her Indian people
Squanto and Samoset
Captured and later returned to America, Squanto spoke English and helped the Pilgrims plant crops and fish. They also kept peace for a few years until eventually war broke out.

17. Mayflower Compact
Turn to page 50, and with a partner complete a SOAPPS chart for the Mayflower Compact:
S- Subject
O- Occasion
A- Audience
P- Purpose
S- Speaker
S- Significance

18. Exit Ticket- write your answer for each question
Why is the Mayflower Compact considered an important step to creating American Democracy?
Established separation of church and state
Provided a basis for self-government in Plymouth colony
It defined colonial relations with the local Native Americans
Which colony was founded in 1607 and became successful because of its fertile land, animals, and timber?
Plymouth
Rhode Island
Jamestown