1. Unit 3 Table of Contents: The 13 Colonies
Item/Description
Page # 1.
Unit 3 Bellwork
1-2 2.
Unit 3 Vocabulary 3 3.
Notes: The Beginning of the 13 Colonies
4-5 4.
Roanoke Theory Handout 6 5.
Notes: Jamestown
7-9 6.
Indentured Servant Contract 10 7.
13 Colonies Map 11 8.
Jamestown Article 12 9.
Notes: New England Colonies
13-14
10.
The Mayflower Compact Handout 15
11.
Notes: Middle Colonies
16-17

2. Item/Description
Page #
12.
Notes: Southern Colonies 18
13.
Comparing and Contrasting the 13 Colonies Handout 19
14.
Notes: The Carolina Colony
20-22
15.
The Second Carolina Charter Handout 23
16.
Notes: Colonial Government
24-26
17.
Fundamental Constitution of Carolina 27
18.
Notes: Changing to a Royal Colony
28-30
19.
Royal Government Chart and Questions 31
20.
Notes: The Regulator Movement
32-33
21.
SC Townships Map 34
22.
Regulator Movement Handout 35
23.
Study Guide 36

3. The Beginning of the 13 Colonies
This goes on p. 4-5

4. England’s First Attempt at Settlement
Queen Elizabeth I…the “Virgin Queen”

5. Sends Sir Walter Raleigh to create settlement in the New World
Roanoke-”The Lost Colony”

6. Roanoke-”The Lost Colony”

7. A New King
Following Queen Elizabeth I’s death, she is succeeded on the throne by James I
James I is very interested in expanding his empire
Eager to create colonies in the New World

8. Problem… James I does not want the government to pay for the colonies
He encourages private businesses to create colonies
Ex: The London Company-this was a joint stock company

9. Bellwork: Monday 9/12/16
What similarities are between the American and English flag?

10. Bellwork: Tuesday 9/13/16
What problems did Jamestown face in its early days?

11. Jamestown
This goes on p. 7-9

12. Jamestown Started in 1607 (Virginia) Got off to a slow start
Many Problems: shortages of food, disease, weather issues, poor water/swampy location, too many gentleman, not enough workers, etc.
Nearly failed
John Smith, Native Americans,(Pocahontas)

17. The Headright System The London Company begins the Headright System
Every “head” you brought to the colony, you received a certain amount of land
Encouraged large farms or plantations

18. Cash Crop Tobacco (John Rolfe: milder version)
King James at first discouraged tobacco- “the stinking weed”
Later, he saw the tax benefits and encouraged the growth of tobacco

19. Indentured Servants Tobacco increases demand for labor
This leads to indentured servants
A person who signs a contract agreeing to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to the New World

20. African Slaves
Indentured Servants cannot provide enough labor to satisfy the demands of the tobacco plantations
Need a new source of labor
Started to import African slaves

21. House of Burgesses
London Company encourages the establishment of the House of Burgesses in 1619
Designed to give the settlers a voice in the governance of the colony
Although not completely democratic, this assembly kept the English political traditions established with the Magna Carta

22. House of Burgesses

23. Magna Carta The Great Charter
One of the first documents to protect the rights of freed individuals
Forced the king to obey laws and to consult others before raising taxes

24. The Virginia Colony
Jamestown grew into the colony of Virginia and established the pattern for the southern colonies
Cash crops, big farms or plantations, lots of labor (slaves), entirely agricultural

26. Bellwork: Wednesday 9/14/16
In your own words, explain what the House of Burgesses was

27. The New England Colonies
This goes on p

28. The New England Colonies
Founded for religious reasons mostly by groups persecuted in England
Puritans, Separatists, Pilgrims (all the same people) land at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts (1620)
Mayflower Compact: American democracy, the idea that people formed the government

29. The Pilgrims Survive Received help from the Native Americans
A much larger group of Puritans landed at Massachusetts Bay
The Pilgrims established a democratic form of government

30. The Pilgrims

31. Pilgrim’s Government All male church members could vote
Town Meetings and General Assemblies

32. Pilgrim’s Way of Life
The Pilgrims harvested lumber, built ships, engaged in trade and in manufacturing
They established schools (kids-Bible)
People who didn’t agree were exiled (Dissenters)
The ideas of the Pilgrims spread across New England

33. New England Colonies…Bottom Line
Religious Similarity, Thriving Economy based on Trade and a Democratic Government

34. Bellwork: Thursday 9/15/16
How did the New England colonies feel about religious diversity?

35. The Middle Colonies
This goes on p

36. The Middle Colonies “The Bread Colonies”
Diverse origins of settlers (Dutch: New York, Swedes: Delaware, Quakers: Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania: William Penn granted land from King for payment of debt. Penn had the rights of a proprietor and could name the governor
Pennsylvania had a representative assembly as did the other colonies in the region (Middle Colonies)

37. MMMMM…..Bread!

38. Good relations with Native Americans
Promoted religious tolerance…more so than the strict New England colonies

39. Bottom Line….The Middle Colonies
Bread colonies (grow food crops and raise animals), greatest diversity of people and religions
Some skilled craftsman and some trade

40. The Southern Colonies
This goes on p. 18

41. The Southern Colonies Entirely agricultural Large slave population
Small number of wealthy landowners

42. Bellwork: Monday 9/19/16 New England Middle Southern
Match the colonies with the correct colonial regions
____ 1. Delaware
____ 2. Georgia
____ 3. Massachusetts
____ 4. Maryland
____ 5. New York
New England
Middle
Southern

43. Bellwork: Tuesday 9/20/16
Write a question in which the answer would be: The Headright System

44. The Carolina Colony
This goes on p

45. The Carolina Colony Founded as a proprietary colony
King Charles II granted land to 8 proprietors in payment of a debt (just like with Pennsylvania)
Proprietors hope to make a profit by charging quitrents
Hired John Locke to write the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina

46. Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
Includes policy for religious toleration-to attract settlers
Included a policy for a social class system based on land ownership…this policy was never carried out but showed a difference between the southern and New England colonies which emphasized equality

47. The Headright System
Every “head” you brought to the colony, you received a certain amount of land
More people= More land
Led to the establishment of large plantations with cash crops

48. First Settlers in Carolina
British from Barbados
Brought a well-developed slave system with them
Settlers from other European nations (France, Switzerland, Germany, Scotland and Ireland) were at the settlement
Diverse religious backgrounds (Protestants, Huguenots, Jewish)

49. Government
At first the Lords Proprietors controlled the government through a governor and a grand council
Grand Council = Representatives of the Proprietors + Carolina Elite + Representatives of the Common People of the Colony
Just as with the other colonies, Carolina had some degree of democracy from the beginning

50. Bellwork: Wednesday 9/21/16
Who owned the Carolina colony?
Bonus: Name as many of them as you can

51. Colonial Government
This goes on p

52. 8-1.6: Colonial Government
SC starts as a proprietary colony
Proprietors in charge, represented by a governor

53. In order to attract more settlers, the proprietors started to share some of their power with property owners
A political elite developed
The more land you own = the power you got
The most powerful people in SC were the large landowners (Plantations)

54. The Grand Council Made laws (including tax laws) for the colony
Bicameral (two houses) assembly…most English colonies had this

55. The Proprietors and the elite had more representation (power) in government than the common people
The Grand Council decided that a majority of each group (the Proprietors, Elite and Common People) should have an equal say in the government

56. Problem…..
Each group did not represent a proportional amount of the population
Ex: Very few plantation owners but they have just as much power as the other groups

57. Another Problem…..
Lowcountry representation was much greater than that of the Backcountry
In order to represent the common people, the Grand Council established the Commons House of Assembly

58. Bellwork: Thursday 9/22/16
What was the name of the document that originally governed the Carolina colony?

59. Changing to a Royal Colony
This goes on p

60. A Royal Colony Controlled by the King (wants control of the colonies)
The King appointed a governor to represent him
Most colonies eventually became Royal colonies
The King revoked their charters (Proprietors, Joint Stock Companies, etc. )

61. SC became a royal colony at the invitation of the colonists
Too many problems with the Proprietors
Considered Proprietors to be “absentee landlords” (wanted rent but offered no protection)
Proprietors considered SC to be disobedient and not making enough money

62. The king was able to reach a financial agreement with the Proprietors and SC became a royal colony
The colony was split into two: North and South Carolina

63. Royal Colony Government
The king appointed a governor to run SC
However, SC continued to have a self government through their representative assembly
This limited the royal governor’s power because they assembly controlled the taxes and paid the governor’s salary

64. Economic Advantages of a Royal Colony
English government offered increased subsidies for naval stores
Allowed merchants to sell rice directly to foreign countries
Established townships in the backcountry to encourage migration

65. Bellwork: Friday 9/23/16
What is the difference between a royal and proprietary colony?

66. The Regulator Movement
This goes on p

67. The Backcountry of SC
More immigrants began moving to the backcountry of SC (Scotch Irish and Germans)
Population in the backcountry began to outnumber the population in the lowcountry
Despite having a large population, the backcountry still had less representation in the Assembly than the lowcountry

68. The Regulator Movement
During the mid 1700s, horse thieves and criminals began moving to the backcountry
There was no courts, jails or law enforcement of any kind (received no help from the gov’t…remember controlled by the lowcountry!)
Settlers in the backcountry began to take the law into their own hands…The Regulator Movement

69. The Regulator Movement was a vigilante group
Eventually it grew out of hand and the gov’t of SC stepped in
They established courts, districts and law enforcement to help police the area

70. SC Townships Map Regulator Assignment
This will go on p. 33 in your notebook
Copy and label the map found on p. 51 in your textbook
Regulator Assignment
This will go on p. 34 in your notebook
Read and answer the questions using p