1. Colonial American Development
Unit 1C
AP U.S. History

2. Think About It
Compare and contrast the colonial development and characteristics of Massachusetts/New England colonies and Virginia/Southern colonies.

3. England Defeat of Spanish Armada (1588) Population increases
Joint-stock companies develop
Religious conflicts divide the nation
Weak monarchs, civil wars, and revolutions

4. Thirteen Colonies

5. Colonial Geography

6. English Colonies Charters Corporate Colony Proprietary Colony
Granted a charter to stockholders
Ex. Virginia
Proprietary Colony
Granted a charter to individual or group
Ex. Maryland, Pennsylvania
Royal Colony
Under direct control of the monarch
Ex. New Hampshire
Eventually, 8 of the 13 colonies became royal colonies, including Virginia and Massachusetts
First page of the Carolina charter, authorized by Charles II, 1663

7. The First English Attempts
Sir Walter Raleigh (1585)
Roanoke (1587)

8. Jamestown Virginia Company of London
Established in 1607 on mouth of Chesapeake Bay
John Smith
“he that will not work shall not eat”
”Starving Time” ( )
Powhatan
John Rolfe
Tobacco seeds to plantations

9. Who is this?

10. Oh yeah…Pocahontas

11. Disney’s John Smith

12. Hollywood’s John Smith

13. This is John Smith.

14. Pilgrims Separatists to Holland then head for Virginia
Mayflower takes Separatists and others to Jamestown but weather complicates matters
Settlers decide to remain and establish Plymouth (1620)

16. The Mayflower (II)

17. Look, a big rock.

18. Wampanoag Dwelling

19. Plymouth Colony

20. New England Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut
Plymouth (1620)
Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)
Rhode Island
Providence (1636)
Portsmouth (1638)
Connecticut
Hartford (1637)
New Haven (1638)
New Hampshire (1679)

21. New England Massachusetts
Puritans
“Great Migration”
John Winthrop
A Model of Christian Charity (1630)
Expulsion
Roger Williams and Providence
Anne Hutchinson and Portsmouth

22. Middle Colonies Development Economics New York New Jersey (1702)
New Amsterdam transferred to Duke of York in 1664
New Jersey (1702)
Pennsylvania settled by Quakers
Delaware (1702)
Economics
Develop wheat and corn farms
“Bread basket” of the colonies
Eventually into manufacturing and trade

23. Pennsylvania William Penn (1681)
Religious Society of Friends aka Quakers
Holy Experiment
Religious refuge
Liberal political ideals
Economic success
Frame of Government and Charter of Liberties

24. Mason-Dixon Line

25. Southern Colonies Maryland (1634) Virginia (1607) Carolinas (1663)
Lord Baltimore
Act of Toleration (1649)
Virginia (1607)
Carolinas (1663)
North Carolina (1729)
Tobacco
South Carolina (1729)
Rice and indigo
Georgia (1732)
James Oglethorpe

26. Virginia Jamestown (1607) Anglican dominated Tobacco Plantations
Tidewater Gentry
Headright System
50 acres to each paying immigrant or plantation owner who paid for immigrant
House of Burgesses in 1619
First legislative assembly in the colonies
Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)

27. Virginia Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
Causes
Rise of land-seekers due to indentured servitude
Wealthy Tidewater gentry dominated the legislature
Frontier farmers struggled against low tobacco prices, high taxes, and Native American attacks
Frontier farmers demanded all-out war with Natives; Governor proposed building and manning forts
Burning of Jamestown
Governor William Berkeley
Nathaniel Bacon
Impact
Less dependence on indentured servitude
Increased importation of African slaves
More aggressive policies toward Native Americans
"Here shoot me before God, fair mark shoot.” Governor William Berkeley in response to Nathanial Bacon’s threat for demands.