1. The Planting of English America
CHAPTER 2 NOTES
Mrs. Marshall
AP US History

2. Sir Walter Raleigh
1585-North Carolina’s Roanoke Island-“Lost Colony”

3. Spanish Armada
1588-England defeated Spain

5. Protestant Reformation
Catholicism vs. Protestantism

6. Joint Stock Companies
Joint Stock Companies

7. Jamestown Virginia Company of London Chesapeake Bay-May 1607
1st permanent English settlement in North America.
Captain John Smith
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Tobacco

8. Virginia Company/London Company 1619
Authorized settlers to summon an assembly (elected legislature) known as the House of Burgesses.
All decisions of the House of Burgesses required approval of Virginia Company

9. Impact of Religion on English Colonies
Little religious tolerance in New England colonies
Puritans were trying to create “a city on the hill”-did not want their community defiled by other beliefs
More religious diversity/tolerance in the Mid-Atlantic colonies, but it was also limited

10. Southern colonies were founded for economic reason
Southern colonies were founded for economic reason. Religion played a small role in their cultural development until the Great Awakening
Church of England was the established church in the South

11. Spanish settlers developed a dependence on slave labor.
French settlers were not dependant on slave labor due to geography of their territories
English settlers developed a egalitarian society in New England and the Middle colonies based on religious equality. Economic prosperity and immigration led to class distinctions.
The South developed a hierarchical social structure due to the plantation system.

12. Political Development in Colonies
Impacted by political traditions of the mother country
Spain and France transferred their authoritarian control to their colonies.
British brought their experience with the Magna Carta and Parliament to the colonies. They developed institutions starting with the House of Burgesses and New England town meetings.

13. Types of Colonies
Charter- a colony chartered to an individual or group by the British Crown
Royal- a colony governed directly by the king/queen
Proprietary- a colony in which one or more private land owners retain rights that are normally privilege of the state

14. Magna Carta
A document guaranteeing basic political rights in England, drawn up by nobles and approved by King John in AD 1215

15. Maryland 1634- Lord Baltimore
For financial profit and a haven for Catholics
Act of Toleration local representative body granted religious toleration to all Christians

16. Death of King James I
Upon death of King James I his son, Charles I took the throne
James I

17. English Civil War ( )
Fought by supporters and opponents of King Charles I.
Royalists-those loyal to Charles I
Puritans- supporters of Parliament

18. Oliver Cromwell
Puritan general who replaced Charles I

19. Restoration
When colonization/empire building resumes in England

20. Charles II
Charles II replaced Cromwell in 1659

21. 8 Lord Proprietors
Charles II gave them land south of Virginia. Carolina prospered by developing close economic ties with the sugar islands of the English West Indies.
Many settlers came from Barbados.
Rice was principal export crop.
Charles Town-busy seaport, diverse population, aristocratic population.
Carolina split in 1712.

22. Georgia James Oglethorpe-1733
Founded as a home for debtors and prisoners from England.
Also founded as a buffer state between Spanish Florida and the Carolinas.

23. Characteristics of Southern Colonies
Exported commercial agricultural products- tobacco, rice
Slavery
A strong aristocratic atmosphere
All permitted some religious toleration
Tax supported Church of England became the dominant faith
Growth of cities were slow due to plantations and farms
Farms and plantations made establishment of schools and churches difficulty and costly

24. Economic Development Spanish crown funded expeditions
English expeditions and settlements were funded by joint stock companies and proprietors
French developed an economy based on fur trapping and exports that influenced their mutual dependence on native tribes
England, Spain and France all followed mercantilists policies

25. English colonies
New England-geographic conditions allowed for only subsistence farming. They turned to shipbuilding and to the sea as merchants and fisherman. Not dependant on slaves
Mid-Atlantic colonies- developed an export trade in food stuffs as a result of geographic resources and large families

26. Southern colonies- grew cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo
Southern colonies- grew cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo. Used slave labor and exported crops on the ships from New England
3 regions developed an interdependent network of coastal trade and trade with the British Caribbean as well as trade across the Atlantic with Africa and Europe