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what were the Individual motivations for moving to the colonies?
- escape religious persecution
- oppurtunities
- wanted to own land
- poor
- better life
what were the motivations for the english government to colonize?
- “empire”
- military power
- competition w/ France, Spain, Dutch for power
- place for “dissenters”
- MERCANTALISM
joint stock company
- investors sponsored for exploration and colonization and shared the risk of it
- 1606 - the formal charter to Virginia Company was created
what happened in the couple of years after colonists arrived in Jamestown?
- 1607 - 1608: unhealthy conditions
- drought
- shortage of food
- winter (really cold)
- trade w/ Indians not going well
What happened with John Smith and Powhatan in Jamestown? How did this “save” Jamestown?
- Algonquian Tribe in the area
- relationships w/ Indians = tense
- Powhatan (emperor of the area)
- John Smith was taken prisoner
- Powhatan’s daughter saved him
- alliances were created !
- Indians saw benefit in trading with them
- English saved only by alliances with Powhatan
what crop “saved” Jamestown?
TOBACCO
What did King James do after the Uprising of 1622?
(uprising of 1622 is in the key terms deck)
- 1624 - King James made Jamestown royal controlled
- revoked the charter
what kind of colony was Maryland?
- proprietary colony - owned by one person; private property; passed generation to generation
- Lord Baltimore - Catholic; persecuted from England ➡️ established Maryland
- 1649 - granted freedom of worship to all Christians (Maryland Toleration Act)
turning points in Chesapeake colonies
- headright system
- Great Charter 1619
- Uprising of 1622
- House of Burgesses 1619
- Maryland Toleration Act
about the positive relationship between English colonists and Wampanoag
- created alliances with both groups
- taught English how to farm and hunt = saved them
- fall of 1621: first thanksgiving = celebrating the Indians who helped them survive
about the Puritan’s first settlement and the Great Migration that followed
- first Puritan settlement in Mass Bay: 1629
- John Winthrop - governor of colony
- 1630 (next decade) - Great Migration - 20,000 ppl came to the colony
How was Connecticut (CT) established?
- 1637 - Puritans on CT river thought Boston was too restrictive and left
- established Hartford CT
- formal govt = Fundemental Orders of CT
when did Slavery start in United States?
- 1619 - John Rolfe traded food supplies to Dutch for African Slaves
- officially started in 1619
english civil war
- between Parliament and King
- started in 1642
- Puritan movement growing and majority of parliament was puritan - began limiting royal authority
- colonies became a place for people who were oppressed in England ➡️ added to great migration
- ex) Puritans came to Americas when they were persecuted
- ex) Anglican church supporters came to Americas when they were opressed during the civil war
Mercantalism in English colonies (Triangular trade)
- mercantalism = competition for land
- land = resources = money = power
- tobacco & sugar = $$$
- rum was traded from New England to England and West Africa
- West Africa sent slaves to West Indies
- West Indies sent sugar canes
