3.2: England in the Chesapeake

A. Roanoke (N.C.)1. First attempt at English colonization

occurred in Roanoke, 1584-87.

2. Ended in failure

3. theory – those who survived incorporated themselves w/natives.

B. Jamestown and the Powhatan Confederacy (1607)

5. Food issues

“Starving Times”

6. Peace, Pocahontas, Rolfe?

1. Virginia Companya. What was it?

b. Natives considered…

2. Powhatan Confederacya. Political systems

b. Mixed views towards Europeans

3. English led by..

4. Failed at initial goals…(video

clip)

B. Tobacco, Expansion and Warfare

1. Tobaccoa. Why tobacco?

b. drawbacks

2. Therefore, headright grants*given by Va. Co.

3. Frontiers of exclusion

4. Va. Co. bankrupt = royal colony

B. Tobacco, Expansion and Warfare con’t

5. House of Burgesses (1619)

6. Population of English and Algonquians?

C. Maryland

1. Contrast w/Virginia?

a. Proprietary colony

b. Religion

2. Compare w/Va.?

a. tobacco

b. Headright system

D. Indentured Servants (IS)1. 75% of Chesapeake

population

2. Contract of IS?

3. Background

4. Why not slaves at this time?

5. 2/5th

6. Freedom dues /westward

7. Return to England

E. Community Life/Chesapeake1. Mortality rates across gender? How do

women benefit?

2. Living conditions?

3. Connection to motherland?

3.3: The New England Colonies

A. Social and Political Values of Puritanism1. Who are Puritans/Calvinist?

2. Supported by (m/e/cf)?3. Agents of economic and social change in

England=4. Conflicted w/traditional communities5. Want to monitor ___6. King Charles I (1625-49)

a. married Catholic; repressed religious freedoms =

c. ?

B. Early Contacts in New England

1. Previously controlled by French

2. English able to colonized due to…?

a. decimation of NA population

b. No one to defend lands

C. Plymouth Colony and the Mayflower Compact (1620)

1. Pilgrims/Separatists

2. Led by…(WB)

3. Mayflower Compact?

4. First winter? Who helped?

5. Accomplishment as a community?

a. Self-sufficiency

b. 11 communities

D. Massachusetts Bay Colony1. Mass. Bay Company

2. Led by…3. Goal

“city on a hill”

4. Great migrationa. 1629-1643

b. City of Boston est. (1630)

5. General Court established; freemen

E. Indians and Puritans1. Winthrop’s philosophy; “unused lands”

2. Who says they can take it?

3. Underhanded tactics for lands

4. Disease

5. Puritans considered too violent by natives

F. New England Merchants1. Puritan Oliver Cromwell and the ECW

Long-term consequence of ECW on colonies?

2. New markets due to decline of “newcomers” =

3. Diversified economy

G. Community and Family in Massachusetts

1. Communities: well-ordered; social hierarchy; strong sense of community

2. Families & marriage: patriarchal; sexual exp.

3. Education: > 50 families; no girls

4. Puritan ideology re: women? (video clip)

a. Subordinate

b. Avg. 8 kids

c. Salem witch trials

H. Dissent and New Communities1. Those who did not agree

completely w/Puritans dev own communities

2. Roger Williamsa. separation of church and

stateb. Negotiate w/native for

landc. Founded Providence, RI

3. Anne Hutchinsonvocal; assertive; criticized Boston ministers

3.4: The Proprietary Colonies

A. Carolina (today's N.C.)1. Government

a. Governor

b. assembly

2. S.C. (1670)a. Immigrants from Barbados

b. w/slaves (1670’s)

B. From New Netherland to New York1. Trade and Navigation

Act passed by Britain Barred Dutch vessels from English colonial possessions

2. Resulted in several naval wars w/Dutch (1652-1674)

3. England to dominate the Atlantic

4. Mercantilism at its finest!

C. Founding of Pennsylvania1. America’s Breadbasket

2. Founded by…(WP, Jr.)

3. Proprietary colony (PC)

4. Quakers/Society of Friends

5. Frame of Governmenta. Religious freedom

b. Civil liberties

c. Elected representation

6. Relations w/natives?

3.5: Conflict and War

A. “King Philip’s” War (1675-76)1. Who is King Philip?

Metacom, son of Massasoit, who had original alliance w/pilgrims

2. Want Metacom to give up lands 3. Iroquois Confederacy sided w/English

a. they continued to be middle men between Dutch and English; b. control region w/in native tribes

4. Ended the last strong resistance against the English

B. Bacon’s Rebellion (article)1. Led by… (NB)2. What did he want?3. What did Gov. Berkeley

do?4. What does Bacon do in

response?-Who helped him?

5. Started w/natives ended w/Va. Gov’t.

6. LTC?

C. The Effects of the Glorious Revolution in America

1. Colonial gov’t too powerful = King abolishes charter gov’t =

2. NE, NY, NJ become Dominion of New England

3. King replaced by Protestant daughter Mary of Orange

4. England becomes a constitutional monarchy w/Bill of Rights and colonist return to self-govt

5. Period of salutary neglect takes place

Presentation of The Declaration Of Rights