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English Colonies to American Independence “No Taxation without representation”
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On the road to “America”…
Focus Questions:• What motivated English Colonization?
• To what extent does geography play in determining the type of economy and government of each American Colony?
• What important ideas and major events led to the American Revolution?
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Non- English European Colonies (Recap)
• Spain:•Mexico, Central America, and South America•Western US Present day Texas, New Mexico, California• Florida• They established “presidios” or forts within Mission Communities
• French (The Northwest Passage / “New France”)•Canada Nova Scotia and St. Lawrence River• Fishing and Fur trading• 1690’s established Louisiana along the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico
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English Colonies• Roanoke Colony •Sir Walter Raleigh… Becomes the Lost Colony
• Jamestown 1607• In Virginia founded by the Virginia Company and led by John Smith.•First permanent settlement in the North America•Survived by growing Tobacco as a “cash crop”•The House Of Burgesses• First Legislature in the New World• Partnered with the Royal Governor to
govern the colony.
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New England Colonies
•The Puritans 1620•“Model Moral (Religious) Communities”•The Mayflower Compact•Provided the framework for colonial “Self-government”•What are the differences between Jamestown and Plymouth?
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The New England Colonies
• Comprised of Four separate colonies by 1700.•Massachusetts•Rhode Island•Connecticut•New Hampshire
• Focus: Religious Freedoms and toleration
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Middle and Southern Colonies
• New York• New Jersey• Delaware• Pennsylvania• Maryland• Virginia• North Carolina• South Carolina• Georgia
• Middle Colonies
focused on Trade, Sea Ports, and Shipping Commerce. • Southern Colonies
focused on Agriculture and Cattle Farms•Because of Agriculture, the Atlantic Slave Trade begins.
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