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Colonial history of the United States

American History: A survey by Alan Brinkley. Chapter 2.

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1)The Early Chesapeake a)The Founding of Jamestown i)Charter granted to London Company in 1604 by King James I,?Godspeed, Discovery,?and?Susan Constant?left England and landed in Jamestown, VA in 1607 ii)Colony mostly al men, inadequate diets contributed to disease, by 1608 colony had almost failed (poor leadership, location, disease, food) except Capt. John Smith saved it by imposing work and order and organizing raids against Indians b)Reorganization i)London Company became Virginia Company 1609, gained expanded charter, sold stock, wish to grew VA colony with land grants to planters ii)Winter of 1609-1610= starving time iii)First governor Lord De La Warr arrived 1609, established harsh discipline w/ work gangs

US Colonies

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10/29/09 10:14 AM Jessica The New England Conies Who Settled English Pilgrims (Separest) Puritans John Winthrop Reasons for Settlement Religious freedom (broke away from church) Economic reasons Many came for land Proper laws/less power Ways of Making a Living Farming Fishing Trading Industry Ship building Other Facts Self government Document Mayflower compact Triangular trade Traded malestis, rum? Puritans went to war with Native Americans over land Native Americans were sold into slavery by English Roger Williams fled to Rode Island because he thought the government had too much power All religions could live there John Winthrop was the governor of Massachusetts Middle Colonies Who Settled Europeans All religions Dutch English Swedish Quakers Germans Puritans Artisans

America: Past and Present Notes Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: New World Encounters Native American Histories before Conquest Columbus did not really discover the new world-more connected Africa, Europe and the Americas The People of the Americans came 15 to 20 thousand years before any European did. Receding water created a large land bridge connected North America and Asia -now submerged underwater in the Bering Sea. Modern Scientists call this ? Beringia? Nomadic People crossed first--Spear-Throwing Paleo-Indians that hunted wooly mammoths and mastodons.

New England and Chesapeke DBQ Essay

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New England Chesapeake DBQ The New England and Chesapeake colonies both started off about the same being ruled by the English. However by the 1700?s the similarities between the two colonies were quite minimal and both colonies had evolved. Each settlement had different intensions of why they wanted to settle in the New World. New England and Chesapeake had social, economic, religious and political differences between one another.

CH 2 and 3 questions

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Chapter 2 Questions THE EARLY CHESAPEAKE (34-40) 1. What conditions and circumstances characterized the first permanent English settlements? 2. What serious difficulties did the Virginia colonists suffer from the moment they landed? 3. After the colony was established, what efforts did the Virginia Company make to attract settlers and make the colonists more happy and productive? 4. Explain the importance of tobacco in the development of the Virginia colony. 5. What led Virginia to become a royal colony? 6. The survival of Jamestown was, in the end, largely the result of what? 7. What were the origins of the colony of Maryland? How did Maryland's early development differ from that of Virginia?

APUSH Unit Guide

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?Chapter 2 Reading Objectives? 1. ?State the factors that caused the English to start late on colonization.? -Internal religious conflict: the Protestant Reformation in England caused fighting between Protestants and Roman Catholics, and power changed hands between the two for a long time. -Alliance with the Spanish: the two were at peace in the first half of the 1500s, but with the plundering of Spanish ships later in the century, England broke that peace and began to colonize. 2. ?Describe the development of the Jamestown colony from its disastrous beginnings to its later prosperity.? -Virginia Company of London sends people to the New World - Chartered by King that guaranteed settlers all English rights

Out of Many Book Outlines

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Ariana Correa?Period 3 Mrs. Frisen?August 20, 2012 AP US History Outlines 1-3 Pre-Columbian Societies ?1.1 Early Inhabitants of the Americas Christopher Columbus called the Native Americans Indios because he thought he had landed in India The term Indian refers to a variety of different cultures (over 2000), with hundreds of different languages and different ways of living They had long dark hair and tan skin When it was realized that America was not part of Asia a debate began over how the people got there ?1.2 American Indian Empires on Mesoamerica, the Southwest, and the Mississippi Valley Mesoamerica stretched from central Mexico to central America By the first millennium B.C.E. large communities were taking shape

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Paige Green 1-100 Arco Terms 1. Mayflower Compact 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the?Mayflower?and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. 2. William Bradford A Pilgrim, the second governor of the Plymouth colony, 1621-1657. He developed private land ownership and helped colonists get out of debt. He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks. 3. Pilgrims and Puritans contrasted

The Planting of English America

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England?s Imperial Stirrings By the year 1607, Central and South America was largely controlled by Spain or Portugal, but North America was mostly unclaimed. In North America, there were few Europeans. Spain had established Santa Fe. France had established Quebec. Britain had just established Jamestown, and it was struggling. In the 1500s, Britain had made only feeble efforts to colonize America. There was a rash of problems hinging on a mix of religion and politics? King Henry VIII?had broken with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s, brining the Protestant Reformation to England and thus creating religious division. When Elizabeth I became queen, England moved decidedly in the Protestant direction. This also meant Catholic Spain was an immediate rival.

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