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Impact of the Individual

The year is 1607. You have just sailed across the ocean and arrived in a strange land. Your family has traveled to the eastern coast of North America in search of freedom and prosperity. Your first task in the new land is to decide what you need to do to survive.

What dangers would you face as a settler?

• What do you need to survive in the wilderness?

• This settlement is actually a fort, with an armed force and high fences. What reasons might there be for building a fort?

•  What kind of settlement would you build?

To World1732 Colony of Georgia is founded by James Oglethorpe.

1692 Salem witchcraft trails are held.

1681 William Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania.

1675 King Philip’s War erupts.

1664 England takes New Amsterdam from Dutch.

1630 Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth.

1607 John Smith and other English settlers establish Jamestown.

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1585 First English colony established at Roanoke.

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1688 William and Mary take power in Britain’s Glorious Revolution.

1660 English monarchy is restored.

1649 Charles I of England is beheaded.

1605 Akbar, Mughal emperor of India, dies.

1588 England defeats Spanish Armada.

1587 Foreign missionaries are banished from Japan.

Main Idea

Why It Matters Now

Two early English colonies failed, but Jamestown survived—partly through individual effort and hard work.

Jamestown’s survival led to more English colonies and a lasting English influence in the United States.

What events led to the founding of Jamestown?

FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN

SpanishArmada defeated.

England and Spainwere political rivals.

England wantedcolonies to

increase trade.

• Why did the first English settlement at Roanoke fail?

• How did the English finance their colonies after 1606?

• What was the outcome of Bacon’s Rebellion?

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Drawing Conclusions

What were the main reasons thatJamestown survived and prospered?

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• how, after the “starving time,” Lord De La Warr took control

• John Rolfe’s development of a high-grade tobacco plant

Main Idea

Why It Matters Now

The Puritan work ethic and religious beliefs influence American culture today.

Religion influenced the settlement andgovernment of the New England colonies.

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What were some aspects of the New England Way?

NEWENGLAND WAY

Everyone attended church services.

Education was emphasized.

Amusements were frowned upon.

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Puritans had a strong work ethic.

• What is the Mayflower Compact?

• What is the meaning of the term the “Great Migration”?

• What were some of the causes of King Philip’s War?

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Recognizing Effects

Think About

• Squanto• Chief Massasoit• King Philip’s War

What impact did the arrival of the English in New England have on the Native Americans?

Main Idea

The founding of the Middle and Southerncolonies provided settlers with many economic opportunities.

Why It Matters Now

America is still a place where immigrantsseek freedom and economic opportunity.

CAUSES EFFECTS

What was an effect of each of the following causes?

New Netherlandthreat to English.

English attacked Quakers.

Laborers neededin Carolinas.

Oglethorpe toostrict in Georgia.

English attackedNew Netherland.

African slaveswere used.

Georgia becamea royal colony.

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• What were the goals of the patroon system?

• What three Middle Colonies offered religious freedom?

• What were three crops grown in the Southern Colonies?

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Analyzing Causes

Think About

• the crops being grown, such as tobacco, rice, and indigo• the nature of farm work

Why did colonists in Maryland and the Carolinas enslave Native Americans and use African slaves?

REVIEW QUESTIONS

ANSWERS: READ AND TAKE NOTES

1 What were the reasons given by Richard Hakluyt that England should start a colony?

2 Why were Jamestown and Plymouth financed by joint-stock companies?

3 How did John Rolfe change the Virginia colony?

4 What was John Winthrop’s vision for Massachusetts Bay?

5 What was the system of government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

6 What were some of the effects of King Philip’s War?

7 Why did Charles II want New Netherland?

8 What were relations like between Native Americans and settlers in Pennsylvania?

9 What was the Toleration Act of 1649?

10 What sorts of crops were particularly well suited to the soil and climate in the Southern colonies?

Sequencing Events

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ESTABLISHED13 COLONIES

Georgia1732

Virginia1607

New Hampshire1623

Maryland1632

Rhode Island1636

Connecticut1636

South Carolina1663

North Carolina1663

New Jersey1664

Massachusetts1620

New York1624

Delaware1638

Pennsylvania1681

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