THE ENGLISH COLONIES IN AMERICA

Chapter 3

Sir Walter Raleigh

Named the land in North America he claimed for England Virginia

For Queen Elizabeth-the “virgin queen”

Planted the first English Colony on Roanoke Island (off the coast of what is now North Carolina)

CHARTER

an official permit to start a colony from the English monarch who was entitled to a portion of the profits

3.3 – Massachusetts

Religious refuge for Puritans

Harsh winters and warm summers

Rich pastures, forests

Government guided by rules of the bible

Shipping

Lumber

3.3 – Massachusetts

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3.3 – Massachusetts

FIRST SETTLEMENT Plymouth

FOUNDED 1620

3.4 – Rhode Island

Hot, humid summers

Cold, snowy winters

Religious freedom

Shipbuilding, fishing, whaling, trade

Flat, rocky woodlands

Coastal lowlands

3.4 – Rhode Island

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3.4 – Rhode Island

FIRST SETTLEMENT Providence

FOUNDED1636

LEADERRoger Williams

3.5 - Connecticut

Fundamental Orders – first written constitution

Seacoast

Forested hills

Farming (crops and livestock)

Shipbuilding, fishing, whaling

Cold winters, mild summers

3.5 - Connecticut

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3.5 - Connecticut

FIRST SETTLEMENTHartford

FOUNDED1636

LEADERThomas Hooker

3.6 – New York

Great class differences

Elected assembly with the power to pass laws and set taxes

Cold, snowy winters; hot, humid summers

Fur trapping, lumber, shipping

Slave trade

Wetlands alone the coast, forested mountains

3.6 – New York

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3.6 – New York

FIRST SETTLEMENTNew York

FOUNDED1664

LEADERPeter Minuit

3.7 – Pennsylvania

Great Law that promised that people of all faiths would be treated equally

First democracy

Rolling hills and fertile soil

Farming (crops and dairy)

Cold winters: hot, Humid summers

Merchants, trades people, lumber, ship building

3.7 – Pennsylvania

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3.7 - Pennsylvania

FIRST SETTLEMENT Philadelphia

FOUNDED1681

LEADERWilliam Penn

3.8 – MarylandRefuge for Catholics and members of other persecuted religions

Cold, rainy winters; hot, humid summers

Fertile land

Farming (crops, beef, dairy)

Act Concerning Religion – America’s first law guaranteeing religious liberty

Lumber, shipping, fishing, iron mining

3.8 – Maryland

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3.8 – Maryland

FIRST SETTLEMENT St. Mary’s

FOUNDED1632

LEADERGeorge Calvert –the first Lord Baltimore

3.9 – Virginia

Mild winters; hot, humid summers

Coastal lowlands

Wooded mountains

Plantations that grew tobacco

Slavery

Self-governing

3.9 – Virginia

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3.9 - Virginia

FIRST LASTING SETTLEMENT

Jamestown FOUNDED

1607LEADER

John Smith

3.10 – Georgia

3.10 – Georgia

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3.10 – Georgia

FIRST SETTLEMENT Savannah

FOUNDED1732

LEADERJames Oglethorpe

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