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The Thirteen Colonies
Before the United States looked like this…
The United States looked like this…
The first American colonies
were established along the
eastern coast. Settlers from
several European countries
claimed land beginning in the
17th century. The struggle for
control of this land continued
for more than a hundred years
until the two countries with
the largest presence were
England and France.
Reasons for coming to America
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to gain wealth
to find gold
for the natural
resources
to establish a claim to
their land
for religious freedom
for a better life.
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Royal colony
– ruled by a monarch, with a governor or
leader appointed by the king.
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Proprietary Colony
– run by a person who owned it and has
been chosen by the king.
ex. Pennsylvania
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Mayflower Compact
– written upon arriving in Plymouth and the
first example of self-rule in the New
World.
Virginia House of Burgesses
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elected representatives for each county
in the colony
first representative government group
in the American colonies
famous delegates included Patrick
Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and George
Washington
met for the first time at Jamestown on
July 30, 1619.
Roanoke
an island off the coast of what is now North
Carolina
 The first attempt in 1585 had failed.
 In 1587 the English, led by John White,
made their second attempt at starting a
colony on Roanoke Island.
 The colonists disappeared, and the
settlement is known as “The Lost Colony.”
http://www.schooltube.com/video/89c920dac
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Jamestown
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King James gave permission to a group of
wealthy men to start a colony in North
America.
In 1607, 105 settlers arrived in Virginia,
selected a site for their settlement near a
wide river, and called it Jamestown in honor
of King James.
Jamestown became the first permanent
English settlement in North America.
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The bad location of the colony –in a swamp
- doomed the colony.
The land was not good for farming.
There was no harbor.
Mosquitoes carried a deadly disease,
malaria. Within eight months, disease had
killed most of the settlers.
By the beginning of 1608, only 38 settlers
were still alive.
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In 1608, John Smith was elected leader of the
colony.
He said firmly that “any man who would not work
would not eat.”
When Smith returned to England in 1609 after
being badly burned by an explosion of gunpowder,
the colonists lost a strong leader.
The winter of 1609-1610 was known as the
“Starving Time.” Many settlers had to eat horses
and dogs.
Hundreds of them died, and only about 60 settlers
survived.
WorkorStarve.pdf
The Jamestown settlers never found any
gold, and they still needed a way to support
their colony in order to stay in America.
 John Rolfe found a way to grow a sweettasting tobacco.
 People in England loved the new Virginia
tobacco.
 It was their first cash crop and allowed
Jamestown to prosper.
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House of Burgesses
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In 1619, the settlers elected representatives to
make laws for the colony.
– Burgesses was an English word for elected
representatives.
– Only wealthy men could be elected to this group.
– The House of Burgesses was the first law-making
assembly in an English colony. It helped establish
the tradition of self-government in the colonies
Plymouth
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started by people who were looking for
religious freedom.
– Pilgrims
Separatists wanted to have a separate, or
different, church. They decided to move to a
place where they could be free to have their own
religion. They came to be known as Pilgrims.
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September 1620, the Pilgrims sailed from
England on a ship called the Mayflower.
– landed on the tip of what is now Massachusetts.
– The Pilgrims drew up a plan of government to
help them live together peacefully. Most of the
men signed the agreement which is known as
the Mayflower Compact.
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In the fall, the Pilgrims celebrated their
harvest and invited the Wampanoags
(Native Americans) to come to a feast of
thanksgiving which lasted three days.
– Today Americans still celebrate Thanksgiving
Day.
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In 1621, William Bradford was elected
governor of Plymouth Colony, and he
served as governor for more than 30 years
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