1. Mayflower Compact 1620 - The first agreement for self
... Africa to the Caribbean (this was known as the Middle Passage, when many slaves died on the ships). In the Caribbean, the slaves were traded for sugar and molasses. Then the ships returned to New England, where the molasses were used to make rum. 73. Merchants / Markets A market is the area or group ...
... Africa to the Caribbean (this was known as the Middle Passage, when many slaves died on the ships). In the Caribbean, the slaves were traded for sugar and molasses. Then the ships returned to New England, where the molasses were used to make rum. 73. Merchants / Markets A market is the area or group ...
Enrichment Self Government in the English Colonies
... Chesapeake Tobacco Grower Questions: 1- For picture I, what group or groups seem to have been excluded from New England town meetings in the 18th century? ________________________________________________________________________ 2- For picture II, what is the relationship between the Chesapeake tobac ...
... Chesapeake Tobacco Grower Questions: 1- For picture I, what group or groups seem to have been excluded from New England town meetings in the 18th century? ________________________________________________________________________ 2- For picture II, what is the relationship between the Chesapeake tobac ...
All of the Colonies
... little toleration. Every colony except Rhode Island was dominated by the Puritan Church, the Church of England and other Baptists faiths were banned and dissidents were exiled, jailed, whipped, or even executed. Ethnically, this was a homogeneous society – the settlers were all British. Climate: T ...
... little toleration. Every colony except Rhode Island was dominated by the Puritan Church, the Church of England and other Baptists faiths were banned and dissidents were exiled, jailed, whipped, or even executed. Ethnically, this was a homogeneous society – the settlers were all British. Climate: T ...
Copy of Ch. 1 Lecture Notes
... make a profit. • The companies governed and maintained the colonies and received most of the profit. ...
... make a profit. • The companies governed and maintained the colonies and received most of the profit. ...
ch. 1 us history notes
... make a profit. • The companies governed and maintained the colonies and received most of the profit. ...
... make a profit. • The companies governed and maintained the colonies and received most of the profit. ...
SC History Need to Know Facts Standard 8
... South Carolina was founded as a proprietary colony when the king (Charles II) granted land to the eight Lords Proprietors in payment of a debt The proprietors hoped to make a profit by charging settlers a quitrent on the land. The proprietors commissioned John Locke to write the Fundamental Constitu ...
... South Carolina was founded as a proprietary colony when the king (Charles II) granted land to the eight Lords Proprietors in payment of a debt The proprietors hoped to make a profit by charging settlers a quitrent on the land. The proprietors commissioned John Locke to write the Fundamental Constitu ...
New York - Lee County Schools
... make a profit. • The companies governed and maintained the colonies and received most of the profit. ...
... make a profit. • The companies governed and maintained the colonies and received most of the profit. ...
AMERICAN BEGINNINGS
... and remained much smaller than VA during the 17th century, the second Chesapeake colony, Maryland (MD) followed a similar course of development. • Tobacco came to dominate the economy and tobacco planters the society. • But in other ways, MD’s., history was strikingly ...
... and remained much smaller than VA during the 17th century, the second Chesapeake colony, Maryland (MD) followed a similar course of development. • Tobacco came to dominate the economy and tobacco planters the society. • But in other ways, MD’s., history was strikingly ...
American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607
... d. from families associated with Salem’s burgeoning market economy. ___ 15. English settlers greatly altered the character of the New England environment by a. raising wheat and oats rather than the corn grown by Native Americans. b. their extensive introduction to livestock. c. beating trails throu ...
... d. from families associated with Salem’s burgeoning market economy. ___ 15. English settlers greatly altered the character of the New England environment by a. raising wheat and oats rather than the corn grown by Native Americans. b. their extensive introduction to livestock. c. beating trails throu ...
Georgia and the American Experience
... • Two-chamber legislature set up: Commons House of Assembly (Lower House) and Governor’s Council (Upper House) • Court of Conscience settled disputes; overseen by justice of the peace • Only people owning 50 or more acres of land could vote ...
... • Two-chamber legislature set up: Commons House of Assembly (Lower House) and Governor’s Council (Upper House) • Court of Conscience settled disputes; overseen by justice of the peace • Only people owning 50 or more acres of land could vote ...
C-Notes US History
... ● First permanent English settlement in America, settled in 1607 ● Founded by the Virginia Company of London (joint-stock company) ● Successful as a colony because of several factors ○ Tobacco as a cash crop (introduced by John Rolfe) ○ Opportunity to own land-via the headright system ○ Lack of jobs ...
... ● First permanent English settlement in America, settled in 1607 ● Founded by the Virginia Company of London (joint-stock company) ● Successful as a colony because of several factors ○ Tobacco as a cash crop (introduced by John Rolfe) ○ Opportunity to own land-via the headright system ○ Lack of jobs ...
New England Colonies
... a settlement north of Virginia • Mayflower sets sail in October 1620 • Lands at Plymouth Plantation in December 1620 • It had been a site of a former Indian tribe which had been abandoned because of disease • Signed the Mayflower Compact - When we establish a colony, it will be governed by the rule ...
... a settlement north of Virginia • Mayflower sets sail in October 1620 • Lands at Plymouth Plantation in December 1620 • It had been a site of a former Indian tribe which had been abandoned because of disease • Signed the Mayflower Compact - When we establish a colony, it will be governed by the rule ...
The Road to Revolution
... • Washington believed that his best chance of getting ahead was to become an officer in the British army. • There was one problem with his plan. Most British officers believed that colonists made lousy soldiers. • The expedition into the Ohio Valley gave Washington a chance to prove them wrong. ...
... • Washington believed that his best chance of getting ahead was to become an officer in the British army. • There was one problem with his plan. Most British officers believed that colonists made lousy soldiers. • The expedition into the Ohio Valley gave Washington a chance to prove them wrong. ...
Chapter 3and4and5 PPT Notes
... the southern colonies soon flourished. Main Ideas • Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America. • Daily life in Virginia was challenging to the colonists. • Religious freedom and economic opportunities were motives for founding other southern colonies, including Maryland, the Ca ...
... the southern colonies soon flourished. Main Ideas • Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America. • Daily life in Virginia was challenging to the colonists. • Religious freedom and economic opportunities were motives for founding other southern colonies, including Maryland, the Ca ...
Settlers and Pilgrims slides
... The New England colonies were conceived and established as “plantations of religion.” The city upon the hill: a religious experiment that would prove that God’s plan for his churches could be successfully realized in the American wilderness. Their deep religious feeling colored all their plans and h ...
... The New England colonies were conceived and established as “plantations of religion.” The city upon the hill: a religious experiment that would prove that God’s plan for his churches could be successfully realized in the American wilderness. Their deep religious feeling colored all their plans and h ...
Chapter 3 Section 2 p.64-71
... Virginia Company and its laws. Before going ashore, the Pilgrims drew up a formal document, the Mayflower Compact. The compact pledged their loyalty to England. It also d eclared their intention of forming "a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation." The signers also promised to ...
... Virginia Company and its laws. Before going ashore, the Pilgrims drew up a formal document, the Mayflower Compact. The compact pledged their loyalty to England. It also d eclared their intention of forming "a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation." The signers also promised to ...
Chapter 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America
... fully half died before the age of 20. C) Women and Families in the Chesapeake a. The high sex ration meant that few women remained unmarried for long. b. The average European woman in America married for the first time at 17 or 21. Earlier than in England. c. High mortality rate for women. Patriarch ...
... fully half died before the age of 20. C) Women and Families in the Chesapeake a. The high sex ration meant that few women remained unmarried for long. b. The average European woman in America married for the first time at 17 or 21. Earlier than in England. c. High mortality rate for women. Patriarch ...
Ch3- Kennedyb
... control the colonies, esp. on trade with countries that England did not want to trade with. Led by Sir Edmund Andros with no legislature. Open affiliation with Church of England created disdain. Curbed town meetings, courts, the press, and schools, revoking land titles Taxed without consent ...
... control the colonies, esp. on trade with countries that England did not want to trade with. Led by Sir Edmund Andros with no legislature. Open affiliation with Church of England created disdain. Curbed town meetings, courts, the press, and schools, revoking land titles Taxed without consent ...
Study Guide Colony Table
... English citizens. - right to elect their own lawmakers, trial by jury, to worship as they pleased. They did not get these rights until 1691, along with the right to pass laws and set taxes for the colony) ...
... English citizens. - right to elect their own lawmakers, trial by jury, to worship as they pleased. They did not get these rights until 1691, along with the right to pass laws and set taxes for the colony) ...
Presentation
... What was the population of the New World by 1690? ¼ of a million__ What was the population by 1775? _2.5 million______ Why was it difficult to farm in New England? Thin, stony soil, relatively little level land, and long winters ...
... What was the population of the New World by 1690? ¼ of a million__ What was the population by 1775? _2.5 million______ Why was it difficult to farm in New England? Thin, stony soil, relatively little level land, and long winters ...
Guiding Questions Chapter 1-6 - Fulton Science Academy Private
... Chapter 3: Settling the Northern Colonies 1. Describe the Puritans and their beliefs, and explain why they left England for the New World. 2. Explain how the Puritans’ theology shaped the government and society of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 3. Explain how Massachusetts Bay’s conflict with ...
... Chapter 3: Settling the Northern Colonies 1. Describe the Puritans and their beliefs, and explain why they left England for the New World. 2. Explain how the Puritans’ theology shaped the government and society of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 3. Explain how Massachusetts Bay’s conflict with ...
Unit 1 Notes
... i. Property inherited and passed through the mother ii. Practiced by natives; shocked Europeans because they were patriarchal iii. Family relations were the heart of Native American society Voyages of Columbus A. In search of a westward water passage to Asia B. Voyage west reached the West Indies (B ...
... i. Property inherited and passed through the mother ii. Practiced by natives; shocked Europeans because they were patriarchal iii. Family relations were the heart of Native American society Voyages of Columbus A. In search of a westward water passage to Asia B. Voyage west reached the West Indies (B ...
New England Colonies
... hollow of the tree to thwart royal-ordered confiscation by English authority. This document is what earned Connecticut its nickname as the Constitution State, and the Charter Oak is Commemorated on the Connecticut ...
... hollow of the tree to thwart royal-ordered confiscation by English authority. This document is what earned Connecticut its nickname as the Constitution State, and the Charter Oak is Commemorated on the Connecticut ...