Development of the Republic

Unit I: The Colonial Experience:

Early Colonial America & The Settlement of Jamestown

Take a few minutes…..What motivations did Englishmen have for leaving England and moving to the

new world?

Native American Groups in 1600

The Importance of Land

Land=Basis of Liberty How did this draw settlers to the new

world?

Land as a RewardIs it fair? What are the benefits?

Drawbacks?

Land and Native Americans How did colonists view Indians?

Jamestown, 1600

Virginia and Maryland

A few thoughts on Primary Source Documents

1. What is this document about?

2. Who produced this document?

3. Who was the intended audience?

4. Why was this document created?

5. What type of document is this? Is this document a primary source?

6. Is the evidence clear, reliable, first person or second-hand/hearsay?

Developing a Republic Unit I

Puritanism and New England

Take a few minutes…In Give Me Liberty, the author says that Puritans felt that “Inequality was considered an expression of God’s will.” What insights does this give us about the Puritans who settled in Massachusetts Bay?

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Puritan Townscape

Early New England Colonies

Native Americans of New England

Developing a RepublicUnit I

New England Divided

English Concepts of Liberty and Freedom

Take a few minutes…How did Puritan self-righteous superiority affect relations within the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Connecticut-1600s

New England Tribes 1636

Developing a RepublicUnit I

English Concepts of Freedom & Liberty

The Mercantilist System

Colonies exist to serve the interest of the motherland

Main Goal: increase the money in a country’s treasury by creating a favorable balance of trade Favorable balance of trade=more exports than

imports

Cromwell passed the first Navigation Acts Certain goods must be transported in English ships

Let’s Discuss…Under mercantilism, what did a country need to do to become rich? Discuss the way colonies enriched a country according to mercantilism.

The Middle Colonies

The Southern Colonies

Developing a Republic Unit I

The Colonies in Crisis

Colonial Government after the Glorious Revolution

Which officials were appointed, and which were elected?

How were lawmaking powers shared?

Developing the Republic

Unit I

The Growth of Colonial America

13 British Colonies

New England

Long Winters & Rocky Soil

Mainly settled by the English

Farmers practiced subsistence farming Produced enough food

for themselves

Economy based on the sea: Fishing Boat Making

Middle Colonies: Breadbasket Colonies

Diversity in the Middle Colonies

Settlement by Ethnic Group

Southern Colonies

Warm Climate and Good Soil

English Settlers and African Slaves

Plantations were self-sufficient

Major Crops: Tobaccos, Cotton, Rice, Indigo

Elite planter class controlled the South

The Backcountry

Economic Production

British America in 1763