Building the first Colonies

Colony

land ruled by another country

Plantation

large farm

Slavery

Keeping people against their will

Raw Materials

Resources that can be used to make a product

Separatist

People who left or separated from church

Pilgrim

A person who makes a journey for religious reasons

Compact

An agreement

Proprietary Colony

A colony that was given to one person

Bartolome de Las Casas

Land owner & activist for the Native Indian. Became a priest.

Captain John Smith

A soldier,explorer, & writer

Samoset

An Abenaki Indian who arrived first to the Plymouth colony & greeted the settlers

Tisquantum

A Wampanoag Indian that aught settlers how to fish & grow crops.

William Bradford

Leader of pilgrims, who invited neighboring Indians to share in the first harvest.

Jacques Marguette

Catholic Missionary

Louis Joliet

Fur trader

Law made by John Smith

“Who didn’t work won’t eat.”

Law made by The House of Burgesses

“Everyone has to go to Church on Sunday.”

Spanish: Colonies

Most of New Spain’s colonies were governed by Spanish leaders in Mexico City.

Spanish: Slavery

The Spanish captured slaves to grow crops & mine gold & silver. Many slaves died from hunger & diseases.

Spanish: Borderland

Lands claimed on the edge of Spain claims is called borderlands. Soldiers built presidios for protection in the borderlands. Spain built borderlands to protect its empire.

Spanish: Missionaries

Missionaries built religious settlements called missions. Some settlers build large estates called haciendas.

Spanish: Animals

The Spanish raised animals that they brought with them. Horses which used to be extinct in the Americas were brought back to land by the Spanish.

Virginia: Queen Elizabeth attack

Queen Elizabeth made her sea captains attack Spain’s treasure ships so that they can gain wealth and power

Virginia: Roanoke Island Walter Raleigh & John White

Walter Raleigh went from England to Roanoke island and brang about 100 colonists with him. They ran out of food, and eventually went back.

John Smith also led a group to Roanoke Island. The settlers suffered from food shortage & the American Indian attacks. John White came from England back 3 years later to get supplies, but to his surprise all the settlers were gone.

Virginia: Jamestown Colony

In the Virginia company each member received a stock or share of ownership in the company. They aimed to make profit from the settlers.

Virginia: Jamestown Location

Jamestown was located at a river near Chesapeake Bay. The Jamestown location choice was poor because the land was swampy & muddy. It also had mosquitoes that carried malaria.

Virginia: Powhatan Rival

A tribe Powhatan lived near Jamestown colony and had conflicts that hey stole food. Legend says that the Powhatan chief’s daughter Pocahontas saved Captain Smith after the chief wanted him dead.

Virginia: Cash Crop & material

Tobacco & metal

Virginia: Wage

The Virginia company payed for peoples expeditions to Virginia in exchange for them to work without wage.

Virginia: The house of Burgesses

The house of Burgesses is a Virginia legislature that was made in 1619.

Virginia: Royal Colony

Virginia became a royal colony because after the Powhatan War King James had to take over Virginia making him king. So it became a royal company. He had to choose a governor that would share power with the legislature.

Plymouth: Pilgrims

The Virginia company paid for the pilgrims to go to North America. In return they would provide lumber & furs. The pilgrims began their journey on a ship The Mayflower.

Plymouth: Government

The Mayflower made a compact that laws would be made for the better. Women weren’t allowed to sign so they couldn’t make laws.

Plymouth: Pilgrims & Indians

William Bradford invited the Indians to share in first harvests. Then new colonist arrived and ruined their relationships. This happened because they stole & did attacks.

French: Quebec

Samuel de Champlain built a Quebec along St Lawrence River. Quebec was the first french settlement in North America.

French: Population

The French colony grew 60 people.

Dutch: New Netherland

Dutch built settlements like New Amsterdam in their colony called New Netherland.

Dutch: Main profit

Fur trading

Dutch: Indians

The Dutch and Indians had conflicts, and after fighting they both signed a peace treaty.

French & Dutch: Allies & Friends

French: Huron

Dutch: Iroquois

French: Royal Colony

New France became a royal colony because Louis CIV didn’t want to lose France's North American land.

French: Northwest Passage

King Louis XIV wanted to find out if the Mississippi River would serve as the Northwest passage. Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet went to find the passage with the Indians, but after going down the river they realized that it was not the Northwest Passage.

French: Louisiana

Louisiana was made a proprietary colony by the French colony because they claimed large areas of land but had few colonists to settle on those lands.