Early Settlements & The New England Colonies

Unit 1

New England Colonies:

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,New Hampshire

Middle Colonies:

New York, New Jersey, Pennslyvania, Delaware

Southern Colonies:

Virginia, Maryland, North & South CArolina, Georgia

Types of Colonies:

• Corporate Colonies

• Royal Colonies

• Proprietry Colonies

By the early 1600s:

England is ready to start colonizing~ rapidly increasing population and ongoing religious conflicts

Jamestown (1607):

• First permanent English Colony in America

• Started as a money colony

• Starving Time~ppl resort to cannabalism

• Survive due to John Smith, John Rolfe, and Pochohantas

Plymouth: (1620)

• Pilgrims set sail aboard the Mayflower

Plymouth-Pilgrims (Early Hardships):

• Nearly half perish in first winter

• Native Americans help remaining settlers survive

Massachusetts Bay:

• 1630: 1,000 Puritans led by John Winthrop sail for Massachusetts and found Boston

The Great Migration:

15,000-20,000 Puritans travel to Massachusetts Bay

Virginia House of Burgesses:

1st elected representive assembly in the New World

(only white male property owners can participate)

Roger Williams (1636)

Founds Providence and Rhode Island

Anne Hutchison (1638)

Founds Portsmouth

1638:

Providence and Portsmouth combined to form Rhode Island

Connecticut:

Most democratic

1636:

Reverend Thomas hooker founds Hartford

1637:

New Haven Founded by reverend John Davenport

1665:

New Haven + Hartford joins to form Connecticut

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639):

The 1st Written constitution in the colonies

1643:

New England Confederation formed

• Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, and New Haven

• Establishes a precedent for colonial cooperation

King Philip’s War (1675-1676):

• War between New England colonies and Native Americans

• Thousands killed on both sides

• Metacom- Native American tribe leader who gathers multiple tribes