APUSH Period 2 1607-1754 - FRENCH & DUTCH COLONIZATION/ENGLISH COLONIZATION

France - Quebec

• Catholic fur traders

• French had better relationship w Natives that other nations in New World

Dutch - New York

• Traded beaver pelts

• Tense relationship w Indigenous communities

• 1664: New Amsterdam was taken over by British

What challenges did colonists face in Jamestown, Virginia (Joint-Stock)?

• Population growth led English commoners to seek new place to live

• Colonists first in New World suffered a starvation period (⅔ died due to infertile soil, disease, drought)

What successes did colonists face in Jamestown, Virginia (Joint-Stock)?

• Colonists were saved when tobacco was discovered

• Tobacco farming led to a need for labor/slavery

• House of Burgesses = first legislative body in New World

How did colonists survive in New England (Joint-Stock)?

• Men on mayflower signed Mayflower Compact - a social contract

• Puritans survived due to help from Natives

What was the Great Migration? - (New England (Joint-Stock))?

Puritans sought religious refuge (a place to practice Calvinism

What happened to Puritans who were no devoted enough? (New England (Joint-Stock))

They were banished to Rhode Island (Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson)

Maryland (Proprietary)

• Granted to Calvert family by King Charles I

• Intended to be a sanctuary for Catholics & a colony or religious tolerance

Carolina (Proprietary)

• Granted to wealthy British settlers

• Eventually split into North & South Carolina

What was farmed on Carolina (Proprietary)?

Tobacco, rice, & indigo in large quantities utilizing slave labor

New York (Proprietary to royal)

Haven for immigrants

Pennsylvania (Proprietary)

Established by Quaker, William Penn

Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina heavily relied on slaves. What system did this make them utilize?

plantation based economic system