The Colonial Period

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The Colonial Period

• Know that colonists reached the North American
  continent in 1565 but we will start with the
  first major settlement (Jamestown)
• 1607-1750
• Native Americans
• have been on the continent at least 30 times
  longer than the Europeans
• There are no written records or stories of what
  Native Americans were doing for all these years

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Colonial Period

• We depend on songs, myths, legends, and artifacts
  to learn of the Native Americans
• The Puritans
• were a small group of Europeans that sailed from
  England on the Mayflower in 1620
• They were religious reformers critical of the
  church and landed in Plymouth Massachusetts

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Colonial Period

• Native Americans helped them survive
• This group was known as Pilgrims or Separatists
• The Plymouth settlement never grew very large

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Colonial Period

• Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Was larger than the Plymouth settlement and
  eventually engulfs Plymouth
• Was also founded by religious reformers
• This group wanted to reform the church within
• They believed humans exist for the glory of god

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Colonial Period

• They also believed in predestination
• PredestinationJohn Calvins doctrine that God
  has already decided who will be saved
• Puritans believed good is accomplished through
  self-discipline and hard work
• The Southern Planters
• Differed from New England in climate, crops, and
  social organization

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Colonial Period

• Large Plantations existed and black slaves were
  brought in in 1619 to work
• Slavery existed in every colony
• Plantation owners were Church of England Members
• By 1750 Puritanism was in decline everywhere and
  the plantation system was peaking