European%20Settlements

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European Settlements
-European Settlements- all along eastern Coast of
America Colony- group of people in one place
ruled by a parent country elsewhere -Spanish--
St. Augustine, Florida 1565 SW,
Florida, Texas -French Canada, Mississippi
R. -EnglishEast Coast Roanoke, NC Sir Walter
Raleigh 1st attempt (all men) Lost Colony
2nd Attempt John White returned 13 yrs later to
find Croaton carved in a tree
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Virginia Company
English Settlements -Joint Stock
Company Jamestown, 1607 (est. by merchants) a
town to make John Smith- granted a charter to
set up Govt Starving Time -more
colonists -1st democratic govt House of
Burgesses- First government in Jamestown,
VirginiaIt was a form of representative
democracy
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Jamestown- 1st Permanent English Colony

• House of Burgesses-1619 First government in
  Jamestown, VirginiaIt was a form of
  representative democracy
• It had little power, but it marked the beginning
  of self-govt in Colonial America

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Jamestown- VA
GEOGRAPHY!- Important Key -tobacco as a cash
crop John Rolfe- introduced tobacco Pocahontas-
daughter of chief Powhatan -headright
system 50 acres to each new colonist- given to
settlers willing to cross the Atlantic and Help
populate America -indentured servants- colonist
paid the way to American 4 poor -first slaves
imported
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Native American Religion

• What did the N.A. worship?
• What did they respect?
• What was the white man doing to their religion?

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First Rebellion
-Indian dispute on the frontier? (Colonist wanted
more land) -Colonists ask for protection from
Virginia Govt, but were denied -Bacons
Rebellion -Nathaniel Bacon led the frontier
colonists in a rebellion against the Virginia
govt -showed signs of discontent with
leadership they would not be restricted by
Govt Policy
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• Religious Refugees

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Pilgrims
-Pilgrims also called Separatists because they
wanted to practice their own religion -Plymouth
Massachusetts-- 1620 -Mayflower Compact
(contract) -set up direct democracy for the
colony -leads to traditions of town
meetings -colony struggled but received Indian
help to grow crops Thanksgiving---Squanto -Willi
am Bradford Of Plymouth Plantation
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Puritans
-Puritans -wanted to rid the English church of
Catholic traditions- wanted to purify/ reform
Anglican Church -Pilgrims on a religious
journey -John Winthrop -City on a Hill-
sermon be an example to the world -settled in
Massachusetts (Formed Mass) -strong connection
between church and state -strict adherence to
Puritan rules -no religious tolerance (Witch
trials)
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Massachusetts
Because of tight community controls some
individuals began to offer dissenting
opinions -Roger Williams -Believed in the
Separation of Church and State and was exiled
from the colony and founded Providence
R.I. -Anne Hutchinson Her belief in individual
worship challenged Puritan leaders and she was
banished in a famous trial and fled to R.I.
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