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English Colonization Review Power Point Types of English Colonies • Proprietary Colony – colony given to a person or a group of people • Royal Colony – colony run by the King or Queen • Colonies owned and run by trading companies Vocabulary Tidewater The area in the south that had gentile, sloping, rich farmland for plantations and many rivers Gentry The highest social class in the English colonies Proprietary Colony A colony given to a person or a group of people Backcountry The area of the Middle and Southern colonies along the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains. You traveled the Great Wagon Road to get there. Apprentice A boy who worked for a master craftsmen to learn a trade or craft. Export Goods sent to market outside a country Royal Colony A colony run by the King or Queen Import Goods brought into a country Public School Schools supported by tax dollars Cash Crops Crops that are sold on a world market like wheat, barley and rye Subsistence Farmer A farmer who grew only enough to survive and didn’t have a surplus to trade The Middle colonies were also called the __________Colonies because they grew so much grain Breadbasket Charter A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company You had to be white, male, over 21, a property owner and in some colonies a member of a certain church to ______ Vote Indentured Servant A worker who signed a contract to work without wages for four to seven years Middle Passage A slave’s journey from Africa to the West Indies or North and South America Representative Government A government in which people elect representatives to make their laws. Democratic Government A representative government in which the power to govern comes from the people New England Colonies Reason for settlement and important leaders New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New England Colonies Rhode Island - 1636 • Roger Williams • Religious Freedom – religious toleration Connecticut - 1636 • Thomas Hooker • Religious Freedom and better farmland Massachusetts – Plymouth 1620 • William Bradford • Religious Freedom for Separatists ( Pilgrims ) Massachusetts – Massachusetts Bay - 1630 • John Winthrop • Freedom of Religion for Puritans New Hampshire - 1638 • John Wheelwright and John Mason • Freedom of Religion and profit from fishing, lumbering, trade and shipbuilding New England Colonies Representative and Democratic Governments New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New England Colonies Representative Governments • Mayflower Compact – Massachusetts – Plymouth - 1620 • General Court – Massachusetts – Massachusetts Bay - 1630 Democratic Government • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut – Connecticut - 1639 New England Colonies Bits of Information New England • 1621 – First Thanksgiving – Pilgrims – Harvest Festival • Great Migration – 1629 – 1640 – 20,000 Puritans came to Massachusetts Bay • Pequot Wars – Connecticut – 1630’s • King Phillip’s War – 1675 – 1676 Massachusetts Middle Colonies Reason for settlement and important leaders Middle Colonies New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey - 1664 • Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Cartaret - proprietors Pennsylvania - 1682 • Freedom of Religion for Quakers • William Penn proprietor New York - 1664 • Started by the Dutch and called New Netherlands • Conquered by James – the Duke of York and Albany Delaware -1664 • Started by the Swedes and called New Sweden • Conquered by the Dutch and later the Duke of York Middle Colonies Representative Governments Middle Colonies New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Representative Government • Frame of Government – Pennsylvania 1682 Middle Colonies Bits of Information Middle Colonies • Colonies created out of New Netherlands – New York, New Jersey and Delaware • Log cabin first built by settlers in Delaware • Middle Colonies were the most diversified of the English colonies Southern Colonies Reason for settlement and important leaders Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Maryland - 1634 • Lord Baltimore – Sir George Calvert – proprietor • Freedom of Religion for Catholics Virginia - 1607 • Jamestown – 1st successful settlement • Make a profit in trade • John Smith • John Rolfe - tobacco Georgia - 1732 • James Oglethorpe – proprietor • Haven for debtors • Buffer against invasion from Spanish Florida North and South Carolina - 1663 • Supposed to begin as one large colony • North Carolina settled by tobacco farmers • South Carolina settled by Planters from the West Indies and Protestants from France Southern Colonies Representative Governments Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Representative Government • House of Representatives – Virginia - 1619 Southern Colonies Bits of Information Southern Colonies • Maryland – 1649 – Religious Toleration Act • Tobacco growing colonies – Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina • Rice and Indigo – South Carolina