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Settlement
15871770
W hy It Matters
As you study Unit 2, you will learn
that in the 1600s and 1700s the Eng-
lish established colonies in the Ameri-
cassome for profit and others by
religious groups seeking freedom. In
time, a distinctly new American society
emerged. Pewter pitcher,
Plymouth plantation
Signing the
Mayflower Compact by
Edward Percy Moran
Colonial
America 15871770
Why It Matters
The early North American colonies were a meeting place of cultures. The Europeans who
settled these colonies included Protestants, Catholics, and Jews.
The American Republic to 1877 Video The chapter 3 video, The Lost
Colony, examines the colony of Roanoke and how conditions were much harsher
than settlers were led to believe.
1607 1620
English establish first Pilgrims land
permanent settlement at Plymouth Rock
at Jamestown
1630
Puritans begin settling
Massachusetts Bay
Northern Middle
New Hampshire the fold.
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Southern
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Pilgrims Going to Church by George Boughton George Boughton painted Reading and Writing As you read, write what
many scenes about American colonial life. you learn about each of the 13 colonies under
each tab and compare the colonies.
1718 1769
French establish port Mission of San
of New Orleans Diego founded
1763
1675 British tighten enforcement
King Philips of Navigation Acts
War begins HISTORY
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Preview of Events
1580 1590 1600 1610 1620
1583 c. 1590
1607 1619
Sir Humphrey Gilbert Settlers of Roanoke
Colonists settle House of Burgesses
claims Newfoundland Island vanish
at Jamestown meets in Jamestown
for Queen Elizabeth
In the summer of 1588, Spanish warships sailed toward the coast of England. King
Philip II of Spain had sent the armada, or war fleet, of 132 ships to invade England.
With 30,000 troops and 2,400 guns, the Spanish Armada was the mightiest naval force
the world had ever seen. Yet the smaller, swifter English ships won the battle. The
Spanish Armada fled north to Scotland, where violent storms destroyed and scattered
English soldiers
helmet, Jamestown the fleet. Only about one-half of the Spanish ships straggled home.
England in America
England and Spain had been heading toward war for years. Trading rivalry
and religious differences divided the two countries. King Philip II, who ruled
Spain from 1556 to 1598, was a powerful monarch and a strong defender of the
Catholic faith. He wanted to put a Catholic ruler on the throne of England and
bring the country back to the Catholic Church. King Philip did not consider
Queen Elizabeth, a Protestant, the rightful ruler of England.
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ments in the late 1500s and early 1600s. along the James River were raising tobacco, and
1. Location Which colony was located farthest north? the colony of Virginia began to prosper and
2. Location Which Native American groups lived nearest to grow. Relations with the Native Americans also
the Jamestown colonists?
improved after Rolfe married Pocahontas, the
daughter of Chief Powhatan.
In 1614 some of the colonists were allowed to
rent plots of land. Most of what they grew on
The colonists faced more hardships over the their plots was their own. This move toward
next several months. Many of them were not private ownership encouraged the colonists to
accustomed to hard labor. Because the London grow food crops to selland work harder. One
investors expected a quick profit from their of the colonists explained that the colonists often
colony, the settlers searched for gold and silver avoided work when
when they should have been growing food. In
addition, disease and hunger took a huge toll
on the colonists. By spring 1608, when ships
our people were fed
out of the common store,
arrived with supplies and more settlers, only and labored jointly
38 of the Jamestown colonists remained alive.
together.
Private land ownership was expanded in planted, and the respect of wives and children
1618. All the colonists who had paid their own fix the people on the soil. Colonists who
way to America were granted 100 acres of land. wanted to marry one of the women had to pay a
In order to attract more colonists, the company fee of 120 pounds of tobacco. Men still outnum-
gave a land grant called a headright of 50 acres bered women in the colony, but marriage and
to those who paid their own way. A settler also children became a part of life in Virginia.
received 50 acres for each family member over A Dutch ship brought another group of new-
15 years of age and for each servant brought to comers to Jamestown in 1619twenty Africans
Virginia. This system convinced thousands of who were sold to Virginia planters to labor in
people to move to Virginia. the tobacco fields. These first Africans may have
come as servantsengaged to work for a set
Citizenship period of timerather than as slaves.
Until about 1640 some African laborers in
Representative Government Jamestown were free and even owned property.
At first nearly all of Jamestowns settlers were
William Tucker, the first African American born
men. They worked for the Virginia Company
in the American colonies, was a free man. In the
and lived under strict rules. As the colony grew,
years to follow, however, many more shiploads
the settlers complained about taking orders
of Africans would arrive in North America, and
from the Virginia Company in London. In 1619
those unwilling passengers would be sold as
the company agreed to let the colonists have
slaves. Slavery was first recognized in Virginia
some say in their government. Ten towns in
law in the 1660s.
the colony each sent two representatives called
In the early 1620s, the Virginia Company faced
burgesses to an assembly. The assembly had the
financial troubles. The company had poured all
right to make local laws for the colony. On July
its money into Jamestown, but little profit was
30, 1619, the House of Burgesses met for the
returned. The colony also suffered an attack by the
first time in a church in Jamestown.
Native Americans. In 1624 King James canceled
the companys charter and made Jamestown the
New Arrivals in Jamestown first royal colony for England in America.
In 1619 the Virginia Company sent 90 women
to Jamestown. As a company report noted: The Analyzing Why was the House of
plantation can never flourish till families be Burgesses important?
FOOTHOLD IN THE
NEW WORLD
Jamestown
Native American settlement
Powhatan's territory
Expeditions
JAMESTOWN: THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH May 1607
COLONY In the spring of 1607, three ships carrying more December 1607
January 1608
than a hundred English settlers sailed into the Chesapeake January July 1608
July September 1608
Bay to establish a colony and find gold. The settlers built a
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honor of King James I.
THE EXPEDITIONS
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ern reaches of Chesapeake Bay. He searched futilely for
gold and an outlet to the Pacific Ocean.
THE SETTLEMENT
The colonists endured many terrible hardships. Bad
water, disease, starvation, and conflict with the Native The Native Americans
Americans took a heavy toll. By early 1608 only 38 hardy taught the settlers to
souls remained alive. cultivate native crops
such as corn, beans,
Settlers learned to grow crops in the new land. When and squash. Corn
tobacco from the West Indies was introduced, it became quickly became the
a commercial success and guaranteed Jamestowns future. staple food.
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New England
Colonies
Guide to Reading
Main Idea Reading Strategy Read to Learn
Settlers begin to form the New Eng- Classifying Information As you read why the Pilgrims and the Puritans
land Colonies. Section 2, re-create the diagram came to America.
below and explain why different how the Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Key Terms colonies in New England were settled. and New Hampshire colonies began.
dissent, persecute, Puritan,
Separatist, Pilgrim, Mayflower Reasons the colony Section Theme
Colony
Compact, toleration was settled Civic Rights and Responsibilities
Massachusetts Puritan and Pilgrim colonists settled in
Connecticut America in search of religious freedom.
Rhode Island
Preview of Events
1620 1630 1640
1620 1630 1636 1638
Pilgrims land at Puritans settle the Thomas Hooker Anne Hutchinson
Plymouth Massachusetts Bay Colony founds Hartford founds Portsmouth
The young man looked around at the other passengers aboard the Mayflower. He
and the other passengers sailed to the new world not knowing what they would find.
Shoes, Plymouth Colony They had muskets but knew little about shooting. They planned to fish but knew noth-
ing about fishing. They had hoped to settle in Virginia but instead landed in New Eng-
land without enough supplies to last the winter. The only thing these people had plenty
of was courage. They would need it.
Religious Freedom
Unlike the Jamestown settlers, the next wave of colonists would arrive in
search of religious freedom. England had been a Protestant country since 1534,
when King Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and formed
the Anglican Church. Not everyone in England was happy with the new church,
however. Many people dissentedthey disagreed with the beliefs or practices of
the Anglicans. English Catholics, for example, still considered the pope the head
of the church, and they were often persecuted, or treated harshly, for that reason.
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The Mayflower Compact The Atlantic waters and thick forests proved valuable for
The Mayflowers passengers planned to settle fishing and shipbuilding in New England.
in the Virginia colony. The first land they sighted 1. Region What were the four New England Colonies?
was Cape Cod, well north of their target. 2. Analyzing Information What did Connecticut
produce?
Because it was November and winter was fast
approaching, the colonists decided to drop
anchor in Cape Cod Bay. They went ashore on a ordering and preservation. The signers also
cold, bleak day in December at a place called promised to obey the laws passed for the
Plymouth. William Bradford, their leader and general good of the colony. The Mayflower
historian, reported that all things stared upon Compact was a necessary step in the develop-
them with a weather-beaten face. ment of representative government in America.
Plymouth was outside the territory of the Vir- ; (See page 612 of the Appendix for the entire text of the Mayflower
ginia Company and its laws. Before going ashore, Compact.)
the Pilgrims drew up a formal document called
the Mayflower Compact. The compact pledged Help From the Native Americans
their loyalty to England and declared their inten- Their first winter in America, almost half
tion of forming a civil body politic, for our better the Pilgrims died of malnutrition, disease, and
Who took part? About 50 men, women, and chil- What did they do? Dancing, singing, and playing
dren colonists and 90 Wampanoag Native Americans games were part of the celebration. The Wampanoag
took part in the three-day feast. demonstrated their skills with the bow and arrow.
When was it held? Exactly when the festival took What did they eat? They most likely ate wild fowl,
place is uncertain, but it is believed the celebration duck, and turkey shot by the colonists and deer pro-
occurred sometime between September 21 and vided by the Wampanoag.
November 9.
Anne Hutchinson came colonys stability. In 1637 God spoke only through
to Massachusetts with the Massachusetts lead- the Bible. Her accusers
her husband in 1634. ers put her on trial for found her guilty and
She began questioning speaking false ideas. ordered her to leave the
the religious authority of Hutchinson defended colony. With her family
the colonys ministers. herself well, but she and some followers,
As Hutchinson gained claimed God spoke to her Hutchinson moved to
followers, she was seen directly. This disagreed Rhode Island.
as a danger to the with Puritan beliefs that
sold Williams land where he founded the town of In 1636 war broke out HISTORY
Providence. Williams received a charter in 1644 between the settlers and
for a colony east of Connecticut called Rhode the Pequot people. After Student Web Activity
Island and Providence Plantations. With its pol- two traders were killed Visit tarvol1.glencoe.com
icy of religious toleration, Rhode Island became a in Pequot territory, and click on Chapter 3
safe place for dissenters. It was the first place in Massachusetts sent Student Web Activities
for an activity on King
America where people of all faithsincluding troops to punish the
Philips War.
Jewscould worship freely. Pequot. The Pequot
Others followed Williamss example, forming then attacked a town in
colonies where they could worship as they Connecticut killing nine people. In May 1637,
pleased. In 1638 John Wheelwright led a group of troops from Connecticut attacked the main Pequot
dissidents from Massachusetts to the north. They fort with the help of the Narraganset people. They
founded the town of Exeter in New Hampshire. burned the fort, killing hundreds.
The same year, a group of Puritans settled Hamp- In 1675 New England went to war against the
ton. The colony of New Hampshire became fully Wampanoag people and their allies. Metacomet,
independent of Massachusetts in 1679. the Wampanoag chief, was known to settlers as
King Philip. He wanted to stop the settlers from
Conflict With Native Americans moving onto Native American lands. The war
Native Americans traded with the settlers, began after settlers executed three Wampanoags
exchanging furs for goods such as iron pots, for murder. Metacomets forces attacked towns
blankets, and guns. In Virginia the colonists had across the region, killing hundreds of people.
frequent encounters with the many tribes of the The settlers and their Native American allies
Powhatan confederacy. In New England the set- fought back. King Philips War, as the conflict
tlers met the Wampanoags, Narragansets, and was called, ended in defeat for the Wampanoag
other groups. and their allies. The war destroyed the power of
Conflicts arose, however. Usually settlers the Native Americans in New England, leaving
moved onto Native American lands without the colonists free to expand their settlements.
permission or payment. Throughout the colo-
nial period, English settlers and Native Ameri- Evaluating Describe the signifi-
cans competed fiercely for control of the land. cance of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
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Colonies
Source: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970.
In 1649, 17-year-old Philip Henry stood near the back of the crowd gathered around
a public platform near Whitehall Palace in London. There he watched Charles I, the
king of England, prepare to die. The king made a short speech, prayed silently, and
then knelt with his head on the block.
With just one blow, the executioner severed the kings head from his body. At that
moment, the crowd uttered such a groan as I never heard before, and desire I may
English royal plate
never hear again, Henry wrote in his diary.
been restored.
In 1660 England had two clusters of colonies
in what is now the United StatesMassachu-
setts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode
Island in the north and Maryland and Virginia
Albany
in the south. Between the two groups of English
colonies were lands that the Dutch controlled. NEW YORK
They were the first Jews to settle in North Amer- To attract settlers, the proprietors offered
ica. In 1664 New York had about 8,000 inhabi- large tracts of land and generous terms. They
tants. Most were Dutch, but Germans, Swedes, also promised freedom of religion, trial by jury,
Native Americans, and Puritans from New Eng- and a representative assembly. The assembly
land lived there as well. The population also would make local laws and set tax rates.
included at least 300 enslaved Africans. New Like New York, New Jersey was a place of
Amsterdam, which was later called New York ethnic and religious diversity. Because New Jer-
City, was one of the fastest-growing locations in sey had no natural harbors, however, it did not
the colony. develop a major port or city like New York.
By 1683 the colonys population had swelled The proprietors of New Jersey did not make
to about 12,000 people. A governor and council the profits they had expected. Berkeley sold his
appointed by the Duke of York directed the share, West Jersey, in 1674. Carterets share, East
colonys affairs. The colonists demanded a rep- Jersey, was sold in 1682.
resentative government like the governments of By 1702 New Jersey had passed back into the
the other English colonies. The duke resisted hands of the king, becoming a royal colony. The
the idea, but the people of New York would not colonists still continued to make local laws.
give up. Finally, in 1691, the English govern-
ment allowed New York to elect a legislature. Explaining Why did no major port
develop in New Jersey?
New Jersey
The Duke of York gave the southern part of
his colony, between the Hudson and Delaware Pennsylvania
Rivers, to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George In 1680 William Penn, a wealthy English gen-
Carteret. The proprietors named their colony tleman, presented a plan to King Charles. Penns
New Jersey after the island of Jersey in the Eng- father had once lent the king a great deal of
lish Channel, where Carteret was born. money. Penn had inherited the kings promise to
Preview of Events
1600 1650 1700 1750
c. 1610 1676 1718 1733
Spanish establish Bacons Rebellion French establish city First settlers
Santa Fe occurs of New Orleans arrive in Georgia
How did it feel to be enslaved on the plantations of the South? In the 1930s, inter-
viewers put this question to African Americans once under slavery. Many of them
Slave drum, were approaching 100 years old, and some still carried deep scars on their backs from
Virginia whippings. To be a slave meant to have no human rights. Elderly Roberta Mason
remembered, Once they whipped my father cause he looked at a slave they killed,
and cried.
Coming to America
By 1660, while tobacco prices fell, large plantations continued to prosper
because they were better able to maintain high profits than were small farms.
Along with the growth of plantations, there was an increasing need for work-
ers in the newly settled Southern Colonies.
Establishing colonies in North America involved a great deal of work. The set-
tlers had to clear the land, construct homes and churches, plant crops, and tend
the fields. As the colonies expanded, the demand for capable workers grew.
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male settler, another 100 for his wife, 100 for each ued between Protestants and Catholics. In 1692,
servant, and 50 for each of his children. As the with the support of the English government, the
number of plantations increased and additional Protestant-controlled assembly made the Angli-
workers were needed, the colony imported can Church the official church in Maryland, and
indentured servants and enslaved Africans. imposed the same restrictions on Catholics that
existed in England.
The Mason-Dixon Line
For years the Calvert family and the Penn Explaining Why did George Calvert
family argued over the boundary between establish the colony of Maryland?
Maryland and Pennsylvania. In the 1760s they
hired two British astronomers, Charles Mason
and Jeremiah Dixon, to map the line dividing Virginia Expands
the colonies. It took the two scientists many While other colonies were being founded, Vir-
years to lay out the boundary stones. Each stone ginia continued to grow. Wealthy tobacco
had the crest of the Penn family on one side and planters held the best land near the coast, so
the crest of the Calverts on the other. new settlers pushed inland. As the settlers
Another conflict was even harder to resolve. moved west, they found the lands inhabited by
The Calverts had welcomed Protestants as well Native Americans. In the 1640s, to avoid conflicts,
as Catholics in Maryland. Protestant settlers Virginias governor William Berkeley worked out
outnumbered Catholics from the start. an arrangement with the Native Americans. In
exchange for a large piece of land, he agreed to
Act of Toleration keep settlers from pushing farther into their lands.
To protect the Catholics from any attempt to
make Maryland a Protestant colony, Baltimore Bacons Rebellion
passed a law called the Act of Toleration in Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy young planter,
1649. The act granted Protestants and Catholics was a leader in the western part of Virginia. He
the right to worship freely but tensions contin- and other westerners opposed the colonial
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HISTORY
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Geography and History Activity Self-Check Quizzes to prepare for the chapter test.
Study the map below and answer the questions that follow.
SOUTH
CAROLINA Alternative Assessment
Charles Before 1660 26. Portfolio Writing Activity Examine the painting on page
GEORGIA Town
Between 1660 and 1700 84. What ideas is the artist presenting? Write a paragraph
Savannah
Between 1700 and 1760 that answers the question.
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Town or city
Standardized
19. Location Which colonies had the largest areas of settle- Test Practice
ment before 1660?
20. Place During what time period was Boston settled? Directions: Choose the best
answer to the following question.
Compasses
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After you have organized into groups of six,
follow the directions to explore different methods
of navigation. You will need one compass per
group. Each team will write three methods of get-
ting across the classroom and then challenge
classmates to follow and evaluate those methods.
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