APUSH 1600-1763 CH 2

Pooled savings of people and supported trading ventures that seemed profitable -->finance founding of new colonies

1607. First English permanent colony.
suffered hardships of famine, Indian attacks, malaria, not used to physical work
John Smith - leader
John Rolfe - established tobacco industry -->financial prosperity
*indentured servitude
House of Burgesses - colonists promised same rights they had in England. representative assembly (first in America)
VC fell into debt so charter was revoked in 1624 and became first royal colony

1620. found by separatists
pilgrims set sail for Virginia aboard Mayflower but settled in Massachusetts coast instead ->Mayflower Compact
helped by natives ->thanksgiving
leaders: GOv William Bradford
fish, fur, lumber

1630 Puritans led by John Winthrop founded Boston
15,000 more settlers during civil war in England
Had governor and rep assembly selected by freemen

Founded by Roger Williams
Providence 1636
granted religious toleration

1936 thomas hooker founded hartford
had rep government
first written constitution - Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Overflow from Massachusetts
became royal in 1677

1st proprietary colony 1632 granted to George Calvert (lord Baltimore)
Act of Religious Toleration - political rights to all Christians
very similar to Virginia

King Charles granted 8 men land south of VA and north of Spanish Florida
N. Caro - overflow from VA
S. Caro - English planters from Barbados - Slavery

1644 Charles gave brother James title to all Dutch lands
James sent invasion fleet: New Amsterdam -> New York
didnt like rep assemblies

James granted part of his domain to John Lord Berkely and Sir Geroge Carteret
royal in 1702

New England
*grew from natural increase
*stable well ordered society, had family units, lived longer
*small farming, home industry, fishing, trade, ship building
Chesapeake
*pop declined
*most settlers indentured servants
*little family life bc mostly men
*late 17th began to stablize
Blacks
1750 composed 30-40% Chesapeake pop

Brits take interest in regulating trade for benefit of mother country
world's wealth = limited
1 nation gain, another's loss
export more than import

Intended to hurt Holland
trade with colonies
*only in ships made in Britian or America - 75% Brit/Amer crew
*certain enumerated goods shipped from Amer port, could only go to Britian or another Amer port
results
*prosperity for New England
*hurt Chesapeake bc tobacco enumerated good

Nathaniel Bacon failed to gain admittance to Lord Berkeley's inner circle (bc $)
burned jamestown
Brit Authorities removed Berkeley
Virginia gentry united to face new threat of royal govs