Colonization Study Guide
Colonization Study Guide
Colonization Study Guide
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Notes on Jamestown<br />
Jamestown 1607- Virginia<br />
Work done by poor- indentured<br />
servants<br />
Built on swampy land- bad farming,<br />
bad drinking water<br />
Hardships: illness, starving<br />
John Smith- great leader<br />
He got captured but saved by<br />
Pocahontas<br />
TOBACCO grew well and became<br />
first cash crop<br />
House of Burgesses was used for<br />
government<br />
Notes of Plymouth<br />
Plymouth- 1620- Massachusetts<br />
Pilgrims- religious freedom<br />
Mayflower got off course from storms<br />
Didn’t land in Jamestown<br />
No laws- made Mayflower Compactstart<br />
of democracy<br />
½ died- poor living conditions, disease,<br />
cold weather<br />
Then Samoset came and welcomed<br />
them. This began friendly relations<br />
between Native Americans and Pilgrims.<br />
Notes on The Lost Colony of Roanoke<br />
England’s first attempt of a colony was<br />
Roanoke Island<br />
Off coast of North Carolina<br />
Walter Raleigh sent a group there.<br />
Winter came and couldn’t find food<br />
They returned to England starving<br />
Raleigh sent John White with another<br />
group.<br />
Supplies ran out and White went back<br />
to England for more<br />
England was at war with Spain and he<br />
couldn’t return for a couple years<br />
When he got back to Roanoke,<br />
everyone had disappeared.<br />
No one knows what happened so it is<br />
called The Lost Colony.<br />
Notes on the first Thanksgiving<br />
Plymouth in 1621<br />
Made friends with Native American<br />
who spoke English<br />
Squanto showed them how to plant<br />
corn, beans, squash<br />
We are thankful for abundant fields<br />
overflowing with food<br />
We invited Squanto, Samoset, and<br />
Chief Massasoit to a feast of<br />
Thanksgiving.<br />
They brought 90 men<br />
We celebrated for 3 days!<br />
We ate fish, seafood, waterfowl, wild<br />
turkey, fruit, berries and squash<br />
Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving<br />
became a holiday in 1863
List the<br />
Colonies<br />
Religion<br />
Region<br />
(land, water,<br />
climate)<br />
Economy<br />
(how did they<br />
make money?)<br />
Important<br />
Facts<br />
New England Middle Southern<br />
Massachusetts Bay<br />
Connecticut<br />
Rhode Island<br />
New Hampshire<br />
Religious Freedom<br />
Pilgrims<br />
Puritans<br />
Rivers and streams not<br />
good for navigating but<br />
ran fast to produce<br />
power for mills<br />
Ship building<br />
Fur trading<br />
Fish<br />
whales<br />
Important building<br />
Meeting House in<br />
center of town for<br />
church and meetings<br />
New York<br />
New Jersey<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
Delaware<br />
Many religions<br />
Rivers<br />
Forests<br />
Rich farm lands<br />
Wheat by using wind<br />
mills to mill flour and<br />
ship to other colonies.<br />
Iron for tools<br />
Ship imports<br />
William Penn- Quaker<br />
who believed they<br />
should live peacefully<br />
with Natives.<br />
Ben Franklin- scientist,<br />
inventor, writer. 1 st<br />
book- Poor Richard’s<br />
Almanac<br />
Virginia, Georgia<br />
Maryland<br />
North Carolina<br />
South Carolina<br />
Catholics and<br />
Protestants for<br />
religious freedom<br />
Long growing season<br />
Mild weather<br />
Rich lands<br />
Lots of rain<br />
Cash crops<br />
Rice<br />
Tobacco<br />
Indigo- used to make<br />
blue dye<br />
Slaves were<br />
important here to<br />
work on plantations.<br />
Indentured servants<br />
also work- they<br />
agreed to work to pay<br />
off voyage to<br />
America<br />
What were the relationships among the<br />
Native Americans, Europeans and Africans<br />
during trade? Europeans needed Natives for<br />
communication and growing crops.<br />
Europeans needed Africans to tend to their<br />
crops. They were forced to work.<br />
How did this triangle trade impact the<br />
economy of North America?<br />
1. Provided plantation owners with skilled<br />
workers<br />
2. The slaves brought agriculture & mining<br />
skills learned in Africa to the Americas<br />
3. Made money from selling rum, tobacco,<br />
indigo and rice to Europeans in exchange for<br />
slaves
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