Powerpoint on England Colonies
●Essential Question: ○How did different values lead to different American subcultures in the Chesapeake, Southern, New England, & Middle colonies? ●Warm-Up Question: ○Based upon the documents provided, what are some key differences between the Virginia & New England colonies?
Four Colonial Subcultures
●The different values of the migrants dictated the “personality” of the newly created colonies; led to distinct (not unified) colonies
○ The Chesapeake ○ New England ○ Middle Colonies ○ The Lower South
European Settlements in North America by 1660
Chesapeake Colonies: Virginia & Maryland
Chesapeake Colonies
The Chesapeake: Dreams of Wealth
●After Walter Raleigh's failed Roanoke settlement, there was little interest in colonizing America; but Richard Hakluyt (& others) kept promoting colonies:
○ Possibilities for wealth ○ Rivaling Spain, Holland, France ○ Nationalism, anti-Catholicism, & anti-Spanish zeal
Entrepreneurs in Virginia
●The major obstacle to colonizing in America was funding; Queen Elizabeth would not spend tax revenue: ○Joint-stock companies provided financing for colonies ○In 1606, King James gave the st London Company the 1 charter
The London Company, 1606
The London Co was later renamed the Virginia Company; English stockholders in Virginia Company
“The Virginia Colony” Reading & Discussion
●Based upon the reading ○What were the expectations of the early Jamestown colonists? ○What were conditions like during the early years of the Jamestown colony?
Entrepreneurs in Virginia
●Jamestown was settled in 1607 along the Chesapeake Bay: work for Chesapeake colonists did not ○the location was& many starved to the common good unhealthy but easy to defend from Spanish ships death (but not from inland Indians) ○Settlers had no experience in founding a settlement ○Colonists expected to become immediately wealthy & failed to plant crops or prepare for long-
Jamestown Fort, 1609
Jamestown Colony
Spinning Out
Four Colonial Subcultures
●The different values of the migrants dictated the “personality” of the newly created colonies; led to distinct (not unified) colonies
○ The Chesapeake ○ New England ○ Middle Colonies ○ The Lower South
European Settlements in North America by 1660
Chesapeake Colonies: Virginia & Maryland
Chesapeake Colonies
The Chesapeake: Dreams of Wealth
●After Walter Raleigh's failed Roanoke settlement, there was little interest in colonizing America; but Richard Hakluyt (& others) kept promoting colonies:
○ Possibilities for wealth ○ Rivaling Spain, Holland, France ○ Nationalism, anti-Catholicism, & anti-Spanish zeal
Entrepreneurs in Virginia
●The major obstacle to colonizing in America was funding; Queen Elizabeth would not spend tax revenue: ○Joint-stock companies provided financing for colonies ○In 1606, King James gave the st London Company the 1 charter
The London Company, 1606
The London Co was later renamed the Virginia Company; English stockholders in Virginia Company
“The Virginia Colony” Reading & Discussion
●Based upon the reading ○What were the expectations of the early Jamestown colonists? ○What were conditions like during the early years of the Jamestown colony?
Entrepreneurs in Virginia
●Jamestown was settled in 1607 along the Chesapeake Bay: work for Chesapeake colonists did not ○the location was& many starved to the common good unhealthy but easy to defend from Spanish ships death (but not from inland Indians) ○Settlers had no experience in founding a settlement ○Colonists expected to become immediately wealthy & failed to plant crops or prepare for long-
Jamestown Fort, 1609
Jamestown Colony
Spinning Out