Colonial Cultures
I. Objectives #1
A.Starting to Explore!
- Marco PoloTraveled to China – told of great wealth
a. Gold, Spices, Silk
- The RENAISSANCE (REBIRTH)
a. Europe begins to using knowledge again!!!
b. NEW Inventions!!!
*Printing Press (More people can read)
*Better Maps
*Astrolabe- Could tell your latitude
*Better Ships- Travel farther over open seas
B. Goals of Exploration:
1. Find DIRECT route to Asia
a. Make $$$ by trading with Asia (spices, no more
rotten meat, ewwww!!)
b. Cut out the middle man: TRADE directly with
East
c. Spain becomes leader
*1492 Columbus (Italian hired by Spain)
finds land (Thinks he has reached India,
hence INDIANS)
*1498 de Gama (Portugal) reaches India
C. The ‘New’ World (North America)
1. Spain dominates southern portion of North America
a. 3 goals
1. God
2. Glory
3. Gold
b. Natives treated poorly (slaves)
*ecomiendas: rights granted to Spanish to tax
and enslave Natives
D. New Nations Explore
1. Northwest Passage:
a.Most Northern European nations believed India
could be reached by going NW
b. England, France compete
2. English Colonies
a. Ruled by Charter & Compact
(King grants company right to settle
b. Goals: Find Gold /Religious Freedom
c. Native Americans: Eng.needed their help *Pocahontas (Chiefs Daughter) / Pilgrims
3. French Colonies:
a. LouisianaNew France (Ruled by King)
b. Goals: Fur Trade (Catholic Missionaries)
c. Native Americans: Worked well with them
**Traded goods for furs and even joined tribes
- Dutch Colonies (New Netherlands)
- Ruled: Local control
- Goals: Fur trade and trading
*New Netherlands becomes big trade port
(NY today)
- Native Americans: Good/ bought land (NY)
- Native Americans deal with Europeans
1. Bad Overall!!!!!!!!!
a. Disease wipes out entire villages
*No Flu in Americas until Explorers
b. Tidal Wave of People!!!!!!
*No one could see Future = MILLIONS
2. Good & Bad
a. Spanish & English Worse
*Spanish Slavery & English Wars
b. French and Dutch Good
*Trade and Buy treat more fair
II. Objectives #2
A. The New England Colonies
1. Plymouth (1614) – Becomes Massachusetts
a. Wanted religious freedom
-Trying to start ‘City on the Hill’ (an example)
b. Mayflower Compact (FIRST LAWS)
-Laws set-up on ships before reaching land
c. Puritans- Very strict with religion, everyone
must act the same (no funny stuff – it’s a sin!!!)
2. New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Is., Massach.
3. Far North East part of English Colonies
B. Established: Mainly for Religious Reasons
1. Puritans settle Massachusetts Bay (Plymouth)
2. No religious freedom to their own people
C. Way of Life: Small farms and Ocean Trade
1. Subsistence farming (just feeds family)
a. Land too Rocky & Winter too long for big farms
2. Ships (Goods to and from Colonies & Europe)
3. First schools established in New England
D. Native Americans: Helped & then Hurt
a. Early settlers get a lot of help (Turkey Day!)
b. King Phillips War
*Native Fight over moving into Indian land. Leader (King Phillip) captured & Killed (his people were sold into slavery)
III. Objectives #3
A. The Middle Colonies
1. Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware.
B. Established: Trade & Land Selling (Speculating)
1. New York taken from Netherlands
2. Trade very important, Land settlement
3. William Penn – Quaker/Religious Freedom
a. Believed in non-violence, buying Indian land, and true religious freedom
C. Way of Life: Larger Farms & Business (Cash Crops)
1. Cash Crops (Selling large crops for $$)
2. Start of Industry
a. Small shops start making goods
D. Native Americans: Good & Bad
1. New York, treated very bad (Many wars)
2. Pennsylvania, very good by William Penn
(Bought land instead of taking it)
IV. Objectives #4
A. TheSouthern Colonies
1. Jamestown (1606) – Becomes Virginia
a. Charter from King to Settle (Like a Pass)
b. Merchants wanted to find Gold
-Colonist Lazy (Expected not to work)
-PocahontasJohn Smith Save Colony
c. Tobacco Saves Colony
-Crop learned from Natives sells to Europe
-1st Slaves bought in Jamestown to work crop
*FIRST ENGLISH COLONY TO SURVIVE
2. Maryland, Virginia, N. & S. Carolina, Georgia
3. Wooded, Swampy land great for huge farms
B.Established: Trade & Land sales
1. Land for farmers
2. Georgia: Land 4 debtors/Buffer from Spanish
Florida
C. Way of Life: Huge Farms (Large Plantations)
1. Plantations develop along coast & rivers
a. Northern areas: Tobacco (Back Water)
b. Georgia/S. Carolina- Rice/Indigo(Low Country)
2. Start of Slavery
a. Tobacco/Rice/Indigo very hard work
b. New England Traders bring slaves from Africa on return trips of Triangle Trade
V. Objectives #5
A. Definition of Mercantilism
1. Europeancountries use colonies to make $$$$$
2. How?
– Raw Materials shipped from colonies to Home Country
(Lumber, Cotton)
-Home Country makes them into something in Factories
(Lumber into Furniture / Cotton into Fabric)
-Home Country sells FINISHED GOOD back to Colonies
B. Triangle Trade:
1. Trade between Colonies/Europe/Africa
2. Trade route that Mercantilism worked on
a. Trade done by New England Ships and Captains
VI. Objectives #6
A. Slavery in the Colonies
1. Starts 1st in Jamestown (But goes to all Colonies)
B. Shipped from Africa - W. Indies – South (Tri-Trade)
1. Middle Passage- Brutal trip across Atlantic
C. Southern use it the most (Tobacco, Rice, indigo)
Colonial Cultures
I. Objectives #1
- Starting to ______!
- Marco PoloTraveled to China – told of great wealth
a. ______
- The RENAISSANCE (REBIRTH)
a. Europe begins to using ______again!!!
b. NEW______!!!
*Printing Press (More people can read)
*Better Maps
*Astrolabe- Could tell your latitude
*Better Ships- Travel farther over open seas
B. Goals of Exploration:
1. Find ______route to ______
a. Make ___ by trading with Asia (spices, no more
rotten meat, ewwww!!)
b. Cut out the middle man: TRADE directly with
East
c. ______becomes leader
*1492 Columbus (Italian hired by Spain)
finds land (Thinks he has reached ______,
hence INDIANS)
*1498 de Gama (Portugal) reaches India
C. The ‘______’ World (North America)
1. Spain dominates southern portion of North America
a. 3 goals
1. God
2. ______
3. ______
b. Natives treated ______(slaves)
*ecomiendas: rights granted to Spanish to tax
and enslave Natives
2. New Nations Explore
a. ______: Most Northern European
nations believed India could be reached by going NW
b. ______compete
*England – John Cabot 1497 (Canada/India?)
*France- Jacques Cartier 1530’s (Miss.???)
3. English Colonies
a. Ruled by ______
(King grants company right to settle
b. Goals: ______/______
c. Native Americans: Eng.needed their help *Pocahontas (Chiefs Daughter) / Pilgrims
4. ______:
a. LouisianaNew France (Ruled by King)
b. Goals: ______(______)
c. Native Americans: Worked well with them
**Traded goods for furs and even joined tribes
- Native Americans deal with Europeans
1. ______!!!!!!!!!
a. ______
*No Flu in Americas until Explorers
b. Tidal Wave of People!!!!!!
*No one could see Future = MILLIONS
2. Good & Bad
a. ______
*Spanish Slavery & English Wars
b. French and Dutch Good
*Trade and Buy treat more fair
II. Objectives #2
A. The ______Colonies
1. ______(1614) – Becomes ______
a. Wanted ______
-Trying to start ‘City on the Hill’ (an example)
b. ______(FIRST LAWS)
-______set-up on ships before reaching land
c. ______- Very strict with ______, everyone
must act the same (no funny stuff – it’s a sin!!!)
2. ______, ______, ______, ______.
3. Far North East part of English Colonies
B. Established: Mainly for ______Reasons
1. Puritans settle Massachusetts Bay (Plymouth)
2. ______to their own people
C. Way of Life: ______
1. ______farming (just feeds family)
a. Land too _____ & Winter too long for big farms
2. ______(Goods to and from Colonies & ______)
3. First schools established in New England
D. Native Americans: Helped & then Hurt
a. Early settlers get a lot of _____ (Turkey Day!)
b. ______
*Native Fight over moving into Indian land. Leader (King Phillip) captured & Killed (his people were sold into slavery)
III. Objectives #3
A. The ______Colonies
1. ______, ______, ______,______.
B. Established: ______& ______Selling (Speculating)
1. New York taken from Netherlands
2. ______very important, Land settlement
3. ______– Quaker/Religious Freedom
a. Believed in non-violence, ______, and true religious freedom
C. Way of Life: ______Farms & ______(Cash Crops)
1. ______(Selling large crops for $$)
2. Start of ______
a. Small shops start making goods
D. Native Americans: Good & Bad
1. ______, treated very bad (Many wars)
2. ______, very good by William Penn
(______land instead of taking it)
IV. Objectives #4
A. The______Colonies
1. ______(1606) – Becomes ______
a. _______ from ______to Settle (Like a Pass)
b. Merchants wanted to find ______
-Colonist _____(Expected not to work)
-______& ______Save Colony
c. ______Saves Colony
-Crop learned from ______sells to Europe
-______ bought in Jamestown to work crop
*FIRST ENGLISH COLONY TO SURVIVE
2. ______, ______, ______, ______
3. Wooded, Swampy land great for ______farms
B.Established: ______& Land sales
1. Land for ______
2. Georgia: Land 4 ______/Buffer from Spanish
Florida
C. Way of Life: Huge Farms (Large ______)
1. ______develop along ______
a. ______areas: ______(Back Water)
b. ______/______- ____/_____(Low Country)
2. Start of ______
a. ______/_____/______very hard work
b. ______Traders bring slaves from Africa on return trips of Triangle Trade
V. Objectives #5
A. Definition of ______
1. ______
2. How?
– ______ shipped from colonies to Home Country
(Lumber, Cotton)
-Home Country makes them into something in ______
(Lumber into Furniture / Cotton into Fabric)
-Home Country sells ______ back to Colonies
B. ______:
1. Trade between ______/______/______
2. Trade route that Mercantilism worked on
a. Trade done by New England Ships and Captains
VI. Objectives #6
A. Slavery in the Colonies
1. Starts 1st in ______(But goes to all Colonies)
B. Shipped from Africa - W. Indies – South (Tri-Trade)
1. ______- Brutal trip across ______
C. Southern use it the most (______, _____, _____)