Establishing the Colonies Name _____ Motives for settling in the New World: Spread Christianity Find a short cut to Asia Better job opportunities Roanoke Island With the permission of Queen Elizabeth‚ Sir Walter Raleigh raised money to establish a colony‚ and in 1585 a small group of men sailed for the Americas. What did Raleigh find when he returned to the Lost Colony of Roanoke in 1589? The people had vanished and they found the word‚ “Croatian” carved in a tree. Jamestown What
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Life was very hard in colonial America in the 17th & 18th centuries. There were 13 colonies all with different purposes. Many colonists came to America to flee religious persecution in England or to find work in the colonies. By 1750 more than one million people were living in the thirteen colonies. It seems that the colonies were finally progressing from disease and feudal warfare with the Native Americans. The colonies also were beginning to show diverse groups of people. Many came to America due to
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differ from European societies at the time the two came into contact? In What ways did Indians retain a “world view” different from that of the Europeans? 2. What role did disease and forced labor (including slavery) play in the early settlement of America? Is the view of Spanish and Portuguese as especially harsh conquerors and exploiters valid-or is this image just another version of the English “black legend” concerning the Spanish role in the Americas?
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Slavery was a very big problem in British’s North American Colonies‚ during the period of 1607 to 1776‚ but it also grew dramatically in this time period. The thought of not having slaves was very out of the ordinary. Slavery became an economic miracle for the plantations and cash crops of North America after settlers began to come to America and start to use and obtain slaves. Slavery grew a huge amount from its origin and development in the colonies of North American. The Slaves became very anxious
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Beginning From the first settlement founded in the 1600’s‚ the British colonies were a varied mix of communities that grew to distinct civilizations in the 17th and 18th centuries. Queen Elizabeth helped drive the colonization of Jamestown in 1607 and ultimately the creation of other Southern colonies to help Britain’s economy flourish. In contrast‚ James I‚ Elizabeth’s successor‚ spurred the settlement of the Northern colonies for religious reasons when he “vowed to purge England of all radical Protestant
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Mercantilism: Colonies provide primary material and mother countries transform them. France imports more than it exports‚ so it makes a lot of profit. Goal: Expand colonies and enrich the mother country. The army is there to prevent other countries to trade with some mother countries’ colony. - In the 18th century‚ it doesn’t work anymore because of contraband. - Because of that Spain will try to fix its economy. Colonies enrich mother countries through: - Trade - Commerce - Great-Britain
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The 13 English Colonies (1630-1750) As the colonies grew in the 1600’s and 1700’s‚ they became the home to people of many lands. These people brought their own customs and traditions. In time‚ they shaped these old ways into a new American Culture. 1 13 colonies 2 1.The New England Colonies More than 1‚000 men‚ women and children left England in 1630 to settle in the Americas. They set up their colony in Massachusetts Bay‚ North of Plymouth. Over the next 100 years‚ English
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While each person chosen to live on the colony has to be smart‚ loyal‚ brave‚ compassionate‚ etcetera‚ I believe that each person also has to have unique skill sets that set them apart from the others. For example‚ while they each have the qualities listed above‚ perhaps once could be a leader‚ the other a scientist‚ another an artist‚ and so on. This way‚ the colony has a variety of characters that will lend their talents to the growth of the strongest colony possible. The first of the four people
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Mr. Trzepinska AP US History 17 September 2012 DBQ on the Colonies Although both the New England and Chesapeake regions were settled primarily by people of English origin‚ they eventually developed into two distinctly different societies. This occurred because of the stark difference in the environment of the two regions‚ the economies of the two regions‚ and the mentalities of the people in the two regions. The Chesapeake and New England regions had many flagrant differences that led to
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Global Studies Slavery Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold‚ and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture‚ purchase or birth‚ and deprived of the right to leave‚ to refuse to work‚ or to demand compensation. Slavery began in prehistoric times and has been practiced ever since. The slavery of ancient times reached its peak in Greece and the Roman Empire. During the middle Ages‚ slavery declined. Then
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