Roanoke
The first English Settlement in America
Roanoke
The Virginia Company
was a joint stock company
Mayflower Compact
agreement to obey all laws
1701 document granted Pennsylvania colonists the right to elect legislative representatives
Charter of Privilege's
Founded as a place for Catholics to practice religion freely
Maryland
First group of settlers
Faced a difficult winter and returned to England
The winter of 1609
was known as the starving time.
Helped the Pilgrims survive first year
Squanto and Samoset
Surrendered New Amsterdam with out a fight
Peter Stuyvesant
Founded as a place for debtors
Georgia
John White was stopped from returning to Roanoke because
fighting between England and Spain
Save the colony by making money
Tobacco
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
First Written Constitution in America
Ruled like a king
Patroon
Worked for a period of time without pay
Indentured Servants
Failed because
settlers searched for gold instead of farming
50 acres of land
Headright
15,000 Puritans migrated to America
The Great Migration
refused to use force or fight
The Quakers (pacifists)
John Locke
Wrote the constitution of Carolina
The 2nd group of settlers
disappeared
1619
first African slaves arrive in America
Separatists came to America
seeking religious freedom
Wrote Pennsylvania's first constitution
William Penn
Grew tobacco, sold lumber and tar
North Carolina