We Three Regions
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island make up this region of English colonies.
New England
The Pilgrims endured a long, difficult voyage across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower to reach America. Why?
The Pilgrims were hoping to escape religious persecution and establish a colony where they could worship God according to their beliefs.
Jamestown & the James River were named for me. I also commissioned an English translation of the Holy Bible.
King James I
In 1620, the Pilgrims signed and pledged their obedience to the provisions of this early document.
The Mayflower Compact
Roger Williams established this colony on the principle of religious tolerance.
Rhode Island
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia make up this region of British colonies.
The Southern Colonies
Why did so many plantations pop up along the waterways of the colonial South?
Planters took advantage of the lazy rivers of the South to transport goods to port cities to be sold on to Europe.
Massachusetts expelled me, because I challenged church and political authorities on the issue of a separation of church and state. But it's ok. I left and founded Rhode Island.
Roger Williams
What group of people were allowed to vote in Town Meetings in Puritan Massachusetts?
Adult male members of the Puritan church.
(Freemen)
James Oglethorpe established this new colony along the Savannah River to be a buffer between Spanish Florida and the other English colonies.
Georgia
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware constitute this region of English colonies.
The Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Explain how New Englanders harnessed the power of fast-running water to utilize the thick forests around them.
New England has many swift-running rivers. They built sawmills powered by water to turn rough timber into lumber for shipbuilding and the construction of homes and businesses.
I left Massachusetts and established a new colony, because I believed voting rights should not be limited to a special class of church members. Later, I helped write the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
Thomas Hooker
This document extended voting rights to all Christian men in Connecticut.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore) established this colony to be a safe haven for English Catholics.
Maryland
Shipbuilding, whaling, fishing and the Puritan church were very common in this colonial region.
New England
John Winthrop preached a sermon called A Model of Christian Charity and claimed that Massachusetts Bay Colony should be a City upon a Hill.
What did he mean by that?
Winthrop was borrowing an example Jesus used in the Sermon on the Mount. He meant that this new Puritan colony could be an example to the world of what a real Christian community should look like and glorify God.
I introduced a higher quality strain of tobacco to Jamestown and married an Indian princess.
John Rolfe
In 1619, this became the first elected representative assembly in the colonies.
The Virginia House of Burgesses
This colony is famous for furthering the tradition of self government in America by adopting the first written constitution in the New World.
Connecticut
(Fundamental Orders of Connecticut)
Explain why the Mid-Atlantic region was sometimes called the Bread Basket.
Grains grew well in the moderate climate of the Mid-Atlantic region. Grain is ground into flour to bake bread.
in 1620, a group of Pilgrims wrote, signed and pledged their submission and obedience to the provisions of the Mayflower Compact.
Why is that such a big deal?
The Mayflower Compact was a very early step in establishing a tradition of self-government in America. By pledging their submission and obedience these men promised to honor majority rule and obey the laws of Plymouth Colony.
I established a colony in the Mid-Atlantic region, and many of my fellow Quakers moved there to escape religious persecution.
William Penn
How did the distance between Great Britain and her colonies in America contribute to the development of self-government in America?
The distance between Great Britain and America and the travel time required to send a message and wait for a reply made it impractical for local decisions to be made across the Atlantic in England.
This colony was home to the the House of Burgesses, the first elected representative assembly in colonial America.
Virginia