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Colonization in America. Europeans Invade America. Renaissance (Late 1400-1500’s) Gutenberg Printing Press Portuguese Schools in Navigation Caravel. Christopher Columbus. The “Great” Voyage Significance of Columbus (p. 38) Pro: Continued Interest
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Europeans Invade America • Renaissance(Late 1400-1500’s) • Gutenberg Printing Press • Portuguese Schools in Navigation • Caravel
Christopher Columbus • The “Great” Voyage • Significance of Columbus (p. 38) • Pro: Continued Interest • Con: Slavery
French & Spanish Colonization • Spanish and French Colonies • Goals...$$$, Religious Conversion • Spanish - “Mercantilism” • French - Fur Trade & search for the Great Northwest Passage
First English Colonies • Roanoke Island ... Sir Walter Raleigh • Jamestown 1607 ... • John Smith, John Rolfe, & Pocahontas • House of Burgesses • Plymouth 1620 ... Pilgrams • 1621 First Thanksgiving
Conditions in England • High Unemployment • Religious Unrest • The “Great Migration” of the 1630’s
Massachusetts Bay Colony • Puritans and the “New England” Way • Towns and Church • Dissenters
Southern Colonies • Ex: Virginia, Carolinas • Spread out (Large Plantations) • Tobacco - lots of labor • Indentured Servants - Slaves • Church not powerful
Pennsylvania Colony • Proprietary Colony • Organized Assemblies • Quakers • Pacifists • Indians as equals
Georgia Colony • James Oglethorpe ... Trustee • Special Purpose • Utopian Society ... Failed
Colonial Brochure • 3 Fold Brochure promoting 1 particular colony (Tourism type) • Historically accurate • Artistic and Informative • Present a 30-second commercial
Family Structure • Basic Social Unit • Morals, Education • Childbearing • Relationships • Marriage / Divorce
Slavery • Background of African Slavery • Avg. Southern Plantation - 10 • Dependency ... “Seeds of Civil War”
Puritans ... Reading! Education Act (1647) Crops more important than Education Education New England South Colleges
Religion • Decline in Zeal • Salem Witch Trials ... 1692 • The Great Awakening
Analysis of Witch Trials • Puritan Folklore (Scapegoat) • Holy Bonds (Lies) • Tituba - Slave • Ergot Fungus (LSD) • Upham’s Map - Economics • Resentment / Grudges • View of Women (Independent)
Government • Governor • Council • Assembly • “Royal Colony”
Economics • Mercantilism • Navigation Acts • Lack of Control • “Seeds of a Revolution”
Security Problems • Western Frontier • Problems with ?? • Albany Plan of Union • B. Franklin • French and Indian War • Proclamation of 1763