Colonial America Objective: We will understand the events preceding the founding of the new nation.

Reasons for Leaving Europe

Why did European citizens leave Europe for America?

• Religion: • Money • Social Immigration

Religion• Individuals were being religiously

persecuted (Remember the Protestant Reformation and Bloody Mary)

• They wanted freedom of religion

Reasons for Leaving Europe

Money• They wanted gold and riches

Social Immigration• Europeans who wanted the opportunity to

better themselves socially and economically • They wanted a new beginning

13 Colonies

Colony: A settlement in a new area

Charter: official permission to operate something, such as a colony

First Colonies

In 1857 English colonists settled the first colony called Roanoke.

It lasted 6 years before everyone disappeared.

Known as the “Lost Colony.”

In 1607, Jamestown in the Virginia colony was created.

The settlers were saved by the discovery of the cash crop tobacco.

Mayflower Compact

A group of separatists called Pilgrims sailed for Virginia in 1620, but landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts.

Mayflower Compact set up the first civil government.

All agreed to obey the laws they passed for the general good of the colony.

Influenced the development of democratic government in America.

13 Colonies

• Rhode Island

• Massachusetts

• New York

• Maryland

• Virginia

• Connecticut

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Delaware

• Georgia

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

• New Hampshire

Colonial RegionsEach colony was unique in it’s

characteristics. However, they are grouped together based on location,

reasons they were founded, and what types of industries they had.

New England

Southern Colonies

Middle Colonies

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

The Great Awakening

The Great Awakening: Was a series of religious revival that swept through the colonies

• Influenced the social and political thought • Jonathan Edwards inspired change through

his preaching • An event that all the colonies experienced,

helping to break down their differences and unite the colonies form south to north.

• Helped changed the way colonists viewed religious and political ideals.• Resulting in an increased unity in support of

revolution for independence.

Types of Colonies

Royal Colony

•Under direct control of the King.

•Parliament appoints governor and council.

Proprietary Colony

•An individual or group given ownership of land from the king.

•Usually acted as governor and paid king rent.

Charter Colony

•Self-Governing Colony

•Rights and privileges granted by the King and Stockholders.

Causes of the French and Indian War

Cause: • Ongoing power struggle between Europe and

France in the colonies. • Both English and French settlers attempted to

colonize land in Ohio River Valley

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Cause and Effect of the French and Indian War

Questions for the French and Indian War