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Colonial North
America
Virginia Virginia is settled by those seeking
economic opportunity (Tobacco). Early Virginia “Cavaliers” were English
nobility who received large land grants in eastern Virginia.
Many indentured servants come to this area to work and escape poor economic conditions in England.
Virginia “First Families” and
focus on cash crops. Agricultural base and
landed aristocracy. Light religious
influence. Church of England.
Bacon’s Rebellion.
Early Colonization, New England
New England was primarily settled by Puritans seeking religious freedom.
They formed a covenant community based on the principles of the Mayflower Compact and Puritan Religious beliefs.
Direct democracy was practiced through town meetings.
Religious Communities
John Winthrop – “A city upon a hill.”
Roger Williams – Rhode Island.
Thomas Hooker – Connecticut.
Anne Hutchinson.
Puritan Expansion and Collapse After the successes of
Williams and other dissenters, religious communities fade.
Economic opportunity takes priority over religion.
The Restoration Half Way Covenant.
Middle Colonies Attracts settlers from
many different religions/areas.
First centers of major commerce. Philadelphia, NYC, Boston
Baltimore; Catholics. William Penn; Quakers.