Questions for Today:

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Early American Road Experiences

• Questions for Today
• When does American culture begin?
• Why did the English come to America?
• How did colonial Anglo America differ from
  colonial French and Spanish America?
• Who were the Puritans, and what do their
  experiences teach us about the English in
  America?
• Why is Mary Rowlandsons captivity narrative
  significant?

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Colonization TimelineEuropean settlements in
present-day U.S.Can you put these events in the
right order and estimate the dates on which they
occurred?

• Puritan emigration from England to Massachusetts
  Bay Colony begins
• New Mexico colony established by Spanish and
  Mestizo settlers
• Pilgrims (Separatists) establish Plymouth Colony
• English colony established at Jamestown, Virginia
• French establish colony at Ft. Caroline
  (present-day Florida)

3
Colonization TimelineEuropean settlements in
present-day U.S.

• E. 1562 French establish colony at Ft. Caroline
  (present-day Florida)
• B. 1598 New Mexico colony established by
  Spanish and Mestizo settlers
• D. 1607 English colony established at Jamestown,
  Virginia
• C. 1620 Pilgrims (Separatists) establish
  Plymouth Colony
• A. 1630 Puritan emigration from England to
  Massachusetts Bay Colony begins

4
Puritan views of the Wilderness vs. Actualities
of Indian Settlement
Champlains map of Plymouth Harbor, 1606
Planting method noted by Champlain
5
King Philips War Connecticut River Valley,
1689-1697
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An American Bestseller
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Currier and Ives Print The Murder of Jane McCrea,
1846
The lasting appeal of the captivity narrative . .
.
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Eanger Irving Couse The Captive, 1891
The lasting appeal of the captivity narrative . .
.