European Settlement of North America

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European Settlement of North America

• Conflict Change
• Location

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Conflict Change Location

• If you are going to settle somewhere, what would
  you need?

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First Permanent English Settlement

• Jamestown, VA
• Charter was required to establish a colony
• Joint-Stock Company called Virginia Company
• Settled 60 miles up James River
• Named for King James I
• Expected to find GoldDid not
• Not prepared to establish a colony
• John Smith became the leader
• Had support from Powhatan
• John Rolfe responsible for tobacco (brown gold)
• Jamestown became wealthy from tobacco cultivation

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Conflict Change Early Relations with Native
Americans

• Powhatan
• Attacked the Jamestown Settlement, skins, beads,
  foods were given to the chief
• Settlers were provided corn, bread, other
  necessities for survival
• Relationship was tense
• Think about your Primary Reading Source
  Cultural Clashes in Virginia Colony

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Conflict Change Early Relations with Native
Americans

• King Phillips War (Metacom)
• Son of Massaoit, NA leader that helped the
  Pilgrims survive their first year
• Trade existed between NA English but
  relationship was tense
• Metacom blamed the New Englanders for threatening
  their way of life
• New England settlers were clearing forests,
  putting up fences, creating pasture, towns,

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Conflict Change Early Relations with Native
Americans

• King Phillips War
• Metacom united NA groups to push the English
  settlers out
• Destroyed 20 towns, killed 2,000 settlers,
  attacked towns, etc.
• Difficult to keep NA groups united for English
  it was easy
• Metacom killed but war continued for a year
• English killed 4,000 NA
• Economy of New England was devastated (page 57)

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Conflict Change Religious Tensions

• New England Colonies
• Puritans were being persecuted in England for
  their religious beliefs
• Settled in Plymouth (came over on Mayflower)
• Puritans establish Massachusetts Bay Colony,
  Connecticut, New Hampshire, (Maine)
• Did not believe in religious tolerance
• A City Upon a Hill page 53

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Conflict Change Religious Tensions

• Disagreement among the Puritans
• Roger Williams
• Believed in purchasing land from NA
• Wanted religious tolerance
• Founds Providence, joined with other separatists
  (separated from Puritans) colonies to from Road
  Island
• Anne Hutchinson
• Banished from Puritan society for questioning the
  Puritan beliefs

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Conflict Change Religious Tensions

• King James II
• Catholic that believed in Religious tolerance
• Dissolved all New England Colonies and created
  the Dominion of New England (1686)
• King James II appointed the Governor for the
  Dominion
• Established religious tolerance in the Dominion
• After Glorious Revolution (1689), William Mary
  reestablished the colonies but the King would
  appoint the Governor

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Conflict Change International Conflict over
Colonies

• Middle Colonies
• Settled by a variety of countries
• New Amsterdam (New York)
• Holland/Netherlands
• Became trading center
• Religious toleranceestablished 1st synagogue
• Duke of York (brother of Charles II) took over
  New Amsterdamthey had no defenses
• Renamed New York and became British

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Conflict Change International Conflict over
Colonies

• Pennsylvania
• King Charles II granted William Penn land
• Penn named it Pennsylvania
• Religious toleration
• Agreements made with NA
• Most settlers were Quakers
• Settlers from other countries took advantage of
  this religious haven

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Conflict Change International Conflict over
Colonies

• Delaware
• Swedish settlers
• The Dutch captured it (New Amsterdam)
• The Duke of York captured it from the Dutch
• Turned over to William Penn
• William Penn allowed Delaware to become its own
  colony

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Conflict Change International Conflict over
Colonies

• French Settlement of Quebec
• Did not plan to settle as the British did
• Concerned with trade,
• Move along river ways trading with NA
• Guns, cloth, jewelry for fur