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Chapter 4
European Settlements
Study Guide
Europeans
established colonies in North America for religious and economic reasons.
ROANOKE
ISLAND (LOST COLONY)
v
Established
as an economic venture
v
Present
day North Carolina
v
John
White leader—grandchild was Virginia Dare, the 1st English
child to be born in North America
JAMESTOWN
COLONY 1607
v
Economic
venture for the Virginia Company of London
v
1st
permanent English settlement in North America
v
John
Smith was the leader (“don’t work, don’t eat”)
PLYMOUTH
COLONY
v
Settled
by Separatists (a.k.a. Pilgrims) from the Church of England who wanted to avoid
religious persecution (worship freely without punishment)
v
Arrived
on the Mayflower in 1620 and wrote the Mayflower Compact
v
William
Bradford was the leader
MASSACHUSETTS
BAY COLONY
v
Settled
by the Puritans who wished to worship freely
v
John
Winthrop was the leader
PENNSYLVANIA
v
Settled
by Quakers who wished to worship without interference
v
William
Penn was the leader
GEORGIA
v
James
Oglethorpe was the leader
v
Settled
by people who had been in debtor’s prisons in England, wishing to have
economic freedom in the New World
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