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Early English Colonization

Jamestown,Plymouth, Pennsylvania, Mass.and Georgia

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Roanoke Islandsite of Lost Colony
JamestownFirst permanent English Colony
1607Date Jamestown was founded
joint stock companyThe Virginia Company
Reason for English Colonizationeconomic venture
Plymouth Colonysettled by Separtists from the church of England
Separatistsreligious dissenters- Pilgrims
PuritansMassachusetts Bay Colony
PennsylvaniaQuakers
Georgiasettled by people from debtor's prison
the colonial divisionsNew England, Mid- Atlantic, and Southern Colonies
New England's climatemoderate summers, cold winters
New England's geographyAppalachian Mountains, Boston Harbor, hilly terrain, rocky soil, jagged coastline
New England's economyfishing, shipbuilding, and naval supplies, trade, skilled craftsmen and shopkeepers
New England's social lifevillage and church as center
New England's political and civic lifetown meetings
Mid Atlantic GeographyAppalachian mountains, coastal lowlands, rich farmland
Mid Atlantic climatemoderate temperature
Mid Atlantic economylivestock and grain and trading
Mid Atantic social lifevillages and cities, varied and diverse lifestyles
Mid Atlantic civic lifeMarket towns
South's geographyAppalachian Mountains, Piedmont, Atlantic Coastal Plain, good harbors
South's climatehumid
South's economylarge farms/plantations, cash crops, wood products, small farms, slavery
South's social lifeplantations, slavery, mansions, indentured servants, few cities, few schools
South's religious lifeChurch of England
South's political lifecounties
plantationslarge farms
cash cropscrops sold not consumed by farmer
indentured servantsworked for their ticket to the colonies usually for 5-7 years
Artisanscraftsmen lived in cities and plantations
womenworked as caretakers, house- workers, and homemakers
the vote was not given towomen and slaves
slaveswere captured, sold and traded
group that had no rightsslaves
England's policy toward coloniesstrict control over trade
England tradedgoods for raw materials from the colonies
English law was enforced bygovernors
Governors were appointed bythe King
Colonial legislators were governed bycolonial governors


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