settling the New World. The Netherlands gained a colony in North America and named it New Netherlands that was established in the 1620's due to its quick profit fur trade, but which was never more than the secondary interest to its founders from the Netherlands. In 1609, Henry Hudson led an expedition to North America for the Dutch East
The middle colonies were set differently from the New England and Chesapeake Bay regions, instead of searching for a place to colonize or be given the authority to use founded land by Britain, the middle colonies, owned by Charles I and the Duke of York, used the lands as a way to pay off debts or as political favors. The new proprietaries intentional uses of the colonies were for wealth and freedom to practice any religion. William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, successfully created the first,
Chapter 4 | American Life in the Seventeenth Century 1. “Describe the basic population structure and social life of the seventeenth-century colonies.” The social structure in the South started with the plantation owners on top, then small farmers, followed by landless Whites, and finally Black slaves. In 1676 in Virginia, a rebellion occurred that was led by Nathaniel Bacon who tried to combat their low social standing and were also dislikes Governor William Berkeley’s friendly policies towards the
Inhabitants before the arrival of the Europeans? @ Students will include the impact they had on the environment, dietary need and how it was acquired, formation of groups @ See rubric b. What were the Similarities and differences between the Natives Americans and Europeans? @ Students will include some key points such as: spiritual, type of community, how labor was divided, and concept of private property, assignment of tribes, technology and impact of environment @ See rubric Describe why the Plain
Religion had a bigger influence on English colonization in North America than economic and in that way America came closer to a nation. British colonies wanted the Indians to change into Protestant Christianity which was a worry for the Church. When the colonies became stronger, more people in Britain began to move to America. The survival factors of American was the Great Awakening Religion was really important to English colonies. That is why different groups, the Puritans and colonists in New
the British in North America, and the Spanish in Latin America. These colonies were very different from each other. In terms of society, the British evicted the natives out of the lands that they later took over. The Spanish, on the other hand, took control of the people already living in Latin America, and put them under new leadership. Another difference was that the British ventures were private ones while the Spanish were sent to Latin America by the government. British North America’s superior
assert tighter control over its North American colonies and the colonial resolve to pursue self-government led to a colonial independence movement and the Revolutionary War. After the French and Indian war, Great Britain ended its policy of salutary neglect, in which it mostly left its colonies to their own devices. After the war, Britain had many war debts and since much of the war was fought on American soil, the British wanted to collect taxes from the colonies to pay off its debts. To do this
colonization in America so called the “English colonization”. They started out by settling three main colonies; Virginia, settled by the second sons of wealthy men seeking for gold was located in the south, Pennsylvania settled by the Quakers a religious minority that valued religious freedom in the middle colony and Massachusetts established by the Puritans; the religious minority of England, was in the north. There are two main factors that dramatically impacted the English colonization that are religious
Geographically, Canada had distinct colonies based on how people dressed, spoke, and acted, depending on which class of society they belonged to. In “Canada East” (Quebec) the majority of the people were French-speaking and Roman Catholic. In “Canada West” (Ontario) they were mainly English-speaking and Protestant with the majority being British. In the Prairies, it was a mixture of everyone but with mostly First Nations. In total there were seven British colonies, two large areas
the New World involved the impacts of fur trade, sugar mills, and settlement patterns and interracial marriage. Firstly, Europeans changed the game of trading by efficiently exchanging fur. The European market for fur in the first French North American colony at Nova Scotia, New France (the newly created capital of Québec), was the main source of inspiration behind the settlement of the French as they exclusively desired to establish trendy and highly stylish beaver skin hats. The French had an