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England's Exploration and Colonies
- Exploration
- 1497 - John Cabot
claimed N. America for
the English
- 1584 - Sir Walter
Raleigh sent out
explorers
- named the land Virginia after
the "Virgin" Queen; 200 settlers
went to Roanoke
- became the "lost colony";
colonies were too expensive
for one person to fund
- became the "lost colony";
colonies were too expensive
for one person to fund
- named the land Virginia after
the "Virgin" Queen; 200 settlers
went to Roanoke
- 1584 - Sir Walter
Raleigh sent out
explorers
- 1497 - John Cabot
claimed N. America for
the English
- Virginia
- The London Company
- charter issued in 1606
for land from NY to NC;
filled with merchants,
not agricultural colonies
- Jamestown established in 1607;
only 38 of the 100 men
survived until Cap. John Smith
established "work and order"
- John Rolfe began tobacco farming
in 1612, which saved the colony
even when war broke out with the
Indians and the London Company
went bankrupt
- John Rolfe began tobacco farming
in 1612, which saved the colony
even when war broke out with the
Indians and the London Company
went bankrupt
- Jamestown established in 1607;
only 38 of the 100 men
survived until Cap. John Smith
established "work and order"
- charter issued in 1606
for land from NY to NC;
filled with merchants,
not agricultural colonies
- The Plymouth Company
- sent John Smith to charter the
New England territory
- Puritans who had fled to Holland were
offered refuge by King James here
- the wind sent them farther North than
planned to Plymouth, where they docked
and signed the Mayflower Contract of 1620
- created the civil government
of Plymouth Plantation
- created the civil government
of Plymouth Plantation
- the wind sent them farther North than
planned to Plymouth, where they docked
and signed the Mayflower Contract of 1620
- Puritans who had fled to Holland were
offered refuge by King James here
- sent John Smith to charter the
New England territory
- The London Company
- Maryland
- established by Lord Baltimore for
Roman Catholics being persecuted
in England
- Protestants settled in the area
and outnumbered the
Catholics; power struggles
ensued
- Maryland Toleration Act was established
- the first true religious freedom law in America
- the first true religious freedom law in America
- Maryland Toleration Act was established
- Protestants settled in the area
and outnumbered the
Catholics; power struggles
ensued
- established by Lord Baltimore for
Roman Catholics being persecuted
in England
- Carolinas
- proprietary colony given to
proprietors by Charles II
- land stretching from Virginia to Spanish Florida
- meant for religious and political freedom,
and named Carolina, the Latin word for
Charles
- wealthy plantation owners came to
Charlestown from declining sugar
plantations in West Indies
- never very profitable, so
they gave the land back to
Charles, who split it into
two colonies
- South Carolina
- more profitable, better port access
- more profitable, better port access
- North Carolina
- less profitable
- less profitable
- South Carolina
- never very profitable, so
they gave the land back to
Charles, who split it into
two colonies
- wealthy plantation owners came to
Charlestown from declining sugar
plantations in West Indies
- meant for religious and political freedom,
and named Carolina, the Latin word for
Charles
- land stretching from Virginia to Spanish Florida
- proprietary colony given to
proprietors by Charles II
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