Colonial America

Imperialist Colonies
1. Portugal/Spain: colonized Africa, Asia, Brazil, Mexico, Carribbean, most of South America
2. Netherlands: colonized New Amsterdam, Jamaica
3. France: colonized Haiti, Lousiana, Canada
American Colonies
1. New England Colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut. Rhode Island
  1. New England: founded on religious freedoms by Puritans and Separatists (originally Anglican)
    1. Plymouth Colony (1620)
      1. Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630s)
    2. Protestant Reformation (early 1500s) started by Martin Luther (ended 1650s)
    3. Puritans: John Winthrop's "City on a Hill"
    4. Separatists: "Pilgrims"
  2. Economics: lumber, shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling
  3. Politics: local governments, town hall meetings by land-holding males, self-governing (American ideal)
2. Middle Colonies: New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
  1. Middle Colonies: diversity!
  2. Economics: shared traits with both north and south
3. Southern Colonies: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
  1. Southern Colonies: founded for money (gold) by the Anglican Church
    1. Roanoke (1585)
    2. Jamestown (1607)
    3. Georgia: established by the English government to protect valuable cash crop land from being stolen by the Spanish
      1. Became a debtors colony under James Oglethorpe
  2. Economy: cash crops, plantations (tobacco, rice, indigo, later cotton), slavery
  3. Politics: elected representatives (representative democracy), rigid hierarchy

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