Colonial America

Colonial America

1. Imperialist Colonies

   • Portugal/Spain: colonized Africa, Asia, Brazil, Mexico, Carribbean, most of South America
   • Netherlands: colonized New Amsterdam, Jamaica
   • France: colonized Haiti, Lousiana, Canada

2. American Colonies

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