Period 2
1607-1754
Jamestown Settlement
- First successful English settlement on the mainland of North America.
- Harsh conditions almost destroyed colony.- Became part of a Joint stock company.
Roger Williams
- Believed in religious freedom and separation of the church and State.
- Expelled by Puritan leaders because his religious ideas were dangerous.
- Began colony of Providence Plantation, provided refuge for religious minorities.
King Phillips War
- The Mass. government tried to take over Indian land.
-The colonist won with the help of the Mohawks.
- This opened more land for expansion.
Navigation Acts
- Colonies could only trade between other colonies and Great Britain.
- This increased England's wealth.
John Coode's Rebellion
- Coode led his army of 700 men to an attack on the State House.
- After Maryland's surrender, Coode outlawed Catholicism and Anglicanism
-Protestants took over the colony.
Themes
America in the world- England placed the Navigation Acts on the colony, forcing them to only be able to trade with England and other colonies. This act not only increased England's wealth, but it also restricted use or interactions with foreign ships.