Classifying The Colonies!
By Taylor Johnson
//JAMESTOWN//
- First permanent British North American colony
- Founded in 1607
- Founded by a joint stock company- cost or funding is spread among various individuals
- Males only went to Jamestown
- Middle or younger sons went there hoping to find gold
- All died within first year
- John Rolfe went to the colonies and introduced tobacco
- John Smith helps the colonies organize, build, and farm
- The colony goes into the starving time (recorded counts of cannibalism)
- The men wasted too much time on trying to find gold when they should have been gathering provisions
//JAMESTOWN PICTURES//
//MASSACHUSETTS BAY//
- Founded in 1628
- The population was strongly Puritan
- Government was dominated by a small group of leaders who were strongly influenced by Puritan religious leaders
- Cultural differences between the Native Americans led first to the Pequot War (1636-1638)
- Founded by Puritans and Separatists
- First major settlement by the Pilgrims
- First colony to establish towns
- Strong trade and shipping
- Founded due to wanting separation from the Church of England
- Focused on education
//GEORGIA//
- Founded in 1733
- Named in honor of King George II
- Founded by James Oglethorpe
- The buffer colony
- Last of the 13 colonies
- Southern boundary of the British American colonies located north of Spanish Florida
- Slavery was at first banned by Oglethorpe
- Permitted any religious denomination
- Slaves and American Indians traveled to Georgia due to no slavery
- Most parts of northern and western modern-day Georgia were occupied by the Native Americans
//GEORGIA PICTURES//
//MARYLAND//
- Royal charter was granted to George Calvet, Lord Baltimore in 1632
- A proprietary colony created in 134
- A healthier colony than Jamestown
- Tobacco was the main crop
- Feudal System
- Haven for Catholics
- Toleration Act of 1649
- Supported by the Catholics
- Right to practice Catholicism or Christianity without being persecuted
- Manufacture and agriculture were their main industries
//MARYLAND PICTURES//
//PENNSYLVANIA//
- Founded by William Penn
- Wanted religious freedom for Quakers
- Peaceful with the Native Americans
- No Slaves
- Their morality was so strict that the world called them ascetics-persons who devote their lives to religion only
- Had strictness in all departments of personal habits such as: dress, dancing, theaters, etc.
- Quakers felt as if they were a level above the world
- William Penn coveted Delaware and wanted to take possession of it
- Farming, trading, industry, and learning
- First hospital and library