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Claiming the Continent. British Fight and Flight in the New world. Problems in the Colonies. Disease Relations with the Indians Food Supplies Winter. Sir Walter Raleigh. Aristocrat who wanted to get rich quick Gained money from Queen Elizabeth to start a colony - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BRITISH FIGHT AND FLIGHT IN THE NEW WORLD
Claiming the Continent
Problems in the Colonies
DiseaseRelations with the IndiansFoodSuppliesWinter
Aristocrat who wanted to get rich quick
Gained money from Queen Elizabeth to start a colony
Named the Colony Virginia after the unmarried queen
Sir Walter Raleigh
First attempt at a colony was in 1585
Sir Raleigh set out to colonize the small island
Located in present day North Carolina
Roanoke: Take 1
Success or Failure?
Roanoke Take 2
Fights with Indian tribes and lack of food made the colonists return back to England.
Two years later they tried againHowever, this time the colony vanished. No
one knows exactly what happened to the colonists
Third Time is the Charm
Jamestown
Founded in 1607Located in present day VirginiaFinally, the English would establish a lasting
colony
Colonist Activities
Farming cash crops TOBACCO transformed the colonies, because they
could not find gold. The colonists relied on the money earned from tobacco to expand the colony.
-The colonists discovered that tobacco was easily grown in Virginia.
-Europeans loved this new leisure activity.-“Up the snuff.”
Tuesday 9/21
Tuesday Tunes
Review
Finish Jamestown
Start In-Class Writing
What did they eat?
Corn The colonists had to learn how to grow and farm corn
from the local Indians. The Indians shared the secrets of growing corn to the
starving colonists
What did the colonists eat before they learned about corn?
Rodents Snakes
John Smith
Took control of the failing colonyBrought order to Jamestown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82duIzjU5oI
“He who works not, eats not.”
Funding the Colonies
Colonists needed someone to support them with money, and in turn they would develop the land and send material back to the INVESTOR.
Called a JOINT STOCK COMPANY
If the colonists failed at developing the company, the investor would lose money.
Tuesday 9/22
Turn in your essay for homework points
Discuss the Virginia Company and House of Burgesses
Begin Plymouth settlement
The Virginia Company
Funded the colony at Jamestown
Charter Capital
Allowed the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown
Almost a rent/lease agreement, since the land still belonged to the Crown
The sum of all money and assets that a business has.
The Virginia Company used this money to fund the colonies
More on Joint-Stock
Governing Jamestown
Called the House of Burgesses
Allowed colonists to purchase land and earn money.
Also the first elected government in the colonies.
What group of voters are missing?
Were not part of the original settlement.
Came over from Europe to help “settle” the men down.
Imagine not living around any women
Women
The Need for Another Colony
Successes at Jamestown gave the British the confidence to start a new Colony.
What colony was this?
Plymouth
Getting a charter
King James I granted their land charter in 1620
Colonists were originally hoping to land in Virginia, but ended up in present day Massachusetts
The Puritans
Were very religious
Their entire lives were centered around praising God
Left England in search of an easier way to practice their religion
The Mayflower
The ship that was used by the colonists to reach the New World
Took them a little over two months to reach their destination
Plymouth Rock
What do you know about Plymouth Rock?
Discovery Ed clip
The Mayflower Compact
Was signed by the people on the Mayflower
Was a “pact” for the members of the new colony to stick together
In Class Activity
Monday 9/27
Tuesday Tunes
Collect Essays
The Dutch
Where is it?
Question Result
You frequently ask personal questions
Your mother has a full time job.
You make eye contact when you speak
The Dutch are very private
Dutch mothers rarely work outside of the home
The Dutch always make eye contact.
How Dutch Are You?
Question Result
You finish everything on your dinner plate
You share your feelings with your close friends
It is offensive to not finish your food
The Dutch do not talk about their personal lives with their friends.
Continued
More on Culture
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/netherlands.html
Leading the Pack
The Dutch were in control of the money in Europe
Had a strong naval fleet
Controlled the Spice Islands
Dutch East India Company
Funded the exploration in the New World
Basically the world’s first MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATION
Henry Hudson
A sailor who was looking for a route to ASIA called the NORTHWEST PASSAGE
He landed in present day New York and claimed the land for the Netherlands
More Trade
The Dutch traded metal objects to the Indians for fur
Eventually they would establish trading posts for fur all along the Hudson and Delaware rivers
The Dutch gained money due to the system of trade
Remnants of New Amsterdam
What city was established at the mouth of the Hudson River?
What are the boroughs of New York City (5)
Where is Manhattan?
Wall Street
What is it?
Originally got it’s name from the New Amsterdam where the locals built walls to keep out invaders.
Haarlem
A settlement by the Dutch in the New World
Also a city in the Netherlands
Breuckelen
Another settlement by the Dutch in New York
Today it is one of the largest boroughs in the city
Where are the Dutch
The majority of people who settled in the new colony were not Dutch
Over half of the population were English and other Europeans
The French
I See London, But Where’s France?
Where Did They Land
What They Were Looking For
New way to reach Asia to the Spice Islands and other wealth.
Do you see a pattern here?
The French colonized parts of Canada the whole way down to Florida. (See Map)