The Dreams of the Early Colonists

Riches and Land• "If there be any terrestrial Canaan," he writes,

"'tis surely here, where the Land floweth with milk and honey." He enumerates the many blessings beyond milk and honey that await Englishmen, especially the poor, who would settle in this colony.”

Jamestown• a northwest passage to the Orient• converting the Virginia Indians to the Anglican

religion• Profit

Religious Freedom• Massachusetts Bay Colony• Their original plan contemplated a settlement in

South Virginia on lands owned by the London Company; but the king not being willing to tolerate them in their religious worship by his public authority under his seal, they concluded to form a partnership with certain merchant adventurers of London. The terms of this partnership were hard upon these pilgrims; but as there was to be no interference with their civil and religious rights, the articles were agreed upon.

More Religious Freedom

• Maryland• Finding the laws against the Roman Catholics in England

severe, he resolved to emigrate to Virginia, in the hope of enjoying a liberty of conscience which was not permitted in England under the reign of James I. But he was disappointed, as the Virginians proved nearly as intolerant as those he had left; and he felt compelled to seek another asylum.

• This he proposed to find, a territory on both sides of Chesapeake Bay, then inhabited only by natives; and which having sufficiently explored, he returned to England, for the purpose of procuring a patent of it, from Charles I, who succeeded James I. He readily received a grant of the territory; but he died before the patent was completed.

Religion• Converting the savages• Writing in a report to France in 1616, a Catholic

missionary urged rigorous "cultivation" of the territory, nearly pleading that his advice be taken seriously.

Works Cited (yours should be in MLA format)• http://www.historyisfun.org/History-Jamestown.ht

m• http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegi

n/settlement/settlement.htm• http://www.celebrateboston.com/history/ma/plym

outh-colony.htm• http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/jamestownw

omen/20.htm• http://fenimoreartmuseum.blogspot.com/2010/07/

drawing-attention-birds-eye-views-of.html• http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfphotocraft/552849

3322/• http://www.dream-symbols.com/

Final Thoughts• Note this power point was made in 30

minutes.• I would expect a better product from your

group.• Had I more time, I would have added more

pictures, music, animations, and tried to find even more quotes. I also would have looked at more of the colonies.