American History

Module 2

Note Taking Guide

Colonial Life

The Big Idea

The American colonies developed politically, culturally, and economically.

Reading Focus

 

The English in Virginia

Roanoke

  •  In 1584 ... and named it Virginia. In 1587 they founded the colony of Roanoke.

  • In 1590 when the ... of people.

Jamestown

  • Settled in ... water and lack of food.

  •  ... them survive hardships.

  • John Rolfe, who discovered tobacco ... profitable.

Key Events in Virginia History

  • Formation of the House of ... law-making body

  • ... in exchange for food, shelter and paid passage to America

  • Transition to ...                   

 

The Puritans, seeking...

•          English Protestants...

•          Some Puritans, known as...

•          Separatists who left for...

•          In 1620 a group of ...

•          The Pilgrims signed the...

Northern Colonies

Plymouth Colony

  • The pilgrims ... They grew their own food and built their own houses.

  • ... cold, hunger, and sickness.

  • Those who ... Indians.

Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • This colony was ... Bay Company.

  • The colony’s success inspired the ... and settled in New England.

Other Northern Colonies

  • In time, the strict rules of the ... in other parts of New England.

  • These new colonies included: ...               

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King Charles II...

•          In the late 1600s, a new and different...

•          A new...

•          The colonies created

1.        

2.        

3.        

4.        

•          Unlike joint-stock colonies, these...

 

The Southern and Middle Colonies

New York

  • Granted to ...

  • Already belonged ...

  • ... and renamed New York

  • Later, a large tract ...

Pennsylvania

  • Given to ...

  • ... and called a “Holy Experiment”

  • Decreased in size when ...

The Carolinas and Georgia

  • Carolina ...

  • Split into ... and slavery

  • Georgia was ... Spanish colonies

Maryland

  • Founded by ...

  • Was a haven for ... official church

  • ... for Lord Baltimore        

    

The British governed the colonies loosely and...

•          Colonists began smuggling goods ...

•          Britain, however, had established ...

•          Great Britain and the …

1.       Economic principles called mercantilism held …

2.       Britain passed the …

3.       For greater control, the king …

 

The Colonists Begin to Self-Govern

•          Local rebellions help...

•          Several colonies ...

•          Salutary neglect, which was...

•          Local governments...

•          Colonists elected assemblies that were based ...

1.        

2.        

•          When the House of ...

 

Different regional economies developed in the North and South.

Northern Colonial Economies

  • Commerce-based economy

  • Crops did not grow well, so ...

  • The most valuable Northern ...

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–       

  • Northerners produced ...

  • ... encouraged commerce in the North; it was ...

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  • These cities became ...

Southern Colonial Economies

  • Agricultural-based economy

  • Produced valuable cash crops such as ...

  • Two agricultural systems developed:

–        Plantations were ... grew one cash crop and ...

–        ... beef and pork.  They grew ... home market.

 

The Impact of Slavery

•          Plantation owners ...

•          Settlers gradually stopped ...

•          The slave trade caused ...

  1. The difficult trip across...
  2. Kidnapped Africans were chained...
  3. The African population...

•          Slavery existed in ...

•          Slaves developed strong ...

America’s Emerging Culture

The Enlightenment

1.       A period in Europe that was known for…

2.       The ideas of the Enlightenment began…

3.       John Locke believed the government should…

4.       Locke’s ideas are found in…

The Great Awakening

1.       The Enlightenment led…

2.       In 1730, the clergy, trying to…

3.       Jonathan Edwards was…

4.       The Great Awakening made religion…

 

Life in the Colonies

•          The colonies came of age…

•          Non-British colonists, including…

•          The newcomers, along with British settlers, created…

•          Colonial cities were…

•          Colonial printers printed and distributed…

  

The French and Indian War

The Cause The Course
  • ... struggled for territory.
  • The French built ... their fur trade.
  • The British built forts and alliances ...
  • In 1754 the ... the English, which is why it is called the French and Indian War.
  • The British army, ...
  • ... and forced colonists into the army
  • The British took the ...
  • The French ... ended the war in 1763

Impacts of the French and Indian War

•          To avoid more conflict with the Native Americans, British officials tried to…

•          Some say this war led to…

1.   –Colonial unity: Ben Franklin proposed ... to unify the colonies.  It was never adopted.

2.   –New boundaries: ... Canada from the French, and Florida from the Spanish.  Spain gained the ... 

3.   –War Debts: The war cost ... should pay some of the costs of the war.  These policies drove ...

4.   –Effects on Native Americans:  Chief Pontiac allied the ... a bloody rebellion