TOP 5 COLONIES

JAMES TOWN PART 1

• 1607- Founding date
• Gold- reason for founding
• Harsh conditions- harsh conditions made it very hard for the settlers
• John smith - a "hero" of the colony, came from England to help organize and save the colony
• John Rolfe- father of tobacco

JAMES TOWN PART 2

• Shipping ports- after tobacco saved the colony it thrived with a boosting economy, later gained shipping ports
• 1619- first governing Virginia assembly
• Slaves- first being white indentured servants it soon transfers to Africans bought from the Dutch
• 1646- first "peace treaty" between English and natives, lead to even more events in history like the trail of tears.
• Rich boys- young rich men came to the new colony hoping to still be sitting in the lap of luxury, wrong.o

MASSACHUSETTES PART 2

• 1630- Founding Date
• Puritans- puritans and separatists came to MA to get away from the "taints"
• Salem witch trials- and they thought the saints were bad, this was worse. Tested and killed we on blamed to be witches
• John Winthrop- main Puritan, banned the in pure
• 1691- Plymouth became part of Massachusettes

MASSACUSETTES PART 2

• General court: government of the colony
• First towns- Massachusettes bay had established some of the first towns.
• Mass. Act of 1642- parents and family member got job to support religon and law
• Freeman: a member of the church and government, voted.

PENNSYLVANIA PART 1

• William Penn: founder
• Great treaty of 1682: made peace with the Delaware Indians.
• Climate: hotter summer meant several diseases
• Slavery: Penn like black slaves over white indentured slaves.
• Charles the 2: granted the charter to Penn

PENNAYLVANIA PART 2

• Farming: had great soil for agriculture
• Didn't believe in predestination and violence
• 1682- framed the gov. Which created to houses of legislature
• Proprietary colony: Penn and several others owned Pennsylvania
• Quakers- religious group that lived there

GEORGIA PART 1

• James Oglethorpe: founder of Georgia
• Debtor colony: where people in debt sent to live
• Slavery: had the largest slave population
• Buffer: made to separate Spanish Florida and the other colonies
• Crops: grew mainly rice and indigo

GEORGIA PART 2

• Climate: good crap weather
• Exports: exported silk and wine
• Government- royal colony so the government was in England
• Religon- tolerant to everyone
• Jobs- had fur trappers, fishers, and ship builders

MARYLAND PART 1

• Tobacco- main crop like Virginia
• Native Americans- traded and became friends
• Feudal system: how lord Baltimore gave land to people
• Catholic: main religion, the colony was founded for Catholics
• Plantations: means crops, plantations, and slaves

MARYLAND PART 2

• Toleration act of 1649- became tolerant to all Christians
• St. Mary's: first settlement
• Lord Baltimore - founder of Maryland
• Legal slavery: both white servants and African slaves were legal.