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    Spain, Portugal, and England were the leaders of exploration and settlement in the Americas. European settlers came to the colonies for economic opportunity and / or religious freedom. The 13 colonies were divided into 3 geographical groups: new england, middle and southern.

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    Spain, Portugal, and England were the leaders of exploration and settlement in the Americas. European settlers came to the colonies for economic opportunity and / or religious freedom. The 13 colonies were divided into 3 geographical groups: new england, middle and southern.

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    ReasonsforExploration&Colonization
    AdvancesintechnologyfromAfrica,Asia,andEuropecontributedtoagrowthoflearning
    andexplorationinEuropeduringtheRenaissance.
    Spain,Portugal,andEnglandweretheleadersofexplorationandsettlementinthe
    Americas.
    PoliticalandreligiouschangesledtoapopulationmigrationfromEuropetotheAmericas.
    Europeansettlerscametothecoloniesforeconomicopportunityand/orreligiousfreedom.

    RoanokeandJamestown
    RoanokewasthefirstEnglishsettlementitssettlersmysteriouslydisappeared.
    Jamestown,foundedin1607,wasthefirstpermanentEnglishsettlement.
    JamestownisinpresentdayVirginia.
    TwothirdsoftheJamestowncolonistsdiedofdiseaseorstarvation.
    TobaccohelpedJamestownsurvive.

    Plymouth
    Pilgrimsarrivedin1620andsettledinPlymouth,Massachusetts.
    Pilgrims(Separatists)weresearchingforreligiousfreedom.
    TheMayflowerCompactestablishedgovernmentforthePlymouthcolony.Signers
    pledgedloyaltytoEnglandandagreedtoobeythelawsforthegeneralgoodofthe
    colony.

    ColonialRegions
    The13coloniesweredividedinto3geographicalgroups:NewEngland,Middleand
    Southerncolonies.

    NewEnglandColonies
    TheNewEnglandcolonieswere:NewHampshire,Massachusetts,RhodeIsland,and
    Connecticut.Theyhadrockysoil,timber,andgoodfishing.
    TheNewEnglandcolonieswereestablishedbypersonsseekingreligiousfreedom.
    Subsistencefarmingwasusedduetotherockysoil.
    ThomasHookerfoundedtheConnecticutcolonyafterbecomingdissatisfiedbythe
    PuritansinMassachusetts.
    RogerWilliamsfoundedtheRhodeIslandcolonyafterbeingbanishedbythePuritansin
    Massachusetts.

    MiddleColonies
    TheMiddlecolonieswere:NewYork,Pennsylvania,NewJersey,andDelaware.They
    hadlargefarmswithproductsusedforexport.
    Farmingexportsarecalledcashcropsbecausetheyaregrownandsoldtomakeaprofit.

    WilliamPennfoundedPennsylvaniatopracticeideasoftoleranceandequality.
    GeorgeCalvert(LordBaltimore)foundedMarylandasasafeplaceforallChristian
    religions,withspecialfocusonCatholics.

    SouthernColonies
    TheSoutherncolonieswere:Maryland,Virginia,NorthCarolina,SouthCarolina,and
    Georgia.Theyhadfertilesoilandawarmclimate,whichisidealforagriculture(farming).
    TheplantationsystemwasfavoredintheSouthernColoniesduetothewarmclimate.
    EnslavedAfricanswereusedinthisregionmorethanintheNewEnglandorMiddle
    colonies

    ColonialEconomy
    Animportisagoodshippedintoacountry.
    Anexportisagoodshippedoutofacountry.
    TheTriangularTradewasaseriesofcolonialtraderoutesbetweenEngland,WestAfrica,
    andtheAmericas.
    SlavetradingwasamajorpartoftheTriangularTradebetweenAfricaandtheAmericas
    (nicknamedtheMiddlePassage).
    Mercantilismisaneconomictheorythatstatesanationspowerdependsonitswealth.

    ColonialGovernment
    TheHouseofBurgesses,establishedin1619,wasthefirstexampleofrepresentative
    governmentinthecolonies.
    TheMayflowerCompactestablishedgovernmentforthePlymouthcolony.Signers
    pledgedloyaltytoEnglandandagreedtoobeythelawsforthegeneralgoodofthe
    colony.
    TheFundamentalOrdersofConnecticutwasthefirstwrittenconstitutioninAmerica.
    TheEnglishcoloniesdevelopedrepresentativegovernmentsandinheritedatraditionof
    legalrightsfromEngland.

    ColonialSociety
    Colonialartfocusedheavilyonportraits.ThemostfamouscolonialartistwasJohn
    SingletonCopley.
    TheGreatAwakeningwasamovement,beginninginthe1720s,thatemphasizedthe
    importanceofeducationandthebeliefthatallpeopleareequalbeforeGod.
    TheEnlightenmentwasanintellectualmovement,beginninginEuropeintheearly1700s,
    thatemphasizedreason(logic)andselfrelianceratherthantradition.Itwasheavily
    influencedbyphilosopherssuchasJohnLockeandJeanJacquesRousseau.
    TheEnlightenmentgainedpopularityinthecoloniesduringthe1740sand1750s.

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