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Answer:VUS.2
The Age of
Exploration
And
Colonization
Keep these questions in mind
as you view this slide show:
►Why did Europeans settle in the
English colonies?
►How did their motivations influence
their settlement patterns and
colony structures?
►In what ways did the cultures of
Europe, Africa, and the Americas
interact?
►What were the consequences of the
interactions of European, African,
and American cultures?
What were the Europeans
looking for?
► COLUMBUS WANTED A
WESTERN PASSAGE
TO ASIA FOR TRADE
► NATIONS SOUGHT
RICHES OF GOLD
► NATIONS WANTED TO
SPREAD
CHRISTIANITY- GOD
► NATIONS WISHED FOR
A STRONG EMPIRE -
GLORY
Early European
exploration and
colonization resulted
in the redistribution
of the world’s
population as
millions of people
from Europe and
Africa voluntarily and
involuntarily moved
to the “New World.” Diagram of slaves aboard ship.
CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY
EXPLORATION AND
SETTLEMENTS IN THE NEW
WORLD
New England:
► Settled by Puritans
seeking freedom
from religious
persecution in
Europe.
► They formed a
“covenant
community” based
on the principles of
the Mayflower
Compact and
religious beliefs
The signing of the
Mayflower Compact -
which established
democratic principles.
New England
► Puritans were
often intolerant of
those not sharing
their religion.
► They also sought
economic
opportunity and
settled as family
groups
► Puritans practiced
a form of direct
democracy
through town
meetings
.
► The strict lifestyle
caused many of
the dissenters to
leave and form
their own
colonies, such as
Rhode Island.
The Middle Colonies:
► The Middle Atlantic
region was settled
chiefly by English,
Dutch, and Germanspeaking immigrants
seeking religious
freedom and economic
opportunity.
► The Quakers settled
here and were much
more tolerant of others.
William Penn received his
land grant from King
Charles II and founded
Pennsylvania- a have for
Quakers
Jamestown
► Established in 1607 by
the Virginia Company
of London as a
business venture
(Joint Stock Company)
► It was the first
permanent English
settlement in North
America.
► Tobacco farming made
it a profitable colony
Tobacco Ship on the
James River
Virginia and the South
► The Virginia House
of Burgesses,
established by the
1640s, was the first
elected assembly in
the New World. It
has operated
continuously and is
today known as the
General Assembly
of Virginia.
An early meeting of Virginia’s
House of Burgesses
Virginia and the South
These colonies
were settled by
people seeking
economic
opportunities.
The early Virginia
“cavaliers” were
English nobility
who received
large land grants
in eastern
Virginia from the
King of England.
Poor English
immigrants also
came seeking
better lives as
small farmers or
artisans and
settled in the
Shenandoah
Valley or western
Virginia.
Indentured Servants:
Indentured
servants agreed to
work on tobacco
plantations for a
period of time to
pay for passage to
the New World.
This would
populate the
colony as well as
provide cheap
labor.
Indentured Servants
worked to grow tobacco
on plantations.
The First African Slaves:
The growth of an
agricultural economy
based on large
landholdings in the
Southern colonies and in
the Caribbean led to the
introduction of slavery in
the New World.
The first Africans were
brought against their
will to Jamestown in
1619 and worked on
tobacco plantations.
Effect on the First Americans:
The explorations and settlements of
the English in the American colonies
and Spanish in the Caribbean, Central
America, and South America, often led
to violent conflicts with the American
Indians (First Americans).
The Indians lost their traditional
territories and fell victim to diseases
carried from Europe.
By contrast, French exploration of
Canada did not lead to large-scale
immigration from France, and relations
with native peoples were often more
cooperative.
Here, Pocahantas is
depicted “saving” the
life of John Smith.
Over the next
centuries, the First
Americans would be
confined to
reservations.
The Triangle Trade
shows the flow of
goods and people
across the Atlantic.
Graphic Courtesy: Language and Power
IN TIME,
COLONIZATION
LED TO IDEAS OF
REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT AND
RELIGIOUS
TOLERATION THAT
OVER SEVERAL
CENTURIES WOULD
INSPIRE SIMILAR
TRANSFORMATION
S IN OTHER PARTS
OF THE WORLD
Explanation:
