date settled and conquered/defeated/died off
agricultural
mother country
key players of the settlement 3
how the settlers got there (debtors, fee man, other)
Contact with he Natives
Issues that were faced
successes
Plymouth Rock
date settled and conquered/defeated/died off
- 1620
- Modern day Plymouth, MA
- October 17, 1691 was official date of the proclamation ending the colony
agricultural
- Main source of income was fur trading
- tried fishing but were not successful
- made trading posts in Penobscot, ME
- Traded with Native Americans and the Duthc
- Cattle
- Average cow was $42.33 in 1638
- Immigrants made price go down
- $7.56 in 1640
- Pigs, sheep, goats
- adopted native american ag practice and crops
- planted maize, squash, pumpkins, beans, and potatoes
- learned productev farming techniques from the na
- propper crop rotation
- used dead fish to fertilize soil
- Also planted Old World Crops
- Turnips, carrots, peas, wheat, barley, and oats
mother country
- England
key players of the settlement 3 how the settlers got there (debtors, fee man, other)
Settlers
- most people that came had to do with religion
- congregationalists led by William Bradford
- Came on Mayflower and Speedwell
- 120 people total
- 90 on mayflower and 30 on speedwell
Contact with he Natives
- Squanto taught Pilgrims how to survive in New England
- Bought furs from NA
- Squanto was the trasnlator from Europeans to other NA tribes
- Massasoit agreed with a trading pact
- Squanto stayed behind after getting Massasoit to trade made alliances with other
- Billington became lost in the woods around the colony
- was found by the Nauset - the group of NA from whom the pilgrims had stolen corn seed the prior year
- english organized a party to return Billington to Pymouth
- Pilgrims atreed to reimnurse the Nauset for the stolen goods in return for Billington
- This negotiation did much to secure further peace withNA
- While this was going on Massasoit, Squanto, and Wampanoags were captured by someone of the Narragansette Settlement
Issues that were faced
- Not enough food
- strenuous work
- not used to weater - made them sick
- lost half of the members in the 1st year
- Expected to make profit from fishing but failed
- started farming and trading fur to made uup for it
- corn and cattle then became successful
Key Players
- John Smith
- Been to New World already
- Mapped the New England region and published his account before the Pilgrim's departed from England
- Captain Smith was willing to sail with them on the mayflower as an adviser but the pilgrims didnt have engout money to pay for his services
- purchased his book instead
- the tregion had already been called plymouth on his map of new england drawn in 64
- Squanto
- Tisquantum
- NA man who became a member of the colony
- acted as an interpreter and mediator between Plymout's leaders and local NA
- assisted the pilgrims after their first witner in the New world and was essential to theri survival
- William Bradford
- One of the founders of Plymouth colony in 1620
- one of the framers of the mayflower compact
- leader of the separatist congregation
- served as plymouths' govenor for more than 30 years after ints founding
- Wrote "of plymouth plantation"--one of the first writings of european settlement in the new world
successes
- first permanent settlement of europeans in New England
- Settlers secured peace treaties with neighboring NA tribes
- Built a largely self-sufficient economy within 5 years
- corna and cattle were extremely successful
- traded with NA and the Dutch
- THANKSGIVING HAPPENED AT PLYMOUTH ROCK
Massachusetts Bay
How the settlers got there
- People traveled by ships
- they were funeded by their mother coutnry
- population began to grow at MA Bay colony when the Mary Ship and John Ship arrived
- Eash ship carried about 140 passengers
- People came from Englsih West Country Counties such as: Dorset and Somerset
Key Players
- John White: Puritan Minister of Dorchester
- "the father of the MA colony"
- Very influencial
- "the father of the MA colony"
- Samuel de Champlain-Planned with John Smith plans for the 1st permanent English settlement on the East Coast
- John Smith-Charted the East Coast area of North America
Issues Faced
- Living Conditions were harsh:
- Mud huts
- dugouts
- wigwams
- No order
- MA bay was more well off
- Not as many issues/failure
Date settled and Conquered
- The MA bay colony was settled in 1628
- Died off in 1684
agricultural
- Fish
- Sea Food
- Traded mostly because land was not suitable for agriculture
- Trade
- Other countries, England, or foreign ports in Europe
- Colony's economy depended on the success of its trade
Contact with he Natives
- Land used patterns for agricultural purposes.
- Land was already broken into how the NA used it
- The NA were pushed to a different spot
- there were boundaries between where the New England people stayed and the NA
- used smae agriculture things, woodland, and hunting games.
mother country
- England
successes
- Did not face half of the battles the other colonies faced
- Established a compact twon
- Tavern-Old fashioned bar
- Small shops
- school
- meeting house
- Church/Religious
- Civic purposes
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