This power point is about the Colonial America, the period in which Europeans came to colonize the New World. They brought Christianity with them.

1. Colonial America
1606-1763

2. Society and Popular Culture:
In April 10, 1606 King James I of England
authorized eight Englishmen to colonize America. This
starts what we know as the Colonial America.
Europeans came to America
to increase their wealth and
broaden their influence over world
affairs.
They came from a variety of
social and religious backgrounds.

3. Society and Popular Culture Cont.:
The Spanish were among the first Europeans to
explore the New World, however, the English were the
first ones to really effectively bring Christianity and to
settle permanently.
At the beginning, since the settlements came
looking for work they did not have much time for
recreation, however, this changes with time.

4. Society and Popular Culture Cont.:
Diversity was an American characteristic

5. Political and Financial:
The first colony was founded at Jamestown,
Virginia, in 1607.
It was a money making venture
In some cases such as Virginia and
Massachusetts, the colonists flourished with the
assistance from Native Americans.
Grains such as corn kept the colonists from
starving

6. Political and Financial Cont.:
In Virginia, tobacco provided a valuable cash
flow. This was very good for the materialistic society
that America had started to become.
In 1620 the Mayflower ship transported 102
English Puritans and Separatists, to Plymouth,
Massachusetts, a journey of 66 days. in the same
year the Pilgrims establish their own government.

7. Political and Financial Cont.:
During the colonial America time period many
battles and conflicts happen in Virginia between
colonists and American Native Indians
In the spring of 1630, John Winthrop led a fleet of
11 vessels and 700 passengers to the Massachusetts
Bay Colony. Winthrop is known for his famous speech,
“A Model of Christian Charity.” He wanted a “city on a
hill” which basically was a city that would be watched by
the world.

8. Political and Financial Cont.:
The colonies represent a lucrative source of
wealth and trade.
Navigation Acts regulated colonial trade and
enable England to collect taxes during this time.
During this period Cash Crop Plantations and
the Slave Plantations were established

9. Religion:
Many of the people who settled in the New
World came to escape religious persecution.
Anglicanism was the
religious choice, however,
people were not very religious
since religion took a back seat
compared to making money

10. Religion Cont.:
The Pilgrims, founders of Plymouth,
Massachusetts, arrived in 1620.
In 1649 the Toleration Act was passed,
allowing all Christians religious freedom.
The Quakers were a Protestant sect
founded in England whose members believed
that salvation was available to all people

11. Religion Cont.:
In 1730 was the Great Awakening. The Great
Awakening was an unorganized movement that
widespread very fast, this movement was of evangelical
Christian, people were getting saved. Church was not
just a social thing anymore.

12. The Original 13 colonies
Virginia:
1st Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by John Smith and other colonists
backed by the London Company, at Jamestown.
1609/10 is a period in Jamestown Colony history
referred to as the Starving Time

13. Virginia Cont.:
In 1612, was the establishment of a tobacco
plantation on the James River by John Rolfe
In July 30th 1619 was the first meeting of the
House of Burgesses.
In 1624 Virginia was made a royal colony

14. New York:
2nd Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by the Duke of York and other colonists
on Manhattan Island.
Classified as one of the Middle Colonies.

15. Massachusetts:
3rd Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by John Winthrop and other Puritans, at
Massachusetts Bay.
Combination of church and state, church was the
place to worship and vote. People were not allowed to vote
unless they were members of the church, so many people
went to church just so they could vote.

16. Maryland:
4th Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore and
other colonists, at Baltimore.
It became a heaven for Catholics

17. Rhode Island:
5th Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by Roger Williams and other colonists,
such as Anne Hutchinson in Providence.
Connecticut:
6th Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by Thomas Hooker and other colonists,
at Hartford.

18. New Hampshire:
7th Colony to be established in Colonial
America.
Founded by Captain John Mason and John
Wheelwright and other colonists.

19. Delaware:
8th Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by Peter Minuit and New Sweden
Company.
North Carolina:
9th Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by the Virginia colonists.

20. South Carolina:
10th Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by eight British nobles with a Royal
Charter from King Charles II.
New Jersey:
11th Colony to be established in Colonial America.
Founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George
Carteret.

21. Pennsylvania:
12th Colony to be established in Colonial
America.
Founded by the Quaker William Penn and
other colonists.
In 1682 the Quakers Settle in Pennsylvania

22. Georgia:
13th Colony to be established in Colonial
America.
Founded by James Oglethorpe and other
colonists.
Georgia became a royal colony in 1752.
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23. Georgia Cont.:
It was a place for prisoners, mainly for
debtors.
This became the center for missions
work. One of the big names is John Wesley
who founded the Methodist church

24. Bibliography
Alchin, Linda. "Colonial America Time Period." ***. N.p., n.d. Web. 11
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"Colonial America (1492-1763)." Colonial America (1492-1763). N.p.,
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"Historical Eras." Historical Eras. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.
Claudia Richard