0106 New England Colonies
The Puritan leaders did not like anyone to question their religious beliefs or the way the colony was governed. Usually, discontented colonists were forced to leave. Some colonists who left […]
0116 Colonization Unit Assessment
0117 Colonization Unit Assessment Review
0114 Colonial Representative Government
Although each colony developed its own government, the governments had much in common. The idea of self-rule was important to many colonists. A governor directed the colony’s affairs and enforced […]
0115 Colonization Unit Review
0112 Colonial Religion Education & Innovation
In Colonial Society, science and religion brought important changes as well. Educational Institutions started to develop. Religion was always a part of colonial life, but by the 1700s, rules on […]
0113 Colonial Mercantilism & Trade
England expected to profit from the trade with the colonies. One important but inhumane branch of trade was the slave trade. Although enslaved people in the colonies had no freedom, […]
0104 Jamestown
England watched with envy as other European countries gained wealth from their colonies in the Americas. The Englishman, Sir Walter Raleigh, raised money to outfit a colony in North America. […]
0105 Plymouth
Unlike the Jamestown colonists or the Spanish, these newcomers did not travel to find gold and become wealthy; they simply wanted to practice their religion freely. English colonists came to […]
0107 New York & New Jersey
By 1700, England had four colonies in the region just south of New England. These colonies became known as the Middle Colonies because they were located between New England and […]