Development
1. End of 1400's
a) Guns
b) Canons
c) Improved sailing ships
-Maps
-Compass
Seeking
1. Rulers seeking new sources of gold
and silver
2. New trade routes and people to
trade with
Columbus
1. 1492- sails across Atlantic Ocean
2. Lands in West Indies
3. Discovered "America"
Spain
1. Seeking Gold
2. New ways to trade
3. People to convert to Catholicism
Native Americans
1. Converted to Christianity
2. Worked as slaves
a) Mines
b) Farms
3. Died from overwork and disease
Early American History Notes Continued
British Colonies
First Settlers
Puritans
1.1620's- established colonies in
Massachusetts
2. Practice religion freely
3. Quakers banished or put to death
William Penn
1. 1660-1682- establishes Quaker
colonies
a) Pennsylvania
b) Delaware
2. Treated Indians and all people as
"friends"
3. Paid Indians for Land used
Native Americans
1. British did not pay them and
pushed them away
2. Spanish mistreated them
3. Spanish did live with them and
intermarried
a) Mestizos
Colonies
1. 1732- 13 British colonies in
America
1. 1607- First established colony in
Jamestown, Virginia
Early American History Notes Continued *E.C.*
Religion In World History
Christianity
1. 800-1600 A.D.- Middle
Ages and Renaissance
2. People of Europe had to
be Christian
Catholicism
1. 1492- Spanish Inquisition
2. People had to follow
Catholic Religion
3. Government tortured
and burned non-
followers at the stake
Protestant Christian
1. 1500's during the
Reformation
Religious War
1. Protestants and Catholics
fought bloody wars
2. Put each other to death
Enlightenment Era
1. Thinkers believed people
should be able to follow
the religion of their
choice
Early American History Notes Continued *E.C.*
Religion In U.S. History
Europe
1. Middle Ages to 1700s
2. Predominantly Christian
3. Some did not follow specific branch of Christianity
a) could be put to death
Puritans
1. Practiced very strict form of Christianity
2. Came to America to freely practice religion
3. Non- followers put to death
Roger Williams
1. 1635- Left and started new colony
2. People were free to choose religion
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Religion In America
Native Americans
1. Believed in a "Great Spirit"
2. Believed God or Spirit was present in all nature
3. Great respect
a) earth
b) all creatures
c) community sharing
d) protecting each other
Roger Williams
1. 1636- Started a new colony in Rhode Island
2. English settlers must respect Indians
3. Had to purchase land from Indians
4. Government could not force specific religion
a) all should be free to follow any religion
Anne Hutchinson(1638)
1. God speaks to the heart of the believer
2. Didn't need church or ministers to interpret the Bible for them
William Penn
1. Quakers
2. No ministers
3. Refused to serve in military
4. Friends with Native Americans
Early American History Notes Continued
Slave Trade
1400's
1. Africans live in small villages
2. Very important values
a) Family
b) Community
c) Religion
1500's
1. Portuguese and other Europeans trade with Africans
a) Gold
b) Salt
c) Slaves
Trade
1. Large, wealthy African Kingdoms
2. Became powerful from trade
a) Songhai
b) Benin
c) Kongo
Slaves
1. African rulers sold enemies as slaves
2. Greedy Europeans and Africans began taking any Africans they could catch
3. Africans cruelly treated
4. Crammed into boats
5. About 20% died in the 2 month trip
6. First Africans brought to America in 1619
Early American History Notes Continued
Slave Trade(cont.)
1500-1800
1. Over 12 million Africans sold as slaves
2. Slavery of Africans was for life
3. Based on racial discrimination
The British
1. Needed cheap labor for large farms
a) Tobacco
b) Rice
2. Colonies started in America to make money for Britain
3. The wealthy invested in the colonies
a) Paid for trip for poor people from England
4. Poor people agreed to pay money back
a) Indentured servants for 6-7 years
Native Americans
1. Also slaves on farms
2. Died of disease or ran away into the woods
Africans
1. 1690- British used enslaved Africans
2. Used slaves on their plantation
Early American History Notes Continued
Brisitsh Colonies in the 1700's
South
1. Many small farmers
2. Large plantations
3. Many slaves
4. Rural agrarian society
North
1. Many small farmers
2. Also large cities
3. Wealthy merchants and trade
4. Not as many slaves
5. Manufcturing
New Ideas
1. Enlightenment
2. Valued science and reason
3. Stressed natural rights of individuals
Government in the Colonies
1. Governor appointed by England
2. Colonist owning land had the right to choose representatives who made laws
French and Indian War
1. 1754- French and British fight over land in America
2. 1763- British win
Early American History Notes Continued
Religion in the Early American Colonies
Salem Witch Trials A. Hysteria
1. 1692- Independent Puritan women and men accused of being witches
2. 19 were hung- many imprisoned
3. An example of religious intolerance and lack of women's rights
Puritans A. Early 1700's
1. Puritans less strict
2. Wealthy Puritan merchants desire pleasures
3. Mass. Charter of 1691- religious tolerance
Great Awakening B. 1740-1750
1. Spiritual revival movement
a) Very emotional
2. Goal: bring people back to religion
3. New religions formed
a) Baptist
b) Methodist
4. New questioning of authority
