Wave BEFORE the Restoration (1660) and the Glorious Revolution (1688)

Types of Colonies

Charter (A.K.A a company with permission to exist from the crown)

Proprietary

Royal

Religions

Anglican (Church of England)

Puritan (or variation thereof)

Roman Catholic

Separatist

 

People

1st James I
2nd Charles I

 

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People in the colonies in alphabetical order:
Berkeley, Sir William

Bradford, William

Calvert, George (Lord Baltimore)

Hooker, Thomas

Hutchinson, Anne

Smith, John

Williams, Roger

Winthrop, John

Goal of colony

Company

Establish feudalism

Get rich quick by companies and individuals

Offer of ”headrights”

Religious tolerance for all

Religious tolerance for some[1]

Theocracy

Places

Connecticut (Hooker)

Jamestown/Virginia

Maine (Gorges, Sir Fernando)

Maryland

Massachusetts Bay

New Hampshire (Mason, George)

Plymouth

Rhode Island

Status

Slaves

Indentured servants–English/African

Free but landless

Free with land (church member)

Skill craftsmen

Gentlemen

Shareholders

Titled individuals (Sir, Lord, etc.)

Income

Farming, small landholding

Planters, large landholding

Crops – wheat/other food crops and cash crops (AKA staple crop) such as tobacco

Fishing

Shipbuilding

Ships stores (used to make ships)

Skilled crafts[2]

Trade with others

Government – may shift, may be more than 1 thing

Governed as a royal colony with a royally chosen governor

Governed by a proprietor

Governed by the company

Legislative body writes laws

Mob

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voting

Male church members (without shares of stock or other property)

Male owners of property

 



[1] Jews, heathens

[2] gunsmith, silversmith, blacksmith, etc.