Virginia Massachusetts

-Jamestown; John Smith

-escape England prosecution

-Puritan separatists

-went for the money; troubles with Indians

-founded= 1607

-Religion= Anglican

-Government= Royal

-Economy/Income= Tobacco (slaves)

-headright-when company offered 50 acres of land to anyone who could pay their way to America AND 50 for every extra person(head) they broughtHouse Of Burgesses-first governing body in the English colonies; landowners elected officials; 1619

-colony nearly collapsed several times

-disease and hunger were part of the problem

-John Smith(leader) used military discipline

-colonists often raided Indian villages

-tensions eased for a while when John ROLFE married Pocahontas -north of Plymouth; led by John Winthrop

-look at city on a Hill; role model

-not separatists, but Puritans

-went for peace; had some troubles with Indians

-founded= 1630

-Religion= Puritan

-Government= Corporate

-Economy/Income= Farming, fishing, shipbuilding

-General Court-2 house government; landowners & church officials elected lower house(18) called assistants; had an elected governor; 1634-Pequot War-1637; brief, tragic(basically); colonist migrated to Connecticut, Pequot already had problems, saw Mass. Colonists as allies of Dutch, war started; Pequot, recovering from smallpox, lost; English killed 300-700 Pequot Indians

-not quite sure what happens after, but it says they were absorbed into Connecticut