Most land was controlled by a few, wealthy planters

Large plantations grow indigo, tobacco, and rice

Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion against the House of Burgesses

Populated by small, developed communities

Home of William Penn and the Quakers

Originally controlled by the Dutch

Laws were very strict and punishments were severe

Trading is an essential part of the economy

Hundreds of people were accused of practicing withcraft

Religious toleration is a motive to settle here

Cities in this region are diverse with people from different backgrounds and ethnicities

John Winthrop was an early governor

A colony originally created for debtors (people in debt) is in this region

Short growing season made it impossible for large plantations

Shipbuilding became a common industry

Home of the Quakers who believed in religious freedom and that everyone was the same in God's eyes

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John Smith

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Powhatan Nation

John Winthrop

English settlers disappeared

English soldiers and Native Americans had conflicting relationship

Pilgrims signed Mayflower Compact detailing how the colony would be governed

John Rolfe used profits from tobacco to save this settlement

John Rolfe used profits from tobacco to save this settlement

Squanto served as a translator between the Wampanoag and the English

Puritans pushed onto Indian land, believing they should convert to Christianity

John Smith wrote 2 different accounts of his time here

Settlers resorted to eating leather from shoes and boots

Conflict the Spanish delayed John White's return

Planting tobacco, a labor intensive crop, led to the spread of slavery in the English colonies

CROATOAN was carved in a tree, perhaps hinting where the lost colonists went

Wampanoag and Pilgrims gathered at the First Thanksgiving

First attempt at establishing an English colony in North America

Its settlers left England because they did not follow the Church of England