Apuntes del primer tema de Cultura y Sociedad Norteamericanas (1er curso, 2do cuatrimestre) sobre los primeros habitantes de América y la creación de las colonias británicas.
UNIT 1 –
COLONIAL NORTH
AMERICA
1º Grado Estudios Ingleses (UVa)
CARLA SAN JOSE CHAMORRO
22/02/2023 – 22/03/2023
, CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD NORTEAMERICANAS
UNIT 1: COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA
INDEX
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................3
FIRST INHABITANTS..................................................................................................................3
PRE-COLONIAL SOCIETIES.........................................................................................................3
AMERICA BEFORE 1492............................................................................................................4
EARLY EUROPEAN EXPLORATIONS TO 1607.................................................................................4
VIKING PRESENCE IN NORTH AMERICA....................................................................................4
THE ”DISCOVERY” AND MOTIVATIONS OF COLONISATION......................................................4
FIRST ENGLISH EXPLORATIONS.................................................................................................5
OTHER EUROPEAN EXPLORATIONS..........................................................................................6
ENGLISH COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA............................................................................8
Chesapeake Colonies (Virginia, Maryland)...............................................................................8
VIRGINIA...............................................................................................................................8
MARYLAND...........................................................................................................................9
New England Colonies (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire)..........10
MASSACHUSSETS................................................................................................................10
RHODE ISLAND...................................................................................................................12
Middle Colonies (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware).......................................12
NEW YORK..........................................................................................................................12
PENNSYLVANIA...................................................................................................................14
Southern Colonies (North and South Carolina, Georgia)........................................................14
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA..........................................................................................14
GEORGIA.............................................................................................................................14
EXPANSION AND POPULATION GROWTH (18th century)...........................................................14
IMMIGRATIONS......................................................................................................................16
UNDESIRABLES.......................................................................................................................16
INDENTURED SERVITUDE.......................................................................................................16
SLAVERY..................................................................................................................................16
GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY..................................................................................................17
TYPES OF COLONIES...............................................................................................................17
PURPOSES AND STRUCTURE...................................................................................................17
ECONOMY..............................................................................................................................18
AMERICAN INDIAN WARS...........................................................................................................18
PEQUOT WAR (1636-1637).................................................................................................18
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, CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD NORTEAMERICANAS
UNIT 1: COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA
KING PHILIP’S WAR (1675-1678)........................................................................................19
THE COLONISATION OF CANADA................................................................................................20
EXPLORATIONS AND SETTLEMENTS UNTIL 1660................................................................20
THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR (1756-1763).................................................................................21
ACLARATIONS
c/ca = circa (latín) = aprox.
AD = Después de Cristo BC = Antes de Cristo BP = Before present
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