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1、The Original Thirteen Coloniesof America,By:财政12-2 王杰华,TheThirteen Colonieswere theBritish Colonieson the Atlantic coast ofNorth Americafounded between 1607 (Virginia) and 1733 (Georgia) that joined together to declare independence in 1776.,Why the colonies were planted?,In 1497, 5 years after Colum
2、buss voyage, an Italian sailor named John Cabot arrived in todays Canada and the English king claimed that the whole of the territory of North America belonged to England. Enforcing this claim , the Englishmen began to establish permanent settlements in North America by the beginning of the 17th cen
3、tury.,Why were the colonies planted?,In fact, the main reason of the establishment of colonies is that as the development of the capitalism , English need to loot raw material and expand the market.,New England Colonies:New Hampshire, a crown colonyMassachusettsandMaine, a crown colonyColony of Rhod
4、e Island and Providence Plantations, laterRhode Island, a crown colonyConnecticut Colony, laterConnecticut, a crown colony,Middle Colonies:Province of New York, laterNew YorkandVermont, a crown colonyProvince of New Jersey, laterNew Jersey, a crown colonyProvince of Pennsylvania, laterPennsylvania,
5、a proprietary colonyDelaware Colony(before 1776, theLower Counties on Delaware), laterDelaware, a proprietary colony,Southern Colonies :Province of Maryland, laterMaryland, a proprietary colonyColony and Dominion of Virginia, laterVirginia,Kentucky, andWest Virginia, a crown colonyProvince of North
6、Carolina, laterNorth CarolinaandTennessee, a crown colonyProvince of South Carolina, laterSouth Carolina, a crown colonyProvince of Georgia, laterGeorgia, northern sections ofAlabamaandMississippi, a crown colony,According to the way that they were ruled, those colonies could be divided into 3 types
7、.,Self-governing colonies,Royal ColoniesA Royal colony was one that was directly controlled by the Crown. The governors were appointed by the Crown, and carried out the orders and wishes of the Crown, not private or local interests.,At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the spirit of adventur
8、e and desire for colonization were prevalent in England, and circumstances there were favorable to such undertakings, for there was plenty of material for colonies. Soon after the accession of James I., war between England and France ceased, and there were many restless soldiers out of employment -
9、so restless that social order was in danger. There was also a class of ruined and desperate spendthrifts, ready to do anything to retrieve their fortunes. Such were the men who stood ready to go to America.,Virginia,Colonial Map of Virginiafrom 1758,Early Settlers in Virginia,Owners colonyThe govern
10、or of the colonies appointedbythe owners,butunder British legal constraints, called owners colony , including New York(1664),South Carolina andNorth Carolina(1663),Pennsylvania(1681),Georgia(1733)and New Jersey(1674)Before the War of independence, owners colonies were only Maryland, and Pennsylvania
11、, and Delaware,Map of the New Jersey Colony,Aself-governing colonyis acolonywith an elected government in which elected rulers are able to make most decisions without referring to the colonial power with nominal control of the colony. Most self-governing colonies haveresponsible government.,Self-gov
12、erning colony,Rhode Islandwas created by religious dissenters:Roger WilliamsandAnne Hutchinson. Roger Williams was an outspoken Puritan who believed that church and state should be completely separate. He was ordered to return to England, but instead joined with the Narragansett Indians to found Pro
13、vidence, Rhode Island in 1636. He was able to get a charter for his colony in 1643. It became a royal colony in 1663.,Rhode Island,Map of Rhode Island,Although The thirteen coloniesshare different interests,different ideas,and different systems,but withthe increasingly frequent economic exchangesamo
14、ng them,thecolonial economyculture has growing ties,and thirteen colonies of the unifiedmarket is formed,andbecome more and more popular,the contradiction betweenthe North American colonies and the metropolitanwasincreasingly sharp.In the process, the American nation was formed.,http:/,A quick introduction about all the thirteen colonies,The end,
