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Maryland's original Toleration Act

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Squanto and Samoset welcoming the Puritans of Plymouth.

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-Large group of Puritan Separatists who originally moved to Holland from England before going to North America
-Left in 1620 aboard a ship called the "Mayflower"
-Settled on cleared land where plague had killed former Indians
-Numbers of Indians in the area had been thinned due to a smallpox epidemic. This made the Indians get along with their new European neighbors.
-Survival and growth of the colony depended on the assistance of the Natives.
-Celebrated America's first Thanksgiving
-Massachusetts Bay Company followed original establishment- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine (Northern Mass until 1820s) came to be.

New England's main focus in colonizing was to create a safe haven for Puritans. Rather than a financial venture, this was more of a business/religion-related move. The New Englanders had fairly positive encounters with the Natives up until disputes formed and the Pequot and King Philip's War occurred. In these wars, the technological advancements of the English carried them to victory. They established a formal colonial government and began to spread outward from the capital of Boston. Most parts of New England still followed the Church of England following establishment.

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-Founder George Calvert envisioned establishing colony for real estate and as a retreat for English catholics.
- Main focus in colonizing was religion other than for wealth.
-Also used the headright system.
-Neighboring Indians befriended the settlers, provided them with temporary shelter, sold them land, and supplied them with numerous crops
-Encouraged Catholic and Protestant settlers alike to settle in Maryland
- Founded the Toleration Act, which assured freedom of worship to all Christians
- Also became center of tobacco cultivation

Maryland's main focus in colonizing was to gain real estate while at the same time spread the Catholic religion and mostly all Christian religions alike. "Unlike the Virginians, the early people of Maryland had no Indian assaults, no plagues, and no starving time". The conflict in Maryland only occurred in disputes between Catholics and Protestants, both other than this peace was a common theme in the newly established land.

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Discusses relationship between Natives and Early Settlers.

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The Natives and the English - Crash Course US History #3

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- Worried more about establishing control/land rather than spread religion.
-Used the "headright" system to attract colonists. Headrights were large sums of land (100 acres) that were divided to new settlers and their families.
- Resulted in turmoil with Natives due to constant request and push for land.
-"The hostility of the early English settlers toward their Indian Neighbors was in part a result of their conviction that their own civilization was greatly superior to that of the natives" (MGH 38).
-Became a center of tobacco cultivation.
-Eventually slaves imported from Africa became big part of labor field.

Virginia's main focus in colonizing was getting land, getting money, and making profit of colonizing in the New World. Unlike many other establishments in North America, the Virginia colonists really disliked the Natives and did not want to make any agreements. They had frequent clashes with the Indians. One Englishmen, however, named Nathaniel Bacon, rebelled against Virginia's government and fought for the rights of Native Americans and their rightful territory. Before he had passed, Bacon had maintained popularity for a time because he exploited the governments hatred of Indians.

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"Explain how the ideas, beliefs, and cultures of colonists influenced the development of regional differences"