Innovation in Colonial America

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    Innovation

  • Founding of Jamestown

    Founding of Jamestown
    England founds Jamestown settlement where cpt. John Smith put down a rule he who does not work does not eat. He also astablished a relationship with the native Americans. They help them to survive. He was innovative in the way with his relation with the indians.
  • The first meeting of the house of representitives

    The first meeting of the house of representitives
    12 years after Jamestown was founded, a represetitive body met for the first time. This was innovative in the way that no one had done this before.
  • The May Flower compact.

    The May Flower compact.
    They made a charter which set up a temperairy goverment and the laws by which they would live. It was innovative because it was the first basis of goverment consived in the U.S..
  • Squanto helps the pilgrems

    Squanto helps the pilgrems
    Squanto teaches them to use fish as a fertilizer. WHich was an innovation.
  • Rhode island founded with freedom of religen

    Rhode island founded with freedom of religen
    even though the puritians had come to America to have freedom of religen they did not let any one who was not a puritian in their belifes stay. two banished people started a colony known as Rhode Island were people had freedom of religen.
  • Harverd founded.

    Harverd  founded.
    This ment that there more educated people. WHich means your country can advance.
  • The first printing press arived

    The first printing press arived
    the press led to led to the first almenac being printed in that same year. this was an innovation because it incresed the amount of news that could be cycled around.
  • William penn foundes pennsylvainya

    William penn foundes pennsylvainya
    william penn wanted to set up another religues group called the quakers. Which was a new thing and ment that there was another religues freedom colony.
  • Ogthorpe foundes georgie

    Ogthorpe foundes georgie
    Ogthorpes Idea was to make so that the people who were in debt could have a farm and a way to pay off their debt. it didn't work. if it had worked it would have ment that anyone in danger of being thrown in prison for not paying taxes would be able to starte over.
  • Ben franklin cunducts kite Experiment.

    Ben franklin cunducts kite Experiment.
    He was experimenting with litning. which he later used for the innovation of the litning rod.