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Colonial America
USI. 5 a-d
Lesson 1
Reasons for Colonization
USI. 5a
Sol Objective and Essential Question
SOL: describe the religious and economic events and conditions that led to the colonization of America
EQ: Why do nations explore and create colonies?
What do I need to Know?
Religion and economics play a major role in exploration and colonization.
HOOK: Why do nations explore and create colonies?
•What might cause you and your whole family to move to another country?
•Write your answer and draw a picture using at least three colors.
What is a colony?
What does colony mean?
•A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country.
•Religious and Economic reasons
Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America?
Roanoke Island
(The Lost Colony)Reason it was
established:•economic
venture (to make money
for England)
Mystery of Roanoke Island (The Lost Colony)
•Island off of North Carolina
•1587 •Sir Walter Raleigh•1590 no trace found•118 people vanished•One clue “Croatoan”
Sir Walter Raleigh
13 Col
JamestownReason it was established:
•Economic venture
•Virginia Company
•1607 •First permanent English Settlement in North America
•Located in Virginia•Economic venture•Virginia Company
John Smith
Pocahontas Powhatan
PLYMOUTH, MA
• Pilgrims• Plymouth Rock• Church of England• Settled for religious
reasons• 1620• Mayflower• Mayflower Compact
Massachusetts Bay
•1630•About 1,000 Puritan refugees from England
•Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay colony
Reason it was established:•Separatists from the Church of England (Puritans)
•To avoid religious persecution
Pennsylvania•Quakers•Could not
worship in England because they did not follow the Church of England
•1682
Pennsylvania Colony
Reason it was established:•Quakers wanted freedom to practice their faith
•William Penn was from England
William Penn
M
Georgia(1733)
• Settled by people from debtor’s prisons in England who hoped to experience economic freedom and a new life
• James Oglethorpe
James Oglethorpe
Choose two colonies and Choose two colonies and explain why the colony was explain why the colony was established.established.Write ½ pageWrite ½ page
Writing to Learn
Reasons for Colonization
Quick Quiz
What Colony was lost here?
Why was Roanoke island established?
What first permanent English settlement was located here?
Why was Jamestown established?
Which 2 colonies were located here?
Why were Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay established?
Which Colony was located here?
What group established Pennsylvania?
What colony was established here?
Why was the colony of Georgia established?
Lesson 2, 3, 4
American Colonies
USI. 5b
SOL Objectives and Essential Question
SOL: compare and contrast life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment.
EQ: How do the physical features of a place affect the lives of people?
What Do I Need to Know?
Geographic features affect the interaction of people with their environments.
HOOK: Rules for Colonies
•Think of 3 rules that you feel are needed to establish a colony.
•Draw a picture to go with the rules.
Life in the colonies reflected the geographical features of the settlements
3 regions• New England• Mid-Atlantic• South
Terms to Know
• Resources: natural, capital, and human
• Specialization: focusing on one or more products. Specialization made the colonies interdependent.
• Interdependence: two or more people depending on each other for goods and services
New England
HOOK: Different Area
Have you ever lived in a different area along the East Coast?
Do you have relatives that live in a different region than the South?
How was the climate and geography different from what we experience in Tidewater?
The New England Colonies
Massachusetts (Maine)
New Hampshire
Rhode IslandConnecticut
Massachusetts
Picture Credit: http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/OakViewES/harris/97-98/america/colonization/colonies-ne/ne-intro.html
New England Resources
•Natural resources: e.g. timber, fish, deep harbors
•Human resources: e.g. skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers, shipbuilders
New England Geography
•Appalachian Mts.
•Boston harbor•Hilly•Rocky soil• Jagged
coastline
New England Climate
•Moderate summers
•Cold winters
• Fishing• Shipbuilding• Naval supplies• Trade• Industries
New England Specialization
New England Interpendence
•New England depended on the Southern colonies fro raw materials such as cotton and on the Middle Colonies for grain and livestock.
New England Social Life
•Religious reformers and separatists
•Village and church as center
New England Political Life
•Town meetings
Writing to LearnWriting to Learn
What is a town meeting and What is a town meeting and what topics were what topics were discussed at town discussed at town meetings in the New meetings in the New England colonies? (Write England colonies? (Write ½ page)½ page)
The Three Colonial Regions Foldable
•Create a 3 part foldable•New England•Mid-Atlantic•South
•Fill in information for New England.
Mid-Atlantic
HOOK: New England vs. Mid-Atlantic
What geographic features could make living in the Mid-Atlantic area easier than living in New England?
Middle Colonies• The Middle
colonies included: • New York (NY) ,
New Jersey (NJ) , Delaware (DE),
• and Pennsylvania (PA).
Picture Credit:http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm
NY
NJ
DE
PA
Mid-Atlantic Resources
•Natural Resources: e.g. rich farmlands, rivers
•Human Resources: e.g. unskilled and skilled workers, fisherman
•Appalachian Mts.
•Coastal lowlands
•Harbors•Bays•Wide and deep
rivers
Mid-Atlantic Geography
•Mild winters
•Moderate climate
Mid-Atlantic Climate
Mid-Atlantic Specializations
•Livestock•Grain•Trading•Fishing
Mid-Atlantic Interdependence
•The Mid-Atlantic colonies traded with the both the Southern and New England colonies to get the products they didn’t produce.
•Villages•Cities•Varied and diverse lifestyles
•Diverse religions
Mid-Atlantic Social Life
•Market towns
Mid-Atlantic Political Life
Interesting Facts about Middle Colonies
• -Called Breadbasket of Colonial America. The farmers raised a surplus so they could sell.
• -Germans invented Pennsylvania rifle & Conestoga wagon.
• -Philadelphia means brotherly love.
Picture Credit: www.si.edu/resource/faq/ nmah/carriage.htm
Writing to LearnWriting to Learn
Write a letter to Write a letter to convince a friend to join convince a friend to join you in the Mid-Atlantic you in the Mid-Atlantic region.region.
Write at least ½ pageWrite at least ½ page
Hook: Southern Symbols
Tell students they have two minutes to draw something that comes to mind when they think about the South. Have students share their pictures with a classmates. Call on a few students to explain why they associate what they drew with the south.
South
J-R
Southern Colonies• The Southern
Colonies included: Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), and Georgia (GA).
MD
VA
NC
SC
GA
Southern Colonies Resources
•Natural resources: e.g. fertile land, rivers, harbors
•Human resources: farmers, enslaved African Americans
South Geography
•Appalachian Mts.
•Piedmont (west of the coastal plain)
•Atlantic Coastal Plain
•Good harbors•Rivers
South Climate
•Humid(warm with moisture) with mild winters and hot summers
South Specialization
•Tobacco•Cotton•Indigo•Wood Products
Southern Colonies Interdependence
•The Southern colonies depended on the New England colonies for manufactured goods, including tools and equipment.
• Plantations• Slavery• Mansions• Indentured
servants• Few cities• Few schools• Church of
England
South Social Life
Slavery
Slavery was accepted because slaves provided labor that brought prosperity.
Southern Political Life
• Counties
Interesting Facts about Southern Colonies
• -Planters’ duties to see that crops were planted, records kept, took care of everyone.
• -Slavery was necessary for Southern plantation.
• The cash crop for Virginia was Tobacco.
Picture Credit: www.lattaplantation.org/ website.htm
Foldable
•Create a 3 part foldable•New England•Mid-Atlantic•South
•Fill in information for Southern region
Writing to LearnWriting to Learn
Write an acrostic Write an acrostic poem that uses the poem that uses the letters SOUTH.letters SOUTH.
Interactions of People and the Environment in the three regions of the United States
Quick Quiz
What colonial region do you think this would take place in?
What colonial region is this?
What colonial region do you think this would take place in?
What colonial region is this?
What colonial region do you think this would take place in?
What Colonial region is this?
Which region’s economy?
Large FarmsPlantationsSlavery
What colonial region do you think this would take place in?
Which region’s economy?
Fishingshipbuildingshopkeepers
Which region’s economy?
Livestock and GrainUnskilled and skilled workersfishermen
Which colonial region had town meetings?
Which region had market towns?
Which region had counties?
Which colonial region had a moderate climate?
Which region had a humid climate?
Which colonial region had religious reformers and the village and church as its center?
Which colonial region had varied and diverse lifestyles and diverse religions?
Which colonial region had the institution of slavery and large plantations?
Lessons 5, 6, 7
Colonial Life
USI.5c
SOL Objective
SOL: describe colonial life in America from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, and slaves.
Essential Question
EQ: How much does social class affect the way people live?
What Do I Need to Know?
•Societies are divided into social groups that affect the daily lives of people.
Hook: Careers
•Think about a career that you would like to do when you are an adult. How are you preparing for that career now? How will your lifestyle change, or will it change?
Large Landowners
•Lived predominately in the South•Relied on indentured servants
and/or slaves for labor
•Were educated (some)
•Had rich social culture
Farmers•Worked the land according to the region
•Relied on family members for labor (large families)
Artisans
•Worked as craftsmen in towns and on the plantation
•Lived in small villages and cities
Women
•Worked as caretakers, house workers, and homemakers
•They could not VOTE
•Few chances for education
Free African Americans
•Were able to own land•Had more economic freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend their money
•Not allowed to vote
Indentured Servants•Men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies
•Agreed to work without pay for the person who paid their passage
•Were free at the end of their contract
Enslaved African Americans
•Captured in Africa and sold to slave traders
•Shipped to colonies•Were owned as property for life
with no rights•Sold into slavery or born into
slavery (children of enslaved African Americans were born into slavery)
Writing to Learn
•Create a description for two of the social groups that we studied.
Write at least ½ page.
The People of Colonial America
Quick Quiz
What group was educated, lived predominately in the South, and relied on indentured servants or slaves for labor?
What group worked as craftsmen and lived in small villages and cities?
What group would be free after working off their debt to the person who paid their way to the colonies?
What group worked on the land and relied on family as labor?
What group had few chances for an education, worked as caretakers, and could not vote?
What group was captured, sold as property, and had no rights?
Lesson 8Political and Economic
Relationships
USI. 5d
SOL
SOL: identify the political and economic relationships between the colonies and Great Britain.
Essential Question
•How do nations impose political and economic control over other regions or nations?
What Do I Need to Know?
Nations seek to expand their political and economic influence to other regions or nations.
Hook: Freedoms
How do you feel when your freedoms are limited? Think of a time recently when your freedom was limited: Did you do something to receive this restriction, or was there another reason for this restriction?
Economic Relationships
•Great Britain imposed strict control over trade
•Great Britain taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War
Economic Relationships
•Colonies traded raw materials for goods
Political Relationships
•Colonists had to obey British laws that were enforced by governors.
•England became Great Britain in the early 1700s.
Political Relationships
•Colonial governors were appointed by the king or by the proprietor.
Political Relationships
•Colonial legislatures made laws for each colony and were monitored by colonial governors.
Write to Learn:Write to Learn:Imagine that you are Imagine that you are
running for the lower running for the lower house of a colonial house of a colonial legislature. Why are you legislature. Why are you running for office?running for office?
Write at least ½ page.Write at least ½ page.
Political and Economic Relationships Between the Colonies and England)
Quick Quiz
The colonists were angry because England imposed strict control over ___.
• TRADE
After the French and Indian War, what did England do to the colonies?
• TAXED them!
If a colonist wanted goods, what did they have to trade for the goods?
• RAW MATERIALS
What did the colonists have to obey that were enforced by governors?
• ENGLISH LAWS
Who appointed the colonial governors?
• King or the proprietor
What group made laws for each colony?
• COLONIAL LEGISLATURES
Who monitored the colonial legislature?
• COLONIAL GOVERNOR