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Terms List Expectations

Terms List Expectations. Complete Not dictionary/glossary definitions Due on Unit Test/Quiz Day Neatness. Terms List Expectations Exploration. Who was involved? Where did the event take place? When did the event take place? What happened? Why is it significant?. Terms List Expectations.

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Terms List Expectations

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  1. Terms List Expectations • Complete • Not dictionary/glossary definitions • Due on Unit Test/Quiz Day • Neatness

  2. Terms List ExpectationsExploration • Who was involved? • Where did the event take place? • When did the event take place? • What happened? • Why is it significant?

  3. Terms List Expectations • Good example or poor example? • What do you think the teacher’s comments were for this entry?

  4. Terms List Expectations • Good example or poor example? • What do you think the teacher’s comments were for this entry?

  5. Terms List Expectations • Good example or poor example? • What are the differences between the first example and this example?

  6. Terms List Expectations • Good example or poor example? • What are the differences between the first example and this example?

  7. Exploration • Dutch, English, French, Spanish, Scandinavian explorers(who) • Participated in a race to claim land in America (what) • Explorers from Europe traveled to America (where) • 1400-1600’s (when) • Competition between nations – global leadership (why)Desire for wealth (why)Spread of Christianity (why) • Established colonies in America – beginnings of our country (why significant)

  8. Colonization

  9. Early European Exploration • Dutch • English • French • Spanish • Scandinavian

  10. Why Explore? Causes Effects Destruction of Native American empires French and Indian War Disease Columbian Exchange Good brought from Europe; goods brought back from the Americas Colonies in America established Slavery in America (grows) • Competition between nations • Desire for wealth • Spread of Christianity

  11. Map Day See Colonial America packet: p. 2

  12. Colonization British Exploration (why) and Colonization (where)

  13. Why the British explored… • Search for wealth (wealth=power) • Mercantilism • Earning wealth through trade (GB huge population with few resources, America few people with great resources) • Collect resources/raw materials send them to GB for manufacturing turn them into finished goods and resell them to colonies • Political Strength • Becoming/maintaining world power status • Religious freedom • Pilgrims/Puritans

  14. Life in the colonies? • Brand new world… • No “colonial” traditions • Limited/no guidance • No government/authority physically present • Began their own traditions… • What’s in a name? (What’s your name?) • Fly a Flag

  15. Baby Names, Groaning Cake and Designer Flags Read, highlight, annotate What’s Your Name? (packet) Try some Groaning Cake? – why did they have it? Fly a Flag – Read the class copy of Fly a Flag; design and make your own colonial flagOn the reverse side of your flag – describe each elements’ significance/importance (paragraph)

  16. Was life in the colonies all baby names and designer flags? • What/who was there as the colonists landed? • Houses? Businesses? Roads? • People? • Did these Native Americans live life the way colonists had been accustomed to (life in GB)? • Were there ways of life that could be shared though? Exchange of ideas – farming, agriculture, travel

  17. Was life in the colonies all baby names and designer flags? • How did colonists get houses? Businesses? • Had to bring people with these skills to the colonies (carpenter, blacksmith, mason, miner, lumberjack, businessmen, wealthy) • Each boat that set sail for the colonies brought with them a new set of skills that Colonial America needed to grow

  18. British Colonies • Who (what country) founded the original thirteen colonies? • What are the three regions that make up the original thirteen colonies? • What were the strengths/weaknesses of each of the colonial regions? • What did each of the regional colonies provide for Mother England?

  19. British Colonies • Southern Colonies • Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

  20. What did the South offer to Great Britain? • Long growing season • Fertile, vacant land • Sun • Access to ports/water • Freedom of religion (Maryland) What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

  21. Southern Colonies • First (successful) British settlement • Jamestown, Virginia (1606) • “deadly” experience (initially) • Sent money, no experience and limited skill • Can you survive w/o shelter, food, water and defense? • Finally, colonists recognize the formula for success = diverse population (skills)

  22. Southern Colonies • Among the diverse population of the southern colonies were… • Farmers • Bankers • Catholics • Maryland – first American colony established for “religious freedom” • Toleration Act of 1649 • Indentured servants • Slaves

  23. Economy of southern colonies • Plantations (really big farms) • Tobacco, indigo, rice, cotton, pigs, corn • Required labor: indentured servants (not slaves) • Contracted to work 4-7 years • Free to use their skills following this service • Demand for labor increased (as the demand for cash crops – cotton, tobacco - increased): slave trade developed • By 1750 slaves were the main source of labor on southern plantations

  24. Economy of southern colonies • Was everyone in the south a wealthy plantation owner? • Did everyone have slaves?

  25. British Exploration • Southern Colonies • Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia • New England Colonies • New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

  26. What did the New England colonies offer Great Britain? • Ports for trading companies • Timber • Whale oil • Fisheries • Religious freedom (reformation) What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

  27. New England Economy • What is the climate/environment like in New England? • Little demand for farm labor/slaves • Subsistence/community farming • Creating demand for skilled professionals

  28. New England Economy • Trade • Raw materials • Whale oil, fish, timber/lumber • Natural resources (shipped to GB); manufactured (in GB) and sold back to the colonies • Mercantilism

  29. New England Community • Diversity among colonists • Trades/skills • Merchants, fishermen, ship builders, lumberjacks, blacksmiths, printers, weavers • Wealth • Education/languages • Religion

  30. New England Community • Mayflower - 1620 • Mayflower Compact • Legal contract that all agreed to have fair law as to protect the general good (of the community) • Attempt at self-government (first in colonies)

  31. New England Community • Why was there no government for the colonies? What government had they been used to? • Where was the King? • First to establish local government that included… • Court system • Representative government (elections)

  32. New England Community • Religion and government closely tied together • What makes that different from today’s US society? • Separation of Church and State • Government leaders were also church leaders • Where do you think the government leaders found their voters/followers?

  33. Great Migration • Religious escape (1620-1640) • Puritans • Wanting to purify the Church of England • Boston, Massachusetts • Pilgrims • Wanting to separate from the Church of England • Plymouth, Massachusetts

  34. New England Community

  35. New England Community • If we are going to survive as a community, we must… • Be family oriented • Have women and children involved • Maintain faith in religion • Provide education • Why is this a need? Read what?

  36. Education • John Harvard – 1636 • Boston, Massachusetts • William and Mary College – 1693 • Virginia

  37. New England embraced the opportunity to learn from Native Americans Will you teach us how to grow crops? Absolutely, in exchange for resources and finished goods.

  38. Thanksgiving • Exchange of information, techniques, tools (Native Americans/Colonists) • Celebration of successful harvest • Survival of the new colony

  39. New England Colonies

  40. British Exploration • Southern Colonies • Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia • New England Colonies • New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island • Middle Colonies • New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

  41. What did the Middle colonies offer to Great Britain? • Blend of New England and Southern colonies • Staple crops • Wheat, barley, oats (grains), iron, wood • Trade • Indentured servants/slaves What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

  42. Middle Colonies CommunityQuakers • Equality of men and women • Nonviolence • Religious tolerance

  43. Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania • William Penn • Establish a safe home for Quakers • Equality of men and women • Nonviolence • Religious tolerance

  44. Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania • 1681 granted a charter by King Charles II • Penn limited his own power • Created an elected assembly (representative self-government) • Capital: Philadelphia- City of Brotherly Love(Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John) • Largest colonial city - 1760

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