Warm-Up #1 In your opinion, do you think the events of America’s ugly past were necessary to make it what it is today? Do the ends justify the means?
The Founding of a Nation FLT: I will be able to evaluate the founding of America, from Jamestown to the Triangular Trade
Background (Think-Pair-Share) What country did the settlers come from who settled in the eastern part of North America? How many original colonies were there? What were some of the reasons that these settlers came to North America?
Jamestown (America’s first colony) Founded in 1607 in Virginia Colonists from England – England expanding territory and resources Motivated by opportunity and getting rich First group of settlers was not prepared and many died from disease and starvation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmuHLGN9BI
Jamestown, Virginia (1607)
Video – Life in Jamestown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssS 6UoBoiuc Some valuable resources to the settlers in North America were _____ The survival rate for the early settlers was about ________ The colonists left home (England) to settle in Jamestown in order to _____
Plymouth Colony Founded in 1620 in Massachusetts Made of religious group called the Puritans (pilgrims) They were seeking religious freedom in a new land
Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (1620)
Think-Pair-Share Compare and Contrast Jamestown with the Plymouth Colony. Jamestown was similar to the Plymouth Colony in that _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________. Jamestown was different from the Plymouth Colony in that _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________.
Mercantilism the economic theory that trade generates wealth 1. Mercantilism - belief in the benefits of profitable trading the economic theory that trade generates wealth
Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) Read and annotate the excerpt from Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography Answer the Reflection Questions on the back afterwards