Early Colonization & Native Americans

Colonization in America

What does it mean to colonize

Why would people/countries want to colonization a new nation/Territory?

Reasons for Colonization The 3 G’s God Glory Gold Spain had established these motives and flourished in the 16th century

Spanish Colonization Southwest until Mexican Independence Spain's presence mainly consisted of Catholic Missions Spain begins to lose colonial dominance due to the sinking of the Spanish Armada in 1588 Allows Britain to emerge as a new world power

British Colonization First attempt at colonization is unsuccessful The lost colony of Roanoke – 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh given permission by Elizabeth I Location of New World named Virginia Colony was a complete failure

British Colonization Jamestown – 1607 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssS6UoBoiuc Jamestown – 1607 James I issues Virginia Company a charter to settle east coast of Virginia 104 men arrive in Jamestown and establish the first permanent British colony Men were there to find riches ill prepared to survive There will be cycles of death and more immigrants for the first 2 years Leadership will be lacking greatly It will take 4 years for an actual stable colony to emerge Stability strongly tied to cultivation of tobacco (brown gold)

What is needed for a new society to be successful?

Native Americans

What do you know about Native Americans? Brainstorm by yourself share with a partner How many tribes did you come up with? What do you know about them? Is it fair to group them all together? Why or why not?

What Native American stories have you heard? Can you think of stories where they are heroes or heroic characters? Can you think of stories where they are villains?

What aspects make up culture? Learned human behavior patterns Beliefs Customs Traditions Food Religion Attitudes

Early Perceptions Weak  destined to be conquered Archaic Incapable of great works Foolish Backward

The lost colony – Directions The purpose of this activity is to make hypotheses about what happened to the lost colony of Roanoke. Please get into groups of 2 - 4 Have one person from the group come and grab the data sheets As a group you need to read through all of the given documents You should be highlighting and adding notes Once you have read through the documents please send one person to come and grab the inquiry sheet As a group you must document and write as many hypotheses as you can citing specific evidence to back up your claims… as well as any discrediting evidence, if any. Be prepared to share your findings with the class.

Your Task… In your groups of 2-4 please research the following on your assigned Native American Tribe You will be researching the various aspects of their culture as it existed in the colonial era. Language Geography Art Traditions food/diet government/leadership religion Symbols that represent the tribe Must be hand drawn and colored All information must be neatly placed on the provided paper/poster

Groups Navajo Susie Nick Choctaw Heidi Jayne Apache Evan Jack Iroquois Annika Jeremy Blackfeet Kyle Lucas Cree Sara Alex Eric Chippewa Richard Nilasha Nez Perce Waheeda Emma Cheyenne Hannah Daniel Calvin Lakota Mingbai Mingsong