HOT ROC Prioritize the 5 ideals in the order of importance to you. What are things that threaten these ideals? Would the order of the list be different for the country in general?

The Original Colonies: Word Web Brainstorm Europe 1600s

Early Immigrants First colonists land at Jamestown 1607 Review- What is a pilgrim? What is a Puritan? Pilgrims arrive 1620, sign the Mayflower Compact- 1 st local government in the colonies

Why Colonization? Incentives for Colonization: –Costly European Wars –Religious Strife Protestant Reformation –Countryside Economic Changes Industry & Scarcity of land Results of Discovery: –Disease, Slavery, and Genocide of natives (~ 1-8 million deaths) Began the gradual removal of the indigenous Americans –500 years of European conquest in the Americas

Group Activity For the colony assigned, the group shall make a small poster advertising the colony, including the following (pg. 41): –Name of colony –Date –Location/Region –Who is the ad targeting? Economic Incentive Ideological Incentive (*hint… the ideals ) Example on page 38

Point of View Activity Step 1: –As each group presents, write down two key elements for each colony that make it unique and/or a desirable place to live. –Where would you want to live? Why?

Point of View Activity Step 2: Where would the following individuals want to live? Why? –Opportunity: Poor farmer who wants his own land to make a better life for himself –Liberty: Catholic nun who lives in Protestant Germany but wants to be able to worship in the way that she believes God intended –Equality: Puritan minister who has hidden his practice while living in France and wants to be treated the same as other people –Democracy: Writer who wants freedom of speech so he can publish controversial material criticizing the king –Rights: Prisoner who wants to regain rights he had before he was arrested

Homework! Colonial region summary: New England, Middle, and Southern colonies –Who lived there? –Purpose/why was it settled? –Political, economic, and social details