This Week’s Agenda (9/16-20) Monday -Copy agenda -Finish up day -Read! Tuesday - Before our Constitution, there was… Wednesday - Jamestown the 1 st ! (Colony) Thursday -Plymouth Colony Friday -Colonial map(s) -Comparing colonies

This Week’s Pre-AP Agenda (9/16-20) Monday -Copy agenda -Finish last week’s evaluations Tuesday -Before our Constitution, there was…. Wednesday - Jamestown colony Thursday - Plymouth colony Friday -Mystery Investigation: What happened to Roanoke?

Tuesday (Pre-AP)- Foundations of our Constitution As you come in, find ONE of the “big ideas” on the board and define in your own words. Do not add extra blanks, and leave the marker where it is!

This is an option- NOT something you have to do!!!

European Exploration

Why did they (pick a country) come? Gold - literal, or just to make money Glory - military heroes/ conquerors God - religious freedom OR to spread Christianity to Natives

Mercantilism Countries used resources from their colonies to make money from trading with other countries and colonies.

First English Colonies Remember: NOT the United States – these are all part of England until July 4, 1776.

Joint Stock Companies Colonists + Shareholders who want to make $$$ together. Stock: A % of a company that you can purchase. Shareholder: Someone who owns stock. Companies that sold stock to investors. The shareholders split both the profits and losses. The colony of Virginia was a joint stock company.

Charter Legal permission by a monarch to establish a colony. Gave the same rights to settlers as English citizens. Virginia charter was given to the Virginia Company.

The Jamestown Settlement Named after King James I Swampy land with undrinkable water. Little leadership at start Men were more interested in treasure hunting than planting crops.

John Smith 27 year old adventurer. Captured by Powhattan (Algonquin chief) – Pocahontas begged for his life. Took leadership role in Jamestown. If you don’t work – you don’t eat.

APARTY (not that kind!!) A uthor: Who wrote / created this document? How do you know? What do you know about this person or organization? What is this author’s point of view? How could what you know about this person affect how you process this document? P lace & Time: Where and when was this produced? How do you know? Why does this matter? How might this affect your analysis of the document? A udience: For whom was this document created? How do you know? How might this affect your analysis of the document? R eason: Why was this document created? What did the author hope would happen as a result? What did they want? T he Main Idea: If you were to reduce this document to a short simple sentence or two, what would it say? Note: this is not the same as explaining what this document is about. What is it saying? Y eah: So What? Why is this source important? What is there to be learned from analyzing it? To put it another way, why did your teacher have you read or examine this?

From The Generall Historie of Virginia by John Smith (1624) This is Smith’s first public mention of the Pocahontas story, although he refers to it in a letter he wrote to Queen Anne in Smith also wrote about the colony in 1608 and 1612, but he made no mention of the rescue story. Smith’s 1624 book was published after an Indian attack in 1622 brought the Virginia Company’s handling of the colony into question.

From The Generall Historie of Virginia by John Smith (1624) At his [Smith’s] entrance before the King [Powhatan], all the people gave a great shout. The Queen of Appamatuck was appointed to bring him water to wash his hands, and another brought him a bunch of feathers, in stead of a Towell to dry them: having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could a long consultation was held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could layd hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head. And being ready with their clubs. To beate out his braines, Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no intreaty could prevaile, got his head in her arms, and laid her owne upon his to save from death. [sic on all spellings and punctuation]

From “Captain John Smith” by Henry Adams (1862) Adams’ essay criticizing John Smith was written during the Civil War. Adams was a descendant of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts. Massachusetts fought on the side of the Union (North) during the Civil War, Virginia on the side of the Confederacy (South).

From “Captain John Smith” by Henry Adams (1862) This is Adams’ response to a letter written by John Smith in There is not a trace of his [Smith] having felt any immediate fear for his life, except from a savage whose son he killed and from whom Opechankanough protected him. There does indeed occur one line to the effect that they fed him so fat as to make him much doubt they meant to sacrifice him; and this paragraph furnishes the most striking evidence of the kindness of the Indians…Yet in 1624 we learn all this long time of his imprisonment he was still expecting every hour to be put to one death or another. [sic on all spellings and punctuation]

From “Captain John Smith” by Henry Adams (1862) This is Adams’ response to a document about the culture of Virginia Indians written by John Smith in Among the customs which he [Smith] describes as peculiar to the Indians was the form of execution practiced against criminals. Their heads, he says, were placed upon an altar, or sacrificing-stone, while ‘one with clubbes beates out their braines.’ During his captivity, he adds, not indeed that he had actually seen this mode of execution, but that an Indian had been beaten in his presence till he fell senseless, without a cry or complaint. Here we have, therefore, the whole idea of the story which he afterwards made public. [sic on all spellings and punctuation]

The Pilgrims Separatist group that e scaped to the Netherlands from England to avoid persecution. G iven a charter f or a small section of the Virginia Company’s charter

Lost at Sea The Pilgrims’ ships went off course. Found land in “New England” (present-day Massachusetts) They were outside the border of the Virginia Company’s charter, so…

Mayflower Compact …they had to make their own. All men on board the Mayflower signed the document to organize, “into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation.”

3 goals of Plymouth Colony: 1.The glory of God 2.Advancement of Christian faith 3.Honor of our King and country

Harsh Winter Just like Jamestown, the Plymouth Colony has their own “starving time” Squanto and Samoset helped translate peace with the Massasoit Indians nearby. The Native Americans helped the colonists learn to fish, grow crops, and build shelter.

Thanksgiving Three day festival to honor the peace between the Native Americans and Pilgrims. Blessing for the good harvest.