  Complete  Not dictionary/glossary definitions  YOUR OWN WORDS  Use information/notes discussed in class to help complete  Due on Unit Test Day  Neatness Terms List Expectations

  Who was involved?  Where did the event take place?  When did the event take place?  What happened?  Why is it significant? Terms List Expectations

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

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

  Good example or poor example?  What are the differences between the first example and this example? Terms List Expectations

  Good example or poor example?  What are the differences between the first example and this example? Terms List Expectations

  Dutch, English, French, Spanish, Scandinavian explorers(who)  Participated in a race to claim land in America (what)  Explorers from Europe traveled to America (where)  ’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) Exploration

 Mayflower Compact Guided Reading 1.Where are these loyal subjects from (lines 2-3)? Great Britain, France, Ireland 2.Where do these loyal subjects expect to land and settle (line 5)? Northern Virginia 3.What body/group are these people forming (lines 6-7)? Civil Political Body (government made up of citizens) 4.This groups is promising to make fair and just laws (line 8).

 Mayflower Compact Guided Reading 5. True/False: This group is only looking out for the best interests of the rich (line 10). 6. Where did this group land (line 11)? Cape Cod, Massachusetts 7. On what date did this ship land (line 12)? November 11, How many subjects took this pledge? Forty-one

 So what is the Mayflower Compact ?  Setting sail from England  Landing at Plymouth Rock – 1620  Group of 41 survivors  Thinking: What will help allow this colony to survive?  Drafted the Mayflower Compact  Precursor to the U.S. Constitution

 So what is the Mayflower Compact?  First attempt at self-government here in the colonies  Pact among subjects to govern themselves with the priority being what is best for the whole group (not just the rich)  Create laws that are just and equal

Why do people explore/experiment? If you were searching for wealth on new land, what would you dig up? Who explores?

Why do people explore?

What European powers began exploring North America around 1400?

  Dutch  English  French  Spanish  Scandinavian Early European Exploration

 Why were Europeans Exploring? Reasons  Competition between nations (other countries were doing it)  Desire for wealth (natural resources on the new land – I don’t have it and I want it)  Spread of religion (Christianity) Results (short term)  Land acquisition  Countries had more land with resources on it, this makes countries rich, to be rich means you also have power  Colonies were established  Permanent settlements/towns  Columbian Exchange  Natural resources were shared between the mother country and its colonies (see map)  War(s) over this land

To take control of an area and have people live there

  Cultures that already existed in North America were forever changed  Who had lived in North American before us?  Destruction of Native American empires  Through war: French and Indian War  Unintentional: Disease  Great Britain wins the east coast of North America  Thirteen original colonies are established Effects/Impacts (Long Term)

 Map Day See Colonial America packet: p. 4

British Exploration (why) and Colonization (where)

Land of the free! (freedom of religion) Lets strike it rich! (wealth) GB is on its way to the top! (world power)

 PPolitical Strength (competition) BBecoming/maintaining world power status SSpain on the way out, GB on the way up in terms of world power EEveryone else is doing it and I don’t want them to be bigger and better than me DDesire for wealth (wealth=power) MMercantilism EEarning wealth through trade (GB huge population with few resources, America few people with great resources) CCollect resources/raw materials send them to GB for manufacturing turn them into finished goods and resell them to colonies RReligious freedom PPilgrims/Puritans/Catholics Why the British explored…

Did GB find instant success (world dominance, wealth, and freedom from persecution)in North America?

  Brand new world…  No “colonial” traditions  Limited/no guidance  No government/authority physically present Life in the colonies?

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

What are the benefits of a homogeneous group? What are the benefits of a heterogeneous group?

And Why?

  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 Was life in the colonies all baby names and designer flags?

Move to one of the posters around the room. (New England, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies)

 1. Climate/Weather 2. What natural resources were most important to this region?

  Southern Colonies  Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia British Colonies

 LLong growing season FFertile, vacant land SSun AAccess to ports/water FFreedom of religion (Maryland) What did the South offer to Great Britain? What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

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

  Farming culture dominated the South  Due to the weather/climate and landscape  Many, many small farmers  Grew enough food for their families and local town markets  Very few large farmers  Grew crops for profit (lots of profit) Economy of southern colonies

 PPlantations (really big farms) TTobacco, cotton, indigo, rice = CASH CROPS! RRequired labor: Who did all this work? SSlaves AAs the demand for cash crops increased (industrial revolution, desire for American tobacco), what happened to the demand for labor? BBy 1750 slaves were the main source of labor on southern plantations

  Was everyone in the south a wealthy plantation owner?  Did everyone have slaves? In Reality…

  Southern Colonies  Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia  New England Colonies  New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island British Exploration

 PPorts for trading companies TTimber WWhale oil FFisheries RReligious freedom (reformation) What did the New England colonies offer Great Britain? What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

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

  Diversity among colonists  Trades/skills  Merchants, lumberjacks, fishermen, ship builders, blacksmiths, weavers, printers New England Community

  Mercantilism  Trade based in raw materials  Whale oil, timber/lumber, fish  Natural resources (shipped to GB); manufactured (in GB) and sold back to the colonies New England Economy

 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? New England Community

  John Harvard – 1636  Boston, Massachusetts  William and Mary College – 1693  Virginia Education

  Mayflower  Mayflower Compact  Attempt at self-government (first in colonies)  Court system  Representative government (elections)  Legal contract that all agreed to have fair law as to protect the general good (of the community) New England Community

 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.

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

  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 British Exploration

  Blend of New England and Southern colonies  Staple crops  Wheat, barley, oats (grains)  Trade (beaver pelts)  Hunting (deer, wild turkey)  Mining (iron, coal)  Minimal slave labor What did the Middle colonies offer to Great Britain? What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

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