Question: Based on your content knowledge and the text and illustrations, explain the economic, religious, and political motives for English colonization.  What were joint stock companies and what role did they play in English colonization?  Who were considered “surplus” population and how did the New World provide opportunities for these people?  What groups came to the New World seeking religious freedom? Where did they settle and how did they extend (or not) freedom to others?

B. A.M.B.I – Break Down the Questions Question: Based on your content knowledge and the text and illustrations, explain the economic, religious, and political motives for English colonization.  What were joint stock companies and what role did they play in English colonization?  Who were considered “surplus” population and how did the New World provide opportunities for these people?  What groups came to the New World seeking religious freedom? Where did they settle and how did they extend (or not) freedom to others?

B. A.M.B.I – Break Down the Questions  Question: Based on your content knowledge and the text and illustrations, explain the economic, religious, and political motives for English colonization. -Identify key words (“look fors”)

B. A.M.B.I – Break Down the Questions Guiding Questions:  What were joint stock companies and what role did they play in English colonization?  Who were considered “surplus” population and how did the New World provide opportunities for these people?  What groups came to the New World seeking religious freedom? Where did they settle and how did they extend (or not) freedom to others? -Identify key words (“Look fors”): underline or highlight the key words.

B. A.M.B.I – Break Down the Questions Guiding Questions:  What were joint stock companies and what role did they play in English colonization?  Who were considered “surplus” population and how did the New World provide opportunities for these people?  What groups came to the New World seeking religious freedom? Where did they settle and how did they extend (or not) freedom to others?

Look fors…  Joint Stock companies  Rise of the Middle Class-investing money to make money  Virginia Company-Jamestown  Tobacco  Surplus Population- debtors  Georgia  Indentured Servants  Religious Freedom  Puritans- Massachusetts Bay-theocracy  Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker  Salem Witch Trials  Pilgrims- Plymouth-Squanto  Quakers- Pennsylvania- Equality for all

B. A. M.B.I – Analyze the documents  Read the documents (highlight key terms, underline important information, could you summarize the information from the document? Could you explain the information in your own words?)  Look at the pictures What do you learn from the actual pictures? What extra information do you learn from the captions?  Identify and analyze the map (what is the title? What information is provided? what can you infer –predict or determine- from the map)

B.A. M. B.I - M ake a claim/thesis  The last sentence you write in your introduction.  Should be supported and explained throughout your paper through examples and evidence.  This sets up the entire purpose of your paper.  It is the most important sentence you write! Make it count!

B.A. M. B.I - Make a claim/thesis Based on your content knowledge and the text and illustrations, explain the economic, religious, and political motives for English colonization. Rewrite the main question as a claim/thesis statement for your essay Now write your own thesis statement for your introduction!

B.A. M. B.I - Make a claim/thesis Examples: English colonization had economic, religious, and political motives. There were political, economic, and religious motives behind English colonization.

B.A.M. B. I  B reak the paper into paragraphs (organize)  The three areas of your claim/thesis should be the topics of body paragraphs  Economic motives  Political motives  Religious motives

B.A.M. B. I - Break the paper into paragraphs (organize) Topic Sentence 1 st Body Paragraph: Desire for economic profit was a major motivation for English colonization. An example of this is joint stock companies. A joint stock company is….. Joint stock companies motivated people to move to the New World because through them, people could make money. An example of a colony that was started by a joint stock company was Jamestown started by the Virginia Company. In the Charter of Virginia, “…” This demonstrates…

B.A.M.B.I  Incorporate evidence  Using the evidence stems and elaboration stems, take evidence from the documents and use them in your paper.  Quotes “”  Paraphrase  Describe a map/picture  Then you must be sure to ELABORATE on the evidence.  MUST USE ALL DOCUMENTS IN YOUR PAPER

Time to write your essay!  And remember to…