1. Why explore?

2. What European powers began exploring North America around 1400?

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

5.  Why were Europeans Exploring? Reasons  Religious purposes (To spread religion or religious freedom; Christianity)  Desire for wealth (claim new land and have access to the natural resources on it– I don’t have it and I want it)  Competition between nations (other countries were doing it; power hungry; the bigger the better) Results To take control of an area and have people live there (claim it as your own)

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7. 1.What is Map 1 illustrating? 2.What European nations were exploring and making claims in North America? 3.Eventually these European powers were competing for the SAME land. How do you think this competition was settled? 4.Which European nation eventually WON this land competition?

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

9. As ship after ship came over (1400-1700), the British began to settle, expand and conquer.

10.  GB had established 12 (not 13) colonies  Which one became the 13 th colony?  Some big, some small  Some shipping/trading giants, many backwoods, rural hunting grounds  All believing their claims to land went as far as the eye could see (and wanting more) 1 Redcoat = 10,000 settlers

11.   Brand new world…  No “colonial” traditions  No Labor Day, no Thanksgiving, no Halloween, etc.  Whose traditions would they have followed then?  Limited/no guidance  No government/authority physically present (back in GB)  What happens when the authority figure is way back in GB and settlers are now on their own? Life in the colonies?

12.   Two groups emerged from this experience  Those that loved GB (LOYALISTS)  Wanted to keep the traditions, the culture, the laws  Those that wanted their own way of life (PATRIOTS)  Wanting to escape the rule of GB and enjoy the freedom of choice Life in the colonies?

15. Food, Shelter, Water How many of you could make your own permanent shelter, grow/hunt your own food, and ensure you had clean drinking water?

16.   When colonists arrived was there food, shelter and water waiting for them?  So how did colonists survive? How did they get food, shelter and water? Life in the colonies?

19.   Had to bring people with these skills to the colonies (carpenter, blacksmith, mason, miner, lumberjack, businessmen, military, hunter, farmer, doctor, etc.)  Each boat that set sail for the colonies brought with them a new set of skills that Colonial America needed to grow Life in the colonies?

20. Can you identify what tools colonists first used? Who used what? Try to identify what the tools were used for and who might have used each. Complete pg. 6.

21.  Pg. 3 – map of the original 13 colonies  Because of climate, availability of natural resources, and the culture of people 3 distinct regions emerged  New England Colonies  Middle Colonies  Southern Colonies  Draw regional boundaries  Color each region separately  Label each region  Which region do you believe was most successful with:  Farming?  Fishing, timber, trade  Combination of all the above?

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

23.  FFertile, vacant land SSun LLong growing season AAccess to water (AO, MR, Gulf of Mex.) Southern Colonies Which means the southern economy was based on…?

24.  What does that mean to Great Britain?  Sun  Consistently warm temperatures  Long growing seasons  Fertile, vacant land  Colonies were a place to grow crops/raise farm animals and then send them back to GB (w/o paying for them!)  Feed their growing population (rice, hogs, wheat, cattle, tobacco)  Support industrial growth (cotton, indigo, hide)

25.  Who’s doing all this planting/harvesting?

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

27.  New England Colonies  Cold  Snowy  Mountains  Rocky soil  Long, cold seasons (good for skiing, not for growing) So what is New England’s economy based in...?

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30.   Mercantilism  Based in trade of raw materials and the manufacturing of those raw materials  Ex. lumber/timber  Natural resources found in NA (shipped to GB); manufactured (in GB) and sold back to the colonies New England Economy

31. (even though they were diverse)

32.  Diverse Workers

33. How are we going to make this community work? NE had all the pieces for a successful colony, but working together is extremely challenging. NE had all the pieces for a successful colony, but working together is extremely challenging.

34.  Mayflower 1620 (roughly two and a half months on a boat) About 100 passengers

35.  Mayflower Compact (How they saw it)  Promise to each other  Promise to maintain order and cohesion  Promise to do what was “best” for the community at large

36.  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).

37.  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, 1620 8. How many subjects took this pledge? Forty-one

38.  Mayflower Compact (How we see it – historically)  Written in 1620  New England’s attempt at self-government  Creation of a government charged with “promoting the general welfare”  Trying to establish a way to make fair and just laws  Included elections for official positions  Included a court system

39.  The Mayflower Compact is a model for… Creates a government… that has elections, establishes a court system, and makes laws

40.   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

42.   Smash up of Southern and New England economic activities  Climate – four distinct seasons (w,s,s,f)  Some valuable growing time (as well as vacant land and access to water) - agriculture/farming  Landscape – flat plains, mountains, coast and inland areas  Some wooded areas = ex. Penn’s Woods (lumber, hunting, trapping)  Deep veins of minerals for mining Middle Colonies

43.   Staple crops  Wheat, barley, oats (grains)  Trade (beaver pelts), hunting (deer, wild turkey)  Mining (iron, coal) What did the Middle colonies offer to Great Britain? What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

44.  Pennsylvania

45.   Founded Pennsylvania in 1681  Quaker population  Had a strong belief in nonviolence and equality  Any approach but WAR  Agriculture, but slavery?  Religious freedom  Philadelphia – The City of Brotherly Love – 1682  As a port city and central colonial location, its population grew quickly  Later in Philadelphia’s history it served for ten years as the nation’s Capitol

46.   Why did European nations explore?  Who “owned” the thirteen original colonies?  What did Great Britain gain by colonizing North America?  What was the New England economy based in?  What was the Southern colonies economy based in?  What was the Middle colonies economy based in? Quick Review

47.  App Assignment