1. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 MYP Title: The Road from King to Republic Unit Question: How Far can an Idea Travel? Significant Concepts: Ideas can change over time Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Major Historical Figures – Sec 1 1.Sir Walther Raleigh – Founded Roanoke Island Colony 2.Captain John Smith – Leader of Jamestown Colony 3.John Rolfe - grew first tobacco in Virginia 4.William Bradford – Lead Pilgrims to Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts 5.John Winthrop – Lead Puritans to Massachusetts 6.William Penn – Lead Quakers to Pennsylvania Colony

2. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Maps For Unit 1- World Map

3. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Maps For Unit 1- East Coast of America

4. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Section Question: What were England’s two best reasons for having Colonies in North America?

5. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution How did England get colonies in North America? England, Holland, and France were all exploring for the North West Passage – A water route over North America to Asia

6. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution The North West Passage does not exist England claimed land in North America instead

7. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Why did England want American Colonies? Who were the Colonist? 1.Make Money – Free Land and Resources 2.Overseas Naval Bases 3.Place for Petty Criminals 4.Extend England’s religion (Anglicanism) in America 1.People who wanted to make money from free land or resources 2.People who wanted Religious Freedom 3.People who hated the King, Political Dissenters 4.People sent from Jail, Petty Criminals

8. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Where were England’s first Colonies? Why did Jamestown succeed? England’s first colony was Roanoke Island, North Carolina It failed twice England’s first successful colony was Jamestown, Virginia 1607 The strong leadership of Captain John Smith Help from Powhatan Indian Tribe Smith

9. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution What other Southern Colonies did England create? John Rolfe learned to grow tobacco Jamestown grew into Virginia Virginia got rich off selling the cash crop, tobacco, from plantations worked by slaves Maryland – as a place for the catholic religion North and South Carolina – a gift from King Charles to 8 of his friends Georgia – a place for debtors and military buffer against Spanish Florida

10. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution How did Colonist Make money in the South? Money was made through Agriculture (Farming) on plantations growing four cash crops 1.Tobacco

11. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Why did the South use slaves? Who did they use for slaves? 2.Rice 3.Indigo – used for purple dye 4.Cotton – which became important later The South used 3 types of slaves because they couldn’t find Europeans that would work in the South because they kept dying from disease Native Americans – died or ran away Indentured Servants – died or ran away Africans – didn’t die, had a hard time running away- Improved the plantations with knowledge brought from Africa

12. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Where did the South sell their cash crops? Cash Crops went to New England, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean on a trade route called the Triangle Trade Slaves were brought across the Middle Passage from Africa to the colonies

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14. What were England’s New England Colonies? Massachusetts – formed by Pilgrims and Puritans leaving England for Religious Freedom (Religious Dissenters) New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island Were all founded by religious leaders trying to get away from the Puritans in Massachusetts

15. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution How did Colonist make money in New England? Cold weather and hard, rocky soil kept farms poor and small The Ocean became the way New Englanders got rich Whaling, Fishing, ship building, sailors The richest men (Merchants) owned the ships that did Triangle Trade runs

16. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution What were England’s Middle Colonies New Jersey New York Delaware – were taken away from Holland by England in a war 1664 Pennsylvania was give to William Penn to start a Quaker Colony when King Charles II couldn’t pay him the money he owed him

17. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution How did Colonist in Middle Colonies Make money? Big, rich, family farms (Agriculture) – No Slaves The Ocean, New York City is one of the busiest trade cities in the world Mills – run by water and wind they were the first factories in the United States Mills turned out Grist (flour), Lumber, Paper, and Iron Works

18. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Where was the Backcounty? Not really a colony – the strip along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mts. where fall-line is This land was free to anyone willing to risk death every day to take it

19. Unit 1 – Political and Intellectual Transformation F1 Section 1: The Colonies before the Revolution Who move to the Backcountry? How did colonist make money in the Backcountry? Indentured Servants freed from slavery along the East Coast Political Dissenters fleeing the power of England Very poor immigrants with no where else to go Small, poor farms Fur trapping Trading with Native Americans Constant fighting with Native Americans made life very hard