1. 2) Take out B8 - Governing the Colonies from yesterday!
Bell Ringer Date: September 15th, 2016
REMINDER: Work on Colonial Pamphlet project
2) Take out B8 - Governing the Colonies from yesterday!
Name
Period
Date B8
Governing the Colonies
Rights

2. Review From Yesterday What is a legislature?
A group of people who debate laws.
A group of people who have the power to elect officials.
A group of people who can veto and vote down laws.
A group of people who have the power to make laws.

3. Review From Yesterday What is a Bill of Rights?
A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect.
A written list of rights that a government promises to protect.
A written list of what laws a citizen has.
A written list about the government.

4. Why was the Magna Carta so significant?
Review From Yesterday
Why was the Magna Carta so significant?
It was the first document to state laws and rules.
It was a document that allowed freedom of religion.
It was the first document to limit a nobles power.
It was a document that allowed freedom of the press.

5. Why is Habeas Corpus an important human right?
Review From Yesterday
Why is Habeas Corpus an important human right?
You cannot be abused in jail.
You cannot be imprisoned without being charged with a crime.
You cannot be falsely accused of a crime.
You cannot be imprisoned unless you commit a serious crime.

6. Chapter 3 Project
Directions: Suppose you are an English colonist in the early 1700s. On a piece of computer paper, create a pamphlet encouraging someone from Europe to come to your colony. Your pamphlet must include the following…

7. YOU WILL ALSO USE B3 (THE MAP)
1st – Choose 1 underlined COLONY
New England Colonies
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
USE B4
Middle Colonies
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
USE B5
Southern Colonies
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
USE B6
YOU WILL ALSO USE B3 (THE MAP)

8. Your Pamphlet Must Have…
• Front page greeting for your colony
• Two inside pages describing the government, religion, social patterns, and occupations of that region
• One inside page explaining why your colony is better than the other regions
• Three colorful illustrations showing some of the region’s best features or a scene from what life was like during that time in your region.

9. Grab a textbook from under your desk, turn to pg. 104-106

10. (FRONT OF PAPER) First document to limit a nobles power.
Q1:What was the importance of the Magna Carta?
First document to limit a nobles power.
England's King Charles vs. Parliament
Q2:What two bodies struggled over power in England?
You cannot be held in jail without being charged with a crime.
Q3:Why is Habeas Corpus an important human right?

11. (BACK OF PAPER) The king could only make the laws.
Q4:How was lawmaking in PA different than other colonies?
The king could only make the laws.
Directions: Work by yourself or your desk partner to answer questions 5-9 (Q5-Q9) pgs. 104 to 106 on your paper. Hand it in when you are done!
Q5:Which groups of people were allowed to vote? Which were not?
Q9: How did colonists feel about the Navigation Acts

12. Roles in Colonial Society
Name
Period
Date B9
Colonial Society
Directions:
Take out a new sheet of paper
Set it up like so…..
Roles in Colonial Society
Men
Women
Young People

13. Directions: Turn to pg. 107 in the textbook.
You will be TREE DIAGRAMING the roles of men, children and women in colonial society

14. Roles in Colonial Society
Men
Women

15. Directions: Use pgs. 108-110 to describe the roles of women and children in colonial society

16. The Social Class

17. Directions: Draw this triangle on the top half of the back your paper
Directions: Draw this triangle on the top half of the back your paper. Label the types of classes that you think exist in America today and what jobs these classes may have.

19. What types of Jobs did they have?

20. Picture Question…?

21. Directions: Copy down this chart now and title it Colonial Social Classes
Wealthy Planters, Lawyers, Merchants, Ministers, Royals officials
GENTRY

22. What types of Jobs did they have?

23. What types of Jobs did they have?

24. Small Planters, Artisans, Independent Farmers
Directions: Copy down this chart now and title it Colonial Social Classes
Wealthy Planters, Lawyers, Merchants, Ministers, Royals
GENTRY
The Middle Class
Small Planters, Artisans, Independent Farmers

25. What types of Jobs did they have?

26. What types of Jobs did they have?

27. Small Planters, Artisans, Independent Farmers
Directions: Copy down this chart now and title it Colonial Social Classes
Wealthy Planters, Lawyers, Merchants, Ministers, Royals
GENTRY
The Middle Class
Small Planters, Artisans, Independent Farmers
Indentured Servants
Bound to a life of hard labor. Worked to death. Served Time for freedom

28. Questions….?
1) What class do you think had the easiest time in colonial society? 2) What class do you think had the hardest time in colonial society? 3) Which class would you want to be and why?