1. UNIT 1- Independence THE BEGINNING OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES
Why did British colonists come to America?
What challenges did they face?
How did the colonies succeed?
What were negative consequences?
How did southern and northern colonial regions differ?

2. Do you remember anything about this?

3. CATALYST:
Do you plan on settling down and living in Clifton Park (or the 518) or moving away.
Brainstorm reasons why people would immigrate to another country or move a great distance.
Share answers with your partner.

4. Hand in questionnaire tomorrow

6. UNIT 1- Independence THE BEGINNING OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES
Why did British colonists come to America?
What challenges did they face?
How did the colonies succeed?
What were negative consequences?
How did southern and northern colonial regions differ?

7. Jamestown
Jamestown
Jamestown
Plymouth

8. Setting the Stage: The American colonies by the 1750s
Relations with the British
The Natives
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Slaves

9. What themes of American History are evident in the original English settlements? (Jamestown and Plymouth)

10. What themes of American History are evident in the original English settlements? (Jamestown and Plymouth)
Migration and immigration
“Land of opportunity”
Conflict with Natives
Sectionalism (difference
between regions)
Slavery

12. Friday, 9/8 Please grab a textbook…. Hand in questionairre
Go over closure from yesterday- Jamestown and Plymouth
3 colonial regions- concept sort, notes
Colonial geography- start map activity, to finish on Monday….

13. What do the stories of Jamestown and Plymouth have in common
What do the stories of Jamestown and Plymouth have in common? What is different about them?
These first settlers begin a society/ culture that becomes “American”. List five specific character traits and/or adjectives that would describe these first settlers.
Can any of these descriptors be used to describe what it means to be “American” today? Are they positive, negative, or both?

14. With your group: Try to list all the colonies for each region
Try to put the appropriate descriptions into the chart
If finished and pretty certain you’re correct, feel free to start filling in- we will be going over together….

15. New England Colonies- the people
Puritan congregations moved over to create a religious society
No religious freedom

16. New England Colonies- economy
Rocky soil, cold= small farms
wealthy merchant class (trade)
Some industry, shipbuilding

17. New England Colonies- slavery
Very little
Profited greatly from the trade of slaves & southern crops

18. Middle Colonies- the people
Much more diverse population,
Different nationalities
Different religions

19. Middle Colonies- economy
NY, Penn- cattle and food crops
Port cities grow from trade (NYC, Philadelphia)

20. Middle Colonies- slavery
Substantial amount
Of slaves, especially in NY

21. Southern Colonies- the people
“Planters” dominate the south
Mostly small farmers, however
Some areas, slaves were a majority

22. Southern Colonies- economy
Cash crop economy-
tobacco in the Chesapeake,
rice and indigo in the deep South

23. Southern colonies- slavery
200,000 by 1750
80-90% in agriculture
Actual diagram of a ship on the
Middle Passage

24. How would you describe “mercentalism” to your seven year old niece?

25. Relations with the British
Mercantilism- colonies exist to benefit the mother country
“Salutary neglect”-
England relaxes
enforcement of its regulations
BOTH SIDES HAPPY by 1750s
Colonies supply mother
country with raw materials
and buy manufactured
goods

26. Triangular trade- trade route between the Americas, Africa, and Europe
Raw materials from colonies?
Goods from Europe?
Africa?

27. Native Americans
Key source of conflict: Native Americans did not believe in land ownership
By 1750, most are west of Appalachians
Tend to be ALLIED
with the French
Why were the British
Colonists able to take
Over the land?

28. The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it
placed quotas on immigration
discouraged the export of raw materials to England
placed restrictions on trading
encouraged colonial manufacturing

29. In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented
colonial attempts to build a strong national government
efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies
steps in the growth of representative democracy
early social reform movements

30. CLOSURE: WHAT COLONY ARE YOU GOING TO BE FROM?
WHAT RIGHTS ARE YOU GOING TO DISCUSS?

31. ….in a land granted in a patent from the Crown to the London Virginia Company…..