1. MANY CULTURES MEET
Background Notes/Discussion about the early American belief system and character.

2. THE AMERICAN BELIEF SYSTEM AND CHARACTER
As an American, we are…..
The government is….

3. WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF…
DEMOCRACY
REPUBLIC
SEPARTAION of POWERS

4. QUICK WRITE EXERCISE
You will break into your task groups to share your stories. (#7 in the book)
This should take you no longer than 10 minutes to complete.
Have a discussion and identify common themes in your notebook (or computer).
Example: Columbus was impressed with the kindess of Native Americans.
Insert a map of your country.

5. WHAT WERE THE COLONISTS LIKE?
Determine with your task group the reasons why Europeans were coming over to this strange, new land.
1. What was in it for them?
2. Primarily which countries were they coming from?
Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

6. TAKE A PEEK AT WHAT THEIR LIVES WERE LIKE
Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.

7. EUROPEAN COLONIES in the AMERICAS
The Spanish=Primarily interested in gold, forts, and conversion to Catholicism
The French=Primarily interested in exploiting fur.
The English==They knew what they were doing….they were raising cash crops for export!! $$$ for the mamma country (England)
Insert a picture illustrating a season in your country.

8. Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country.
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES= Mostly Puritan settlements. First settled at Plymouth Rock.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire
Insert a picture of an animal and or plant found in your country.

9. Religious FREEDOM existed here
MIDDLE COLONIES=
Religious FREEDOM existed here
The English conquered the Dutch and took over New Netherland and renamed it New York.
Added New Jersey and Pennsylvania
The Quakers settled here.
Add key points in the history of your country to the timeline.

10. Insert a picture illustrating a custom or tradition here.
Southern Colonies=
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Raised rice and later tobacco and cotton
Relied on slave and indentured labor (convicts)
Insert a picture illustrating a custom or tradition here.

11. THE SEEDS of DEMOCRACY
In task groups, discover what the MAGNA CARTA is and list the year it was written
The English Bill of Rights
The Enlightenment
The Mayflower Compact
Insert a picture of the head leader of your country.

12. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Explain in your own words: (in notebook)
After reviewing these items with your task group, explain how the British colonists were influenced by EARLY DEMOCRATIC IDEALS
Insert a picture that illustrates some part of your country’s economy.