1. Colonies Slides

2. Tuesday Turn in your Mayflower Compact HW
Talk with your table and be ready to give a good response to this question:
Why might the Mayflower Compact be important?

3. Mayflower Compact Vid

4. Essential Question
Why were the New England Colonies first settled, and what were the key characteristics of those colonies?

5. Today - Thursday Intro activity
Self-guided work on the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
Colonies map

6. Sources to use... Vocabulary to use...
Textbook pages
History Alive pg. 48, 51-53
NE Colonies: A Summary
NE Colonies slides
“New Hampshire Colony”
Pilgrims/Separatists
Puritans
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Fishing, shipbuilding, furs

7. When you are finished… Pick up your map assignment and begin!

8. Essential Question
Why were the New England Colonies first settled, and what were the key characteristics of those colonies?