1. Colonial America
USI. 5 a-d

2. Reasons for Colonization
Lesson 1
Reasons for Colonization
USI. 5a

3. Sol Objective and Essential Question
SOL: describe the religious and economic events and conditions that led to the colonization of America

4. EQ: Why do nations explore and create colonies?

5. What do I need to Know?
Religion and economics play a major role in exploration and colonization.

6. HOOK: Why do nations explore and create colonies?
What might cause you and your whole family to move to another country?
Write your answer and draw a picture using at least three colors.

7. What is a colony?

8. What does colony mean?
A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country.

9. Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America?
Religious and Economic reasons

10. Roanoke Island (The Lost Colony)
Reason it was established:
economic venture
(to make money for England)

11. Mystery of Roanoke Island (The Lost Colony)
Island off of North Carolina
1587
Sir Walter Raleigh
1590 no trace found
118 people vanished
One clue “Croatoan”

12. Sir Walter Raleigh

13. 13 Col

14. Reason it was established:
Jamestown
Reason it was established:
Economic venture
Virginia Company

15. 1607
First permanent English Settlement in North America
Located in Virginia
Economic venture
Virginia Company

16. John Smith

17. Pocahontas Powhatan

18. PLYMOUTH, MA Pilgrims Plymouth Rock Church of England
Settled for religious reasons
1620
Mayflower
Mayflower Compact

19. About 1,000 Puritan refugees from England
Massachusetts Bay
1630
About 1,000 Puritan refugees from England
Massachusetts

20. Massachusetts Bay colony
Reason it was established:
Separatists from the Church of England (Puritans)
To avoid religious persecution

21. Pennsylvania
Quakers
Could not worship in England because they did not follow the Church of England
1682

22. Reason it was established:
Pennsylvania Colony
Reason it was established:
Quakers wanted freedom to practice their faith
William Penn was from England

23. William Penn M

24. Georgia(1733)
Settled by people from debtor’s prisons in England who hoped to experience economic freedom and a new life
James Oglethorpe

25. James Oglethorpe

27. Writing to Learn
Choose two colonies and explain why the colony was established.
Write ½ page

28. Reasons for Colonization
Quick Quiz

29. What Colony was lost here?

30. Why was Roanoke island established?

31. What first permanent English settlement was located here?

32. Why was Jamestown established?

33. Which 2 colonies were located here?

34. Why were Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay established?

35. Which Colony was located here?

36. What group established Pennsylvania?

37. What colony was established here?

38. Why was the colony of Georgia established?

39. Lesson 2, 3, 4
American Colonies
USI. 5b

40. SOL Objectives and Essential Question
SOL: compare and contrast life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment.

41. EQ: How do the physical features of a place affect the lives of people?

42. What Do I Need to Know?
Geographic features affect the interaction of people with their environments.

43. HOOK: Rules for Colonies
Think of 3 rules that you feel are needed to establish a colony.
Draw a picture to go with the rules.

44. 3 regions New England Mid-Atlantic South
Life in the colonies reflected the geographical features of the settlements
3 regions
New England
Mid-Atlantic
South

46. Terms to Know Resources: natural, capital, and human
Specialization: focusing on one or more products. Specialization made the colonies interdependent.
Interdependence: two or more people depending on each other for goods and services

47. New England

48. HOOK: Different Area
Have you ever lived in a different area along the East Coast?
Do you have relatives that live in a different region than the South?

49. How was the climate and geography different from what we experience in Tidewater?

50. The New England Colonies
Massachusetts (Maine)
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Picture Credit:

52. New England Resources
Natural resources: e.g. timber, fish, deep harbors
Human resources: e.g. skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers, shipbuilders

53. Appalachian Mts. Boston harbor Hilly Rocky soil Jagged coastline
New England Geography
Appalachian Mts.
Boston harbor
Hilly
Rocky soil
Jagged coastline

54. New England Climate
Moderate summers
Cold winters

55. New England Specialization
Fishing
Shipbuilding
Naval supplies
Trade
Industries

56. New England Interpendence
New England depended on the Southern colonies fro raw materials such as cotton and on the Middle Colonies for grain and livestock.

57. New England Social Life
Religious reformers and separatists
Village and church as center

58. New England Political Life
Town meetings

60. Writing to Learn
What is a town meeting and what topics were discussed at town meetings in the New England colonies? (Write ½ page)

61. The Three Colonial Regions Foldable
Create a 3 part foldable
New England
Mid-Atlantic
South
Fill in information for New England.

62. Mid-Atlantic

63. HOOK: New England vs. Mid-Atlantic
What geographic features could make living in the Mid-Atlantic area easier than living in New England?

65. Middle Colonies The Middle colonies included:NY
The Middle colonies included:
New York (NY) , New Jersey (NJ) , Delaware (DE),
and Pennsylvania (PA). PA NJ DE
Picture Credit:

66. Mid-Atlantic Resources
Natural Resources: e.g. rich farmlands, rivers
Human Resources: e.g. unskilled and skilled workers, fisherman

67. Mid-Atlantic Geography
Appalachian Mts.
Coastal lowlands
Harbors
Bays
Wide and deep rivers

68. Mid-Atlantic Climate
Mild winters
Moderate climate

69. Mid-Atlantic Specializations
Livestock
Grain
Trading
Fishing

70. Mid-Atlantic Interdependence
The Mid-Atlantic colonies traded with the both the Southern and New England colonies to get the products they didn’t produce.

71. Mid-Atlantic Social Life
Villages
Cities
Varied and diverse lifestyles
Diverse religions

72. Mid-Atlantic Political Life
Market towns

73. Interesting Facts about Middle Colonies
-Called Breadbasket of Colonial America. The farmers raised a surplus so they could sell.
-Germans invented Pennsylvania rifle & Conestoga wagon.
-Philadelphia means brotherly love.
Picture Credit: nmah/carriage.htm

74. Write at least ½ page Writing to Learn
Write a letter to convince a friend to join you in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Write at least ½ page

75. Hook: Southern Symbols
Tell students they have two minutes to draw something that comes to mind when they think about the South. Have students share their pictures with a classmates. Call on a few students to explain why they associate what they drew with the south.

76. South

77. J-R

78. MD
Southern Colonies VA NC
The Southern Colonies included: Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA), North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), and Georgia (GA). SC GA

79. Southern Colonies Resources
Natural resources: e.g. fertile land, rivers, harbors
Human resources: farmers, enslaved African Americans

80. South Geography
Appalachian Mts.
Piedmont (west of the coastal plain)
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Good harbors
Rivers

81. (warm with moisture) with mild winters and hot summers
South Climate
Humid
(warm with moisture) with mild winters and hot summers

82. South Specialization
Tobacco
Cotton
Indigo
Wood Products

83. Southern Colonies Interdependence
The Southern colonies depended on the New England colonies for manufactured goods, including tools and equipment.

84. South Social Life Plantations Slavery Mansions Indentured servants
Few cities
Few schools
Church of England
South Social Life

85. Slavery
Slavery was accepted because slaves provided labor that brought prosperity.

86. Southern Political Life
Counties

87. Interesting Facts about Southern Colonies
-Planters’ duties to see that crops were planted, records kept, took care of everyone.
-Slavery was necessary for Southern plantation.
The cash crop for Virginia was Tobacco.
Picture Credit: website.htm

88. Foldable
Create a 3 part foldable
New England
Mid-Atlantic
South
Fill in information for Southern region

90. Write an acrostic poem that uses the letters SOUTH.
Writing to Learn
Write an acrostic poem that uses the letters SOUTH.

91. Interactions of People and the Environment in the three regions of the United States
Quick
Quiz

92. What colonial region do you think this would take place in?

93. What colonial region is this?

94. What colonial region do you think this would take place in?

95. What colonial region is this?

96. What colonial region do you think this would take place in?

97. What Colonial region is this?

98. Which region’s economy? Large Farms Plantations Slavery

99. What colonial region do you think this would take place in?

100. Which region’s economy? Fishing shipbuilding shopkeepers

101. Which region’s economy
Which region’s economy? Livestock and Grain Unskilled and skilled workers fishermen

102. Which colonial region had town meetings?

103. Which region had market towns?

104. Which region had counties?

105. Which colonial region had a moderate climate?

106. Which region had a humid climate?

107. Which colonial region had religious reformers and the village and church as its center?

108. Which colonial region had varied and diverse lifestyles and diverse religions?

109. Which colonial region had the institution of slavery and large plantations?

110. Lessons 5, 6, 7
Colonial Life
USI.5c

111. SOL Objective
SOL: describe colonial life in America from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, and slaves.

112. Essential Question
EQ: How much does social class affect the way people live?

113. What Do I Need to Know?
Societies are divided into social groups that affect the daily lives of people.

114. Hook: Careers
Think about a career that you would like to do when you are an adult. How are you preparing for that career now? How will your lifestyle change, or will it change?

115. Large Landowners Lived predominately in the South
Relied on indentured servants and/or slaves for labor
Were educated (some)
Had rich social culture

116. Farmers Worked the land according to the region
Relied on family members for labor (large families)

117. Artisans Worked as craftsmen in towns and on the plantation
Lived in small villages and cities

118. Women Worked as caretakers, house workers, and homemakers
They could not VOTE
Few chances for education

119. Free African Americans
Were able to own land
Had more economic freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend their money
Not allowed to vote

120. Indentured Servants
Men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies
Agreed to work without pay for the person who paid their passage
Were free at the end of their contract

121. Enslaved African Americans
Captured in Africa and sold to slave traders
Shipped to colonies
Were owned as property for life with no rights
Sold into slavery or born into slavery (children of enslaved African Americans were born into slavery)

122. Writing to Learn
Create a description for two of the social groups that we studied.
Write at least ½ page.

123. The People of Colonial America
Quick
Quiz

124. What group was educated, lived predominately in the South, and relied on indentured servants or slaves for labor?

125. What group worked as craftsmen and lived in small villages and cities?

126. What group would be free after working off their debt to the person who paid their way to the colonies?

127. What group worked on the land and relied on family as labor?

128. What group had few chances for an education, worked as caretakers, and could not vote?

129. What group was captured, sold as property, and had no rights?

130. Political and Economic Relationships
Lesson 8
Political and Economic Relationships
USI. 5d

131. SOL
SOL: identify the political and economic relationships between the colonies and Great Britain.

132. Essential Question
How do nations impose political and economic control over other regions or nations?

133. What Do I Need to Know?
Nations seek to expand their political and economic influence to other regions or nations.

134. Hook: Freedoms
How do you feel when your freedoms are limited? Think of a time recently when your freedom was limited: Did you do something to receive this restriction, or was there another reason for this restriction?

135. Economic Relationships
Great Britain imposed strict control over trade
Great Britain taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War

136. Economic Relationships
Colonies traded raw materials for goods

137. Political Relationships
Colonists had to obey British laws that were enforced by governors.
England became Great Britain in the early 1700s.

138. Political Relationships
Colonial governors were appointed by the king or by the proprietor.

139. Political Relationships
Colonial legislatures made laws for each colony and were monitored by colonial governors.

140. Write to Learn:
Imagine that you are running for the lower house of a colonial legislature. Why are you running for office?
Write at least ½ page.

141. Political and Economic Relationships Between the Colonies and England)
Quick
Quiz

142. The colonists were angry because England imposed strict control over ___.
TRADE

143. After the French and Indian War, what did England do to the colonies?
TAXED them!

144. If a colonist wanted goods, what did they have to trade for the goods?
RAW MATERIALS

145. What did the colonists have to obey that were enforced by governors?
ENGLISH LAWS

146. Who appointed the colonial governors?
King or the proprietor

147. What group made laws for each colony?
COLONIAL LEGISLATURES

148. Who monitored the colonial legislature?
COLONIAL GOVERNOR