1. Welcome! The Topic For Today Is The 13 Colonies

2. New England Question: New England experienced long tough (HARSH) winters and provided poor land for producing agriculture, so what did they depend upon for economic success? Answer Lumber, fishing, and shipbuilding industries

3. 13 Colonies Question: Each colony needed government, explain why Answer HINT: [Why did Hammurabi create the first code of laws?] To maintain order

4. Flash Back… Ancient World Question: The colonists created a government that had an assemble of elected representatives that were colonists, which ancient civilization did they have this in common with? Answer I know you may thing Greece (that’s direct democracy…) It’s Rome (Representative Democracy! “REMEMBER”

5. 13 Colonies Question: What were the colonists looking for by establishing colonies in the New World? Answer Money, Religious FREEDOM, better life, hope of opportunity.

6. 13 Colonies Question: Why did the colonists turn to slave labor? Answer Indentured Servants that were white blended into the colonial population Natives died from European diseases Africans were used to farming and their dark skin made it difficult for them to escape

7. 13 Colonies Question: List three cash crops developed to support the economic systems of the first 13 colonies? Answer Sugar Tobacco Cotton

8. Southern Colonies Question: The Southern colonies were know for: Answer Farming/ Planation's and producing cash crops Led to a dependency on free labor (SLAVE TRADE)

9. Middle Colonies Question: The middle Colonies : Answer Economic system that produced Lumber…shipbuilding Diverse (Dutch, Irish, French, German, ….) Offered religious freedoms

10. New England Colonies Question: The New England Colonies were: Answer Made farming difficult (rocky and harsh winters). Deepened on lumbering, shipbuilding, and trade to sustain their economic existence.

11. Middle Colonies Question: Which colony gave Quakers a safe place to worship? Answer Pennsylvania

12. Question: Which New England colony provided religious freedom? (Massachusetts, Rhode Island or Connecticut) Answer Rhode Island….remember Rhode Island

13. New England Colonies Question: Roger Williams of Rhode Island stated: “Forced worship,” he declared, “stinks in Gods nostrils.” What can you infer based on this statement? Answer Rhode Island offered religious freedom unlike Massachusetts and Connecticut

14. Question: Describe the meaning and purpose of the Mayflower Compact? Answer An agreement written by the passengers of the Mayflower ship to agree to work together Establish that they wanted to govern themselves

15. Flash Back Greece/ Rome Question: Name three things Representative Democracy and Direct Democracy have in common? Answer Citizens Vote Juries (to decide court cases) Government created for the people ran by the people

16. Question: What are CASH CROPS? Answer Crops sold in large quantities in order to make a profit Sugar, Cotton, and Tobacco

17. Flash Back Question: Democracy... “Representative” Answer Citizens elect representatives to make or carry out laws

18. Flash Back Question: Describe and Assembly : Answer GROUP of elected lawmakers

19. New England Colonies Question: Who were the Puritans? What did they want to purify? Answer People who wanted to “purify” the English church- Goal to simplify the church’s ranks of authority

20. Flash Back Question: Who first created JURIES? What are juries used for? Answer Greeks (To decide the guilt or innocence if an individual if a law has been broken)

21. 13 Colonies Question: Parliament is… Answer Lawmaking body….OF ENGLAND- Composed of elected representatives

22. 13 Colonies Question: What is a petition? How could a petition be used in government? Answer Make a formal demand or request usually in writing – (a collection of citizens signatures) It can be used to advocate for change (demand change)

23. 13 Colonies Question: What is the slave trade? Why was it used? Answer The business of capturing and transporting (selling) people as slaves For the production of cash crops and free labor

24. 13 Colonies Question: What is an indentured servant? Answer A person that would settle a debt by working several years for a master who bought his/her services

25. 13 Colonies Question: Describe an economy…why is the success of a colony dependent upon the success of their economy? Answer The way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services (Ask your partner to explain, why this would lead to the success of a colony?)

26. 13 Colonies Question: What are Rights? What are the three most important rights in your opinion every human being should have? Answer Powers or privileges that belong to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government

27. Flash Back Question: What is a social CLASS? Remember, Ancient Egypt “social pyramid” Answer A part of society defined by such qualities as wealth occupation, and inherited titles of honors. A society may have an upper class, a middle class and a lower class.

28. Last one Question: The great awakening….. What is this? First, infer what you think it means…HINT Renaissance Answer A revival of religious feeling and belief of the American Colonies…