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Who was involved? Where did the event take place? When did the event take place? What happened? Why is it significant?
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Dutch, English, French, Spanish, Scandinavian
explorers(who) Participated in a race to claim land in America (what) Explorers from Europe traveled to America (where) 1400-1600’s (when) Competition between nations – global leadership
(why)Desire for wealth (why)Spread of Christianity (why)
Established colonies in America – beginnings of our country (why significant)
Exploration
Mayflower Compact Guided Reading
1. Where are these loyal subjects from (lines 2-3)? Great Britain, France, Ireland
2. Where do these loyal subjects expect to land and settle (line 5)? Northern Virginia
3. What body/group are these people forming (lines 6-7)? Civil Political Body (government made up of citizens)
4. This groups is promising to make fair and just laws (line 8).
Mayflower Compact Guided Reading
5. True/False: This group is only looking out for the best interests of the rich (line 10).
6. Where did this group land (line 11)? Cape Cod, Massachusetts
7. On what date did this ship land (line 12)? November 11, 1620
8. How many subjects took this pledge? Forty-one
So what is the Mayflower Compact?
Setting sail from England Landing at Plymouth Rock – 1620 Group of 41 survivors Thinking: What will help allow this
colony to survive? Drafted the Mayflower Compact Precursor to the U.S. Constitution
So what is the Mayflower Compact?
First attempt at self-government here in the colonies
Pact among subjects to govern themselves with the priority being what is best for the whole group (not just the rich)
Create laws that are just and equal
Why do people explore/experiment?
Why do people explore/experiment?
Why do people explore/experiment?
Why do people explore/experiment?
Why do people explore/experiment?
Why do people explore/experiment?
Why do people explore/experiment?
Why do people explore/experiment?
If you were searching for wealth on new land, what would you dig up?
If you were searching for wealth on new land, what would you dig up?
If you were searching for wealth on new land, what would you dig up?
If you were searching for wealth on new land, what would you dig up?
If you were searching for wealth on new land, what would you dig up?
If you were searching for wealth on new land, what would you dig up?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Who explores?
Why do people
explore?
What European powers began
exploring North America around
1400?
Dutch English French Spanish Scandinavian
Early European Exploration
Why were Europeans Exploring?
Reasons
Competition between nations(other countries were doing it)
Desire for wealth(natural resources on the new land – I don’t have it and I want it)
Spread of religion(Christianity)
Results(short term)
Land acquisition Countries had more land with resources
on it, this makes countries rich, to be rich means you also have power
Colonies were established Permanent settlements/towns
Columbian Exchange Natural resources were shared between
the mother country and its colonies (see map)
War(s) over this land
To take control of an area and have To take control of an area and have people live therepeople live there
Cultures that already existed in North America
were forever changed Who had lived in North American before us?
Destruction of Native American empires Through war: French and Indian War Unintentional: Disease
Great Britain wins the east coast of North America Thirteen original colonies are established
Effects/Impacts(Long Term)
Map Day
See Colonial America packet: p. 4
British Exploration (why) and British Exploration (why) and Colonization (where)Colonization (where)
Land of the free!(freedom of religion)
Lets strike it rich!(wealth)
GB is on its way to the top!
(world power)
Political Strength (competition)
Becoming/maintaining world power status Spain on the way out, GB on the way up in terms of world power
Everyone else is doing it and I don’t want them to be bigger and better than me
Desire for wealth (wealth=power) Mercantilism
Earning wealth through trade (GB huge population with few resources, America few people with great resources) Collect resources/raw materials send them to GB for manufacturing turn
them into finished goods and resell them to colonies
Religious freedom Pilgrims/Puritans/Catholics
Why the British explored…
Did GB find instant success (world
dominance, wealth, and freedom from
persecution)in North America?
Brand new world…
No “colonial” traditions Limited/no guidance No government/authority physically present
Life in the colonies?
What/who was there as the colonists
landed? Houses? Businesses? Roads? People?
Did these Native Americans live life the way colonists had been accustomed to (life in GB)?
Were there ways of life that could be shared though? Exchange of ideas – farming, agriculture, travel
Was life in the colonies all baby names and designer
flags?
What are the benefits of a homogeneous group?
What are the benefits of a homogeneous group?
What are the benefits of a homogeneous group?
What are the benefits of a homogeneous group?
What are the benefits of a homogeneous group?
What are the benefits of a heterogeneous group?
What are the benefits of a heterogeneous group?
What are the benefits of a heterogeneous group?
What are the benefits of a heterogeneous group?
What are the benefits of a heterogeneous group?
And Why?And Why?
How did colonists get houses?
Businesses? Had to bring people with these skills to
the colonies (carpenter, blacksmith, mason, miner, lumberjack, businessmen, wealthy)
Each boat that set sail for the colonies brought with them a new set of skills that Colonial America needed to grow
Was life in the colonies all baby names and designer
flags?
Move to one of the posters around the Move to one of the posters around the room.room.
(New England, Middle Colonies, Southern (New England, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies)Colonies)
1. Climate/Weather
2. What natural resources were most
important to this region?
Southern Colonies
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
British Colonies
Long growing season Fertile, vacant land Sun Access to ports/water Freedom of religion (Maryland)
What did the South offer to Great Britain?
What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?
First (successful) British settlement
Jamestown, Virginia (1606) “deadly” experience (initially)
Sent money, no experience and limited skill
Can you survive w/o shelter, food, water and defense? Finally, colonists recognize the formula for
success = diverse population (skills)
Southern Colonies
Farming culture dominated the South
Due to the weather/climate and landscape
Many, many small farmers Grew enough food for their families and
local town markets Very few large farmers
Grew crops for profit (lots of profit)
Economy of southern colonies
Plantations (really big farms)
Tobacco, cotton, indigo, rice = CASH CROPS!
Required labor: Who did all this work? Slaves As the demand for cash crops increased
(industrial revolution, desire for American tobacco), what happened to the demand for labor? By 1750 slaves were the main source of labor
on southern plantations
Economy of southern colonies
Was everyone in the south a
wealthy plantation owner?
Did everyone have slaves?
In Reality…
Southern Colonies
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
New England Colonies New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island
British Exploration
Ports for trading companies Timber Whale oil Fisheries Religious freedom (reformation)
What did the New England colonies offer
Great Britain?
What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?
What is the climate/environment like
in New England? Little demand for farm labor/slaves
Subsistence/community farming
Creating demand for skilled professionals
New England Economy
Diversity among colonists
Trades/skills Merchants, lumberjacks,
fishermen, ship builders, blacksmiths, weavers, printers
New England Community
Mercantilism
Trade based in raw materials Whale oil, timber/lumber,
fish Natural resources (shipped to
GB); manufactured (in GB) and sold back to the colonies
New England Economy
New England Community
If we are going to survive as a
community, we must… Be family oriented Have women and children involved Maintain faith in religion Provide education
Why is this a need? Read what?
New England Community
John Harvard – 1636
Boston, Massachusetts William and Mary College –
1693 Virginia
Education
Mayflower - 1620 Mayflower Compact
Attempt at self-government (first in colonies)
Court system Representative government (elections)
Legal contract that all agreed to have fair law as to protect the general good (of the community)
New England Community
New England embraced the opportunity to learn from Native
Americans
Will you teach us how to grow crops?
Absolutely, in exchange for resources
and finished goods.
Exchange of information,
techniques, tools (Native Americans/Colonists)
Celebration of successful harvest Survival of the new colony
Thanksgiving
Southern Colonies
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
New England Colonies New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island
Middle Colonies New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware
British Exploration
Blend of New England and Southern colonies Staple crops
Wheat, barley, oats (grains) Trade (beaver pelts) Hunting (deer, wild turkey) Mining (iron, coal) Minimal slave labor
What did the Middle colonies offer to Great
Britain?
What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?
William Penn
Establish a safe home for Quakers Equality of men and women Nonviolence Religious tolerance
Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania
1681 granted a charter by King Charles II
Penn limited his own power Created an elected assembly (representative
self-government)
Capital: Philadelphia- City of Brotherly Love(Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John)
Largest colonial city - 1760
Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania