KUDOs 8.17

KnowFinish Jamestown

Understand8.2 Explain the founding of the

JamestownDO

1.Checkpoint 1-42.Complete OneSheet

3.Mayflower Compact reading

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1. Why was the arrival of women so important?

2. Why did the starving time occur right after John Smith left for England?

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3. Who did Pocahontas marry and what happened after between the colonists and the natives?

4. Explain what a “cash crop” is and what was this particular crop for Virginia?

TIME IS UP!

•Put away your pencils so that I cannot see them.

• You will only be able to write with a red pen while we are

checking answers.

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1. Why was the arrival of women so important?

2. Why did the starving time occur right after John Smith left for England?

Created families= created stability

He was the peace-keeper between the natives and the colonists

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3. Who did Pocahontas marry and what happened after between the colonists and the natives?

4. Explain what a “cash crop” is and what was this particular crop for Virginia?

1. John Rolfe 2. Chief Powhatan and the colonists were once again in a peaceful

trade.

1. A cash crop is a crop that provides cash for the colony. 2.

Tobacco

Africans in Jamestown

• House of Burgesses• Make laws• First

legislature in America

• First 20 Africans• Indentured

servants • about 5-7

years• After be free

Virginia Colony

•Not making $$$•King James

• Distrust of HOB• Hated Tobacco

•Royal “crown” colony

Maryland

• 1634 Founded• Starts growing tobacco too• Competition• Jamestown tobacco is

starting to suffer

Tobacco

• Jamestown starts OVER-producing tobacco

• Driving Driving $$$ $$$ DOWN!DOWN!

Bacon’s Rebellion

• Nathaniel Bacon• Governor Berkeley

• Deal with natives• Colonists Not move

west • Bacon opposed deal• Bacon went out and

grabbed land anyway

• Bacon started attacking Jamestown

• Bacon burns Jamestown to the ground

• Bacon’s dies• Berkeley in charge and

rebuilds

KUDOs 8.18

KnowPlymouth Colony

Understand8.3 Explain the founding of the Plymouth Colony

DO1.Checkpoint 1-4

2.Mayflower Compact Questions3.OneSheet: Plymouth Colony

Checkpoint 8.18

1. Explain what an “Indentured Servant” is.

2. What was the “House of Burgesses?”

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3. Name two reasons for the downfall of Jamestown.

4. Why was Nathaniel Bacon upset with Berkeley?

TIME IS UP!

•Put away your pencils so that I cannot see them.

• You will only be able to write with a red pen while we are

checking answers.

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1. Explain what an “Indentured Servant” is.

2. What was the “House of Burgesses?”

People paid for their passage to the New World by working for an

employer for a certain number of years at which they would get their

own piece of land.

The first legislative assembly in America where officials were elected by

land-owning men.

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3. Name two reasons for the downfall of Jamestown.

4. Why was Nathaniel Bacon upset with Berkeley?

1. Over-production of tobacco caused price to decrease. 2. Maryland started producing

tobacco which caused competition.

He catered to the natives too much, setting up a deal where the

colonists could not encroach upon their land.

Mayflower Compact

1. Based on the primary source, why was Plymouth colonized?2. Were the Pilgrims loyal to King James or wanting

freedom?3. Which line explains why the compact was written?

(Use a postie)

You tell the story…

What two groups of people opposed the Church of England following King Henry IIIV breakaway from the Roman Catholic

Church and why?

1. Separatists (wished to separate from the Church of England and form their own church)

2. Puritans (wished to reform, or “purify” the Church of England)

What was the primary reason the Pilgrims decided to move to America?

1. They were being persecuted in England

2. They wanted religious freedom.

When was the Plymouth Colony founded, where was it located and why?

1. The Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620 with a permission to settle in the Virginia Colony

2. Along the Massachusetts coast near Cape Cod.

3. Originally supposed to settle much further south in the Virginia territory but they were taken off course

What was the Mayflower Compact and what did it do and why is it so important?

1. Because they were no longer under the government of Virginia Company and they had to establish their own form of government

2. a document drafted by the passengers of the Mayflower

3. established an organized and orderly government before they went ashore.

4. It is a key piece in the development of a representative, democratic government in America.

What role did William Bradford and Squanto play in the founding of Plymouth Colony?

1. William Bradford was one of the first leaders of the Plymouth settlement who helped establish relations with Native Americans thus insuring their survival.

2. Squanto was an English-speaking, Native American who befriended the colonists, teaching them how to fish, where to hunt, and what to farm. He was key to their survival in the first few years. He also played a vital role in their relations with the Wampanoag Indians.

Jamestown/ Plymouth Venn Diagram

• You need al least 5 notes per side and 3 in the center

• Ideas:– Reason for colonizing– Geographic location– Government– Struggles– Local Native Tribes/interactions– Successes– Demographics