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Life in early America
Objectives/Standards:
Students will examine similarities between coloniesthrough grouping activity and analytical skills.
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Do Now
Brainstorm some push factorsand some pull factors whycolonists may come to the NewWorld
Colony – What is a colony?A settlement in a new area.
The first English colonies in NorthAmericawere along the eastern coast.
Colonist – What is a Colonist?An English man or woman that moves tothe new world of North America.
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•Some Englishmen came forreligious freedom from the Churchof English.
•They wanted land and wealth thatthey couldn’t have in England.
•They wanted freedom from theKing’s rule.
•They wanted a new beginning
•They want adventure.
•They wanted gold and riches.
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•Self-rule
•By 1735 there were over6 million English menwomen and childrenlooking to the 13 EnglishColonies here in NorthAmerica for a newbeginning.
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Each colony was unique in it’s characteristics. However, theyare grouped together based on location, reasons they werefounded, and what types of industries they had.
Directions: each team will begiven a piece of chart paperand a list of the original 13colonies. Group the coloniesin appropriate groups withyour team. You will have 5minutes!
New York
North Carolina
Georgia
Maryland
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Connecticut
Virginia
NewHampshire
Pennsylvania
Delaware
SouthCarolina
Massachusetts
Closure: create a hashtag for thisimage pretending you are on a shipjourneying to the new world
Do Now:
You live in a town near London in the early 1700s.Some of your neighbors are starting new lives inthe American colonies. You would like to go withthem, but you cannot afford the cost of the trip.There is one way you can go, though. You cansign a paper promising to work as a servant forfive years. Then you would be free—and in a newcountry!
Would you sign the paper and go to America?
Puritans – Who were they?The Puritans came to New England toescape the King who punished them fortheir religion. They governed a strictcolony that was based around the bibleand the church.
They had elected officials but they weremale. No women could serve in thePuritan government.
The settlers here made a greatdeal of money fur trapping.
Other economicopportunities in New Englandwere based around the sea:fishing, shipbuilding, andwhaling.
The soil was rocky and sothe New England Colonieswere not known for theirfarms.
People in New Englandtowns lived, worked,and worshiped closetogether.
The meeting house andthe church were themost importantbuildings in the town.
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The Puritans settled inMassachusetts. Becausethey were so strict somePuritans leftMassachusetts andfounded the other NewEngland Colonies. TheColonies of NewHampshire, Connecticut,and Rhode Island werefriendlier more tolerant ofpeople’s differences.
By 1750, busy cities cropped up around the NewEngland colonies.
Boston became world famous for its shipping port.
One room
One teacher
Very strict,children wereoften whipped forpunishment
The main subjectwas reading
Directions: As you read p.78-82identify the reasons Englishcolonists came to New England.Pull out key details
Pilgrims
left England in the early1600s to escape persecution
Puritans
wanted to purify, or reform,the Anglican Church
Reasons for coming to New England
Pilgrims
Puritans
What religion was incontrol of Massachusetts?
Name three ways in whichthe colonies in NewEngland made a living?
What was the soil like inNew England?
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Do Now:
If YOU were there...
A year ago, in 1609, you moved to the colonyof Virginia. Life here has been hard. Duringthe winter many people died of cold orsickness. Food is always scarce. Now it isspring, and a ship has come from Englandbringing supplies. In a week it will sail home.Some of your neighbors are giving up andreturning to England. They ask you to come,too.
Would you take the ship back to England?
Overseer– What is a overseer?Someone that was hired to watch slavesas they worked.
Plantation owners hired overseers to watch theslaves and make sure they did their jobs.
Indigo– What is indigo?A plant that was used in making blue dye.
The farmers grew indigo plants. Indigo was animportant cash crop for the Southern colonies.
As touching the quality of this country,three things there be, which in few yearsmay bring this colony to perfection; theEnglish plow, vineyards, & cattle . . . Allour riches for the present do consist intobacco, wherein one man by his ownlabor has in one year, raised to himself tothe value of 200 pounds sterling; andanother by the means of six servants hascleared at one crop a thousand poundEnglish. These be true, yet indeed rare
examples, yet possible to be done byothers.”
How does this letter indicate the importance oftobacco in Virginia?
PrimarySource!
The settlers here, for the mostpart, wanted to make money.
They brought their familiesand the slaves worked theland.
Many settlers here were richand owned large plantations.A Plantation grows only onetype of crop. Very differentfrom the farms of the MiddleColonies.
-almost entirelyagricultural
-plantations wereabundant
-a large part of theworkforce was Africanslaves
-plantations grewtobacco, rice, andindigo
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-Slavery was legal
-Children born toslaves became slavesthemselves
-Slaves were importedfrom Africa.
-Slave traders made agreat deal of money.
Directions: Pull out key detailsdefining the political, social,and economic factors presentin the southern colonies usingsection 1 in your textbooks
Event
Political
Economic
Social
1.The Foundation ofJamestown
1.In 1605 acompany ofEnglishmerchants askedKing James I forthe right tofound, orestablish, asettlement. In1606 the kinggranted therequest of thecompany tosettle in a regioncalled Virginia.
1.The investors inthe new settlementformed a joint-stockcompany called theLondon Company.about 40 miles upthe James River inVirginia, thecolonists foundedJamestown
1.Most of the men whocame to Jamestownwere adventurers withno farming experienceor useful skills such ascarpentry. Jamestownwas surrounded bymarshes full of disease-carrying mosquitoes.By the time winterarrived, two-thirds ofthe original colonistshad died
Event
Political
Economic
Social
What problems did the Jamestown colonists face?
L.O. Students will examine twocontrasting accounts of thefamous “John Smith” story andcompare and contrast evidencebetween the two
Do Now:
•Listen closely to thefamous Disneysong and compareand contrast NativeAmerican andEuropean Values
Directions: You will be assignedone of two biography’s onCaptain John Smith; one portrayshim as heroic and one asarrogant. You will be responsiblefor arguing your given position inan in class debate. Be sure tohighlight main ideas of yourgiven source!
Exit Ticket
Listen to the song- pull out the main idea fromthe Colonists perspective, then the NativePerspective. What is the song really arguing?
•Boys normally went togrammar schools whilegirls went to dame school.
•There were nochalkboards, maps, orpaper.
•School teachers werestrict and were allowed tohit their students or makethem wear a dunce hat ifthey were bad or said thewrong answer.
In the New England colonies,children were taught to read sothey could study the Bible. Boysgot to also learn Latin and Mathand other subjects to get intocollege. Girls could learn to read,but they weren't allowed to go togrammar school or to college.
In the Middle Colonies, mostschools were private. Studentsalso learned other subjects sothey could get into college. Girlsweren't allowed to attend (unlessthey were Quakers).
In the Southern Colonies, childrenwere mostly taught at home. As inthe other colonies, Southern girlsdid not go to higher schooling.
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As colonists settled and spread across New England, they enteredland that was already lived on by Native Americans.
The Native Americans andcolonists began attacking eachother’s villages.
They had very different ideasabout owning land. Nativesbelieved no one could own landwhile colonists believed youcould own it if you claim it.
Arguments began to lead to warresulting in lives lost. Sometribes were nearly completelywiped out because the Englishsettlers had many advancedweapons.
ColonycolonistMiddle Colonyslaves
Economy indigo persecution overseer
ColonycolonistMiddle Colonyslavesindigo
Economypersecutionoverseer
1.A plant used to make blue dye.
2.Someone hired to watchslaves.
3.A settler from a distantcountry.
4.Land overseas owned byanother country.
5.A worker from Africa.
6. To punish people for theirreligious beliefs.
7. The Breadbasket Colonies.
8. How people make a living.
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1.Indigo
2.Overseer
3.Colonist
4.Colony
5.slave
6.persecute
7.Middle Colonies
8.Economy
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Decide which are facts and which are opinions.
On the next slide, decide if the statement is fact or opinion.Then, tell why.
Fact: A state that is supported by evidenceand is true.
Opinion: A statement that tells what aperson might believe or feel.
Decide which are facts and which are opinions.
1.The settlers traded goods with each other.
2.Farming families were the best workers.
3.Slaves were owned by plantation owners.
4.Leaders during this time were excellent speakers.
5.The Quakers had the best ideas about religion.
6.If children misbehaved in school, they would be punished.
7.Trading is a better way to run a community than using money.
8.The Southern colonies had many plantations.
Write 3 facts and 3 opinions about the colonists andtheir lives by making a t-chart.
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The Breadbasket Colonies
A Nickname for the Middle Colonies becausethey produced so much grain: Oats, wheat,rye.
Immigrant– What is an immigrant?A person that comes into a country tostart a new life.
People came to America from many differentplaces to start a new life.
Diversity– What is diversity?A group of people from very differentbackgrounds.
The Middle colonies were an interesting placeto live because of the diversity among thepeople.
The settlements here wereconsidered a Royal Colonies.The King send governorshere to watch over the MiddleColonies.
However it was difficult forthe King to have much powerover the colonies and manycolonies were considered tobe self-rules.
-The Middle Colonieswere based onagriculture; smallfarms that producedmany different crops.
-There were alsofactories thatproduced iron.
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-Sometimes called the“The Bread Basket”colonies because theygrew so many crops formaking bread.
-The land was lush andfertile.
- The wagon wasinvented in Pennsylvaniaand used for trade.
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-Quiz: what cropsgrew in the MiddleColonies? Namethree.
-What was the soillike?
-Name the fourColonies in theMiddle?
-This religion was a bigpart of life in the MiddleColonies. Although otherreligions were welcome,the Quakers came toPennsylvania to escapepersecution by the King ofEngland.
-Lived in New Jersey, NewYork, Pennsylvania
