13 Colonies Life in early America ObjectivesStandards Students

13 Colonies Life in early America Objectives/Standards: Students will examine similarities between colonies through grouping activity and analytical skills.

Do Now Brainstorm some push factors and some pull factors why colonists may come to the New World

Vocabulary Colony – What is a colony? A settlement in a new area. The first English colonies in North America were along the eastern coast. Colonist – What is a Colonist? An English man or woman that moves to the new world of North America.

Original 13 Colonies

Reasons Why • Some Englishmen came for religious freedom from the Church of English. • They wanted land wealth that they couldn’t have in England. • They wanted freedom from the King’s rule. • They wanted a new beginning • They want adventure. • They wanted gold and riches.

Other Reasons Why • Self-rule • By 1735 there were over 6 million English men women and children looking to the 13 English Colonies here in North America for a new beginning.

The Colonies Each colony was unique in it’s characteristics. However, they are grouped together based on location, reasons they were founded, and what types of industries they had.

Directions: each team will be given a piece of chart paper and a list of the original 13 colonies. Group the colonies in appropriate groups with your team. You will have 5 minutes!

New York North Carolina Georgia Maryland Rhode Island New Jersey Connecticut Virginia New Hampshire Pennsylvania Delaware South Carolina Massachusetts

Closure: create a hashtag for this image pretending you are on a ship journeying to the new world

New England Colonies

Do Now: You live in a town near London in the early 1700 s. Some of your neighbors are starting new lives in the American colonies. You would like to go with them, but you cannot afford the cost of the trip. There is one way you can go, though. You can sign a paper promising to work as a servant for five years. Then you would be free—and in a new country! Would you sign the paper and go to America?

Vocabulary Puritans – Who were they? The Puritans came to New England to escape the King who punished them for their religion. They governed a strict colony that was based around the bible and the church. They had elected officials but they were male. No women could serve in the Puritan government.

New England Colonies The settlers here made a great deal of money fur trapping. Other economic opportunities in New England were based around the sea: fishing, shipbuilding, and whaling. The soil was rocky and so the New England Colonies were not known for their farms.

New England Colonies Facts People in New England towns lived, worked, and worshiped close together. The meeting house and the church were the most important buildings in the town.

New England Colonies Facts The Puritans settled in Massachusetts. Because they were so strict some Puritans left Massachusetts and founded the other New England Colonies. The Colonies of New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island were friendlier more tolerant of people’s differences.

New England Colonies By 1750, busy cities cropped up around the New England colonies. Boston became world famous for its shipping port.

New England Colonies School One room One teacher Very strict, children were often whipped for punishment The main subject was reading

Directions: As you read p. 78 -82 identify the reasons English colonists came to New England. Pull out key details Reasons for coming to New England Pilgrims left England in the early 1600 s to escape persecution Puritans wanted to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church

Pilgrims Puritans

Closure What religion was in control of Massachusetts? Name three ways in which the colonies in New England made a living? What was the soil like in New England?

Southern Colonies

Do Now: If YOU were there. . . A year ago, in 1609, you moved to the colony of Virginia. Life here has been hard. During the winter many people died of cold or sickness. Food is always scarce. Now it is spring, and a ship has come from England bringing supplies. In a week it will sail home. Some of your neighbors are giving up and returning to England. They ask you to come, too. Would you take the ship back to England?

Vocabulary Overseer– What is a overseer? Someone that was hired to watch slaves as they worked. Plantation owners hired overseers to watch the slaves 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 an important cash crop for the Southern colonies.

As touching the quality of this country, Primary three things there be, which in few years Source! may bring this colony to perfection; the English plow, vineyards, & cattle. . . All our riches for the present do consist in tobacco, wherein one man by his own labor has in one year, raised to himself to the value of 200 pounds sterling; and another by the means of six servants has cleared at one crop a thousand pound English. These be true, yet indeed rare letter indicate examples, yet possible How to does be this done by the importance of tobacco in Virginia? others. ”

Southern Colonies The settlers here, for the most part, wanted to make money. They brought their families and the slaves worked the land. Many settlers here were rich and owned large plantations. A Plantation grows only one type of crop. Very different from the farms of the Middle Colonies.

Southern Colonies Economy -almost entirely agricultural -plantations were abundant -a large part of the workforce was African slaves -plantations grew tobacco, rice, and indigo

Southern Colonies Facts -Slavery was legal -Children born to slaves became slaves themselves -Slaves were imported from Africa. -Slave traders made a great deal of money.

Directions: Pull out key details defining the political, social, and economic factors present in the southern colonies using section 1 in your textbooks

Southern Colonies Event Political Economic Social 1. The Foundation of Jamestown 1. In 1605 a company of English merchants asked King James I for the right to found, or establish, a settlement. In 1606 the king granted the request of the company to settle in a region called Virginia. 1. The investors in the new settlement formed a joint-stock company called the London Company. about 40 miles up the James River in Virginia, the colonists founded Jamestown 1. Most of the men who came to Jamestown were adventurers with no farming experience or useful skills such as carpentry. Jamestown was surrounded by marshes full of diseasecarrying mosquitoes. By the time winter arrived, two-thirds of the original colonists had died

Southern Colonies Event Political Economic Social

Exit Ticket What problems did the Jamestown colonists face?

L. O. Students will examine two contrasting accounts of the famous “John Smith” story and compare and contrast evidence between the two

Do Now: • Listen closely to the famous Disney song and compare and contrast Native American and European Values virginia company Steady as the Beating Drum

Directions: You will be assigned one of two biography’s on Captain John Smith; one portrays him as heroic and one as arrogant. You will be responsible for arguing your given position in an in class debate. Be sure to highlight main ideas of your given source!

Exit Ticket Listen to the song- pull out the main idea from the Colonists perspective, then the Native Perspective. What is the song really arguing? Savages

Colonial Life…

Facts About School • Boys normally went to grammar schools while girls went to dame school. • There were no chalkboards, maps, or paper. • School teachers were strict and were allowed to hit their students or make them wear a dunce hat if they were bad or said the wrong answer.

Other Facts About School In the New England colonies, children were taught to read so they could study the Bible. Boys got to also learn Latin and Math and other subjects to get into college. Girls could learn to read, but they weren't allowed to go to grammar school or to college. In the Middle Colonies, most schools were private. Students also learned other subjects so they could get into college. Girls weren't allowed to attend (unless they were Quakers). In the Southern Colonies, children were mostly taught at home. As in the other colonies, Southern girls did not go to higher schooling.

Free Time Make new clothes Sleigh Rides & Ice Skate Dances & Social Clubs Barn Raising (was a social event!) Plays

Conflict in the Colonies As colonists settled and spread across New England, they entered land that was already lived on by Native Americans.

Conflict in the Colonies The Native Americans and colonists began attacking each other’s villages. They had very different ideas about owning land. Natives believed no one could own land while colonists believed you could own it if you claim it. Arguments began to lead to war resulting in lives lost. Some tribes were nearly completely wiped out because the English settlers had many advanced weapons.

Vocabulary Quiz Colony colonist Middle Colony Economy indigo persecution slaves overseer Study your vocabulary words. There is a quiz on the next page.

Vocabulary Quiz Colony colonist Middle Colony slaves indigo Economy persecution overseer 1. A plant used to make blue dye. 6. To punish people for their religious beliefs. 2. Someone hired to watch slaves. 7. The Breadbasket Colonies. 3. A settler from a distant country. 8. How people make a living. 4. Land overseas owned by another country. 5. A worker from Africa.

1. Indigo 2. Overseer 3. Colonist 4. Colony 5. slave 6. persecute 7. Middle Colonies 8. Economy Answers:

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 evidence and is true. Opinion: A statement that tells what a person 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 and their lives by making a t-chart. FACTS OPINIONS

Middle Colonies

Vocabulary The Breadbasket Colonies A Nickname for the Middle Colonies because they produced so much grain: Oats, wheat, rye.

Vocabulary Immigrant– What is an immigrant? A person that comes into a country to start a new life. People came to America from many different places to start a new life. Diversity– What is diversity? A group of people from very different backgrounds. The Middle colonies were an interesting place to live because of the diversity among the people.

Middle Colonies The settlements here were considered a Royal Colonies. The King send governors here to watch over the Middle Colonies. However it was difficult for the King to have much power over the colonies and many colonies were considered to be self-rules.

Middle Colonies Economy -The Middle Colonies were based on agriculture; small farms that produced many different crops. -There were also factories that produced iron.

Middle Colonies Facts -Sometimes called the “The Bread Basket” colonies because they grew so many crops for making bread. -The land was lush and fertile. - The wagon was invented in Pennsylvania and used for trade.

Middle Colonies -Quiz: what crops grew in the Middle Colonies? Name three. -What was the soil like? -Name the four Colonies in the Middle?

Middle Colonies The Quakers -This religion was a big part of life in the Middle Colonies. Although other religions were welcome, the Quakers came to Pennsylvania to escape persecution by the King of England. -Lived in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania