Agenda for Monday English Establish Colonies discussion and

Agenda for Monday: • English Establish Colonies discussion and notes • State of Nature Activity • Summary and Activity • Take out your ISN and turn to page 13

The English Establish 13 Colonies 1585 - 1732 Learning Objective: What were some of the common ideals that link the Mayflower Compact, the establishment of the House of Burgesses, and town meetings?

House Of Burgesses • The English kings who ruled the 13 original colonies reserved the right to decide the fate of their colonies as well, but not alone. The colonists drew upon their claims to traditional English rights and insisted on raising their own representative assemblies. Such was the case with the VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES, the first popularly elected legislature in the New World. http: //www. beyondbooks. com

• The first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia. This was the House of Burgesses, and it first met on July 30, 1619, at a church in Jamestown. Its first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco. • http: //www. socialstudiesforkids. com/article s/ushistory/houseofburgesses. htm

House of Burgesses • Created in 1619 in Virginia • First representative assembly in American colonies

Town Meetings • Form of self-government • people made laws and other decisions for the community

State of Nature Activity • Blue: Has the right to collect from ALL • Red: Has the right to collect from Green and Purple • Green: Has the right to collect from Yellow and Red • Purple: Has the right to collect from Red and White • Yellow: Has the right to collect from Red and Green • White: No Rights to collect cards

Follow up questions • How would this apply to the Pilgrims? Why did they feel it necessary to form laws before leaving the Mayflower?

Mayflower Compact Video

• Definition: The Mayflower Compact was a document signed by 41 male Pilgrims on November 21, 1620. By signing this document, the men agreed to form a temporary government and be bound by its laws. The compact became the basis of government in the Plymouth Colony. • http: //www. socialstudiesforkids. com/wwww /us/mayflowercompactdef. htm

Mayflower Compact • Established Nov. , 1620 in Massachusetts • Men on Mayflower vowed to obey the laws agreed upon for the good of the colony • Helped establish the idea of selfgovernment and majority rule

Assignment: • Draw a picture to illustrate the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, or a town meeting • Write your summary. It should be 3 – 5 sentences in length and answer the learning objective: What were some of the common ideals that link the Mayflower Compact, the establishment of the House of Burgesses, and town meetings?