History of U.SFormation of the Colonies

DO NOWJournal Writing

Respond to this prompt:What are you willing to

sacrifice to get something that you want? Is it all about you or do you consider others when trying to get what you want?

Native Peoples First ones to settle this land

Many different tribes Many differences in religion,

hunting, dress Differences usually determined

by the geography of where they lived

Learned how to work with the land

Settlers to the Land Many European countries sent

explorers to The Americas: Spain France English Dutch

Settled in the 1500-1600

Jamestown Three ships left

England April 1607

Dense vegetation: Huge Strawberries

Oysters

The London Company sponsored the trip

They elected a board

John Smith was named to the Board

Named for the King of England, James I.

Agreement with Spain: We will stop raiding your ships, you stop killing our settlers.

DO NOW 4/21/14 What are three reasons that people wanted

to come over to the Americas? Why did they want to leave their home and what were they looking for?

Why do people move to a new place in today’s society? Do people today move for the same reasons the settlers of the 1600-1700s coming to America did? What are some of the similarities and what are some differences?

Geography of Jamestown

Geography Contd.Land was swampy

Horrible drinking water

Mosquitos

Poor farm land

Recipe for disaster Lazy, untrained “Gentlemen”

No women

Expected the land covered in gold and precious gems

The London Company paid them a salary and did not allow them to own land. No incentive to work hard

Many killed by germs and Indians

1609-1610 The Starving Time

Lost 90% of the original settlers

First colony to survive and John Smith remained and was elected president of the colony. Hard worker Worked with the Natives Moved up to New England and

named the area.

USA

Do Now

Respond to this prompt in your journal:What is the difference

between the concepts “truth” and “story”?

The PilgrimsFrom Europe to The New World

The Mayflower Came seeking Religious freedom

Traveled from England to Holland

Agreed to work for a business for 7 years for passage to the New World. Send furs and timber back

102 people sailed form England in the Mayflower

35 of them were the Pilgrims

Settlers arrived in the New Nation after 66+ days and nights at sea

Much quarreling about how the settlement should be set up

Creation of the Mayflower Compact First set of laws with majority rule

Right to choose their leader

Religious freedom

Settled in Plymouth John Smith and found it 6 years before

Geography of New England

13 Colonies Project

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies Southern Colonies

Rhode Island Delaware MarylandConnecticut Pennsylvania VirginiaMassachusetts New York North CarolinaNew Hampshire New Jersey South Carolina    Georgia

•Using the list below, fill in the map of the 13 Colonies.

•Choose between two projects:1.Notecard Colony book2.Colony timeline

Ms. Anderson will provide example of each activity. You will use a computer and a text book to find your information.

For each colony you will find the following information: When it was founded

Who founded it

Major Cities

Major Industries

When it became a state

Native American tribes around the colony

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/13coloniesdef.htm

Start time line with first colony and end with last one.

Earliest to Latest