United States History

In The Beginning…

Discuss the following questions with your group write your answers on the big paper..

What countries do you think the first immigrants came from?

Why do you think the first immigrants came to the New World? Give a social, political and economic reason.

In 1492, Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue…

Who Came To The Colonies…

BritishFrenchSpanishScots-IrishGermansPortugueseJewsSwedes

DutchWelshIrishScotsBelgiansSwiss

They came from here …

… and landed here.

Why Did People Come Here?

• Social ReasonReligious

FreedomPilgrims-Mass.Puritans-Mass.Quakers-Penn.

Economic Reasons•Greater Opportunities•More Land to farm•GOLD!!

Why Did People Come Here?

Political ReasonsObjections to established rulesIntolerancePersecution

The “Old Country” allows their citizens to leave Europe and set up colonies in the “New World” because…….

MERCANTILISMDefinition: an economic policy designed to enhance the power and wealth of the mother countries by taking natural resources and wealth from the new lands.

Give and Take Relationship

The colonists were allowed to come in exchange forThe Mother Country take the resources of the land.

How long can this last?

TENSIONS WILL RISE!!!!

Stay tuned for further details in United States History!

$2.00 Summary

On the back of your poster….Write a summary as a group of what you learned today. Each word is $.05 The following words are FREE. •The, and, or, a, an, is

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COMING SOON:

An American Revolution