Transcript File - Harrisville 13

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Performance Objective: Describe the factors
that led to the founding and settlement of the
thirteen original American colonies including
religious prosecuting, economic opportunity,
geography, adventure, and forced migration.
Today, I will locate and identify the 13
colonies.
My job is to distinguish between the 3 kinds
of regions for the 13 colonies.
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Reasons
1.Religious Prosecution
2.Indentured Servitude
3.Slavery
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Protestant Reformationcreated hundreds of
religious groups
Also caused great
conflict in Europe
People left Europe and
came to America to
start practicing the
religion that they
wanted
Martin Luther and His
95 Theses
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50% of the people that came over to the New
World were indentured servants
They couldn’t afford to come to America
Signed a contract instead to work as a servant
in America
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African villages caught their own people and
sold them to the Europeans
The Europeans then carried them to the
Americas to work on plantations and farms
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Charter colony – consisted of a document
granting permission to a group to settle and
trade in a certain area
◦ Example: Virginia
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Royal colony – under direct control of a king
Proprietary colony – granted to an individual
or group by the British crown and that was
granted full rights of self-government
◦ Example: Maryland, Pennsylvania
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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
and New Hampshire
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Economics – fishing, made their own clothes and
shoes, shipbuilding, industry, timber, furs,
craftsmen
Climate – summers were mild, but winters were
very cold
Crops – limited by hilly terrain and rocky soil
Transportation – major ports
People lived by fish, timber, and fur
Religion – Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers
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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
Delaware
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Economics – agriculture and industry,
farmlands, mills (textile/paper)
Climate – coastal lowlands, moderate climate
Transportation – harbors and bays (wide,
deep rivers)
People lived by grains; nicknamed
“breadbasket colonies”
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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina
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Economics – agriculture,
plantations, farmland
Climate – humid, great for
growing crops
Crops – cotton, tobacco, rice,
sugar, and indigo
Transportation – harbors and
rivers
People lived by farming and
had indentured servants and
slaves
Answer them on a sheet of notebook paper.
1. What is the colony that is farthest south?
2. What is the colony that is farthest north?
3. What region of colonies is North Carolina in?
4. What colony is east of Connecticut?
5. Which region of colonies is New York in?
6. Which region of colonies had a good climate
for agriculture?
7. Which region of colonies was nicknamed the
“breadbasket” colonies and why?
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Imagine they are a colonist who lives in one of
the 13 colonies.
Write a letter back to your family in Great
Britain about your life in America. Must be at
least 7 sentences! The letter must include:
Your name (real or made up)
Name of the colony you live in
Name of the region the colony is in
Your job
List the main crops in your colony
Describe your home and the town you live in
List the major cities (ports) you go to when you need
to trade
◦ Describe one thing you like about living in America
◦ Describe one thing you miss about Great Britain
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