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Life in the American Colonies

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1 Life in the American Colonies 1607 - 1770
How does geography influence the way people live? How do new ideas change the way people live? Why does conflict develop?

2 Colonial Economy: How does geography influence the way people live? *New England *Middle Colonies *Southern *Slavery

3 Layout of a slave ship.

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5 Colonial Government: How do new ideas change the way people live? *Protected rights *Representative Government *English Bill of Rights *English economic ploicies

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7 Decoding the Magna Carta
Directions: -Hand your essay to an emissary from your table. -Emissaries bring the essays to me. -Emissaries pick up the papers from the back counter. -Read through the excerpts from the Magna Carta. -As a group, work to decode and answer the questions (1-7). *You only have ½ hour, so GET TO WORK!!!!

8 Parliament Building

9 Culture and Society How do new ideas change the way people live? *Family roles *Colonial education *The Great Awakening *Enlightenment *Freedom?

10 George Whitefield Colonial hornbook

11 Great Awakening Essential Question:
Why was George Whitefield so popular? Procedures: View PowerPoint Sourcing the documents Contextualizing the documents Complete the graphic organizer Answer the essential question on the back of your organizer

12 Rivalry in North America
Why does conflict develop? Which groups fought? Why did they fight? Important battles Important people How did it end? What happened after?

13 Pontiac


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