1. Early Native American Settlements Native Americans home were designed for the areas they lived in. LONGHOUSE Built with pole frames and elm tree bark covering. Tribes stay in the same place for a long time. TEEPEE made of a cone-shaped wooden frame with a covering of buffalo hide. Teepees designed to pack up quickly so tribes could follow buffalo herds (main source of food) Pueblo Adobe Homes (Adobe is clay and straw baked into hard bricks) multi-story houses like apartments.

2. Early English Colonies Roanoke, NC Jamestown, VA Plymouth, MA

3. Settlement at Roanoke, North Carolina Handout Roanoke Island-Discovery Learning

5. Settlement at Jamestown, Virginia 1606  Virginia Company gets a CHARTER; a legal document that gives rights to a person or company  Problems settlers faced:  Swampy land area  Mosquitoes: spread disease  Lack of clean water supply  Starvation  Native Americans

6. How were these problems solved? Captain John Smith set up rules – Forced people to work – Traded with nearby Native America Villages Powhatan- introduces corn – CASH CROP: crop sold for money Tobacco

7. Would you survive in Jamestown? http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/popupwindow.html

8. What was government like in Jamestown? House of Burgesses – Representative Government Voters can elect representatives to make laws for them – Only male property owners could vote

9. Settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts 1620 Pilgrims came to practice their religion freely Known as Separatists- they wanted to separate from the official church, The Church of England. Pilgrims came from England on the Mayflower. 100 men, women, children 2 month trip

10. What was government (charter) like in Plymouth? Mayflower Compact Established rules for their settlement Agreed to consult one another about laws for the colony and promised to work together.

11. Problems and Solutions in Plymouth Major Problems Not enough food to last for harsh winter Not enough shelter from the weather Native Americans Help SQUANTO Brought corn, bean and pumpkin seeds Taught them how to catch eels and other animals to eat Taught Pilgrims how to use fish as fertilizer

12. Success in Plymouth Squanto and the Pilgrims Read the story Tour of Plymouth http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

13. Plymouth and the Pilgrims The Pilgrim’s Voyage Pilgrims in America Virtual Field Trip to Plymouth

14. Directions: Complete the following chart by filling in as much information as you can. ColonyRoanokeJamestownPlymouth Who came to Settle? What were they looking for? When did they arrive? Where did they settle? How did they get there? Why did colony fail or did it survive ?