Unit 1 - From New World To Revolution Day 3– The English Colonies

Warm Up – Walk and Talk #1) BE SURE TO GRAB YOUR WARM-UP SHEET #2) Everybody will be getting a slip of paper with a quote from De La Casas #3) You will need to walk around the classroom and find multiple different quotes. #4) Create a free response on De La Casas and his accounts

The Chesapeake Colonies in the Seventeenth Century

The English Arrive - 1st Theme – Restless People Primogeniture (elders benefit) Enclosure Acts /Overcrowding Unemployment Religious Oppression

The English Arrive – 2nd Theme – Political Opportunity Spanish Wealth and Control inspires 1588 Spanish Armada defeated (opens Atlantic) Religious Institutions and Government unrest

3 Types of Colonies Corporate (Joint Stock) – Investment Centered Royal Colonies – charter from the king under his control Proprietary – charter from king governed by individuals ****all will eventually become royally****

Settling North America 1st Settlement – Roanoke – Sir Walter Raleigh 1585 Disappeared without warning Virginia Company (Joint Stock Company)– Jamestown – John Smith 1607

Virginia - Political 1619 House of Burgesses - 1st elected assembly in N.A. ***Only landowners were elected*** By 1624 Jamestown/VA becomes a royal colony

Virginia - Economic Seeking Gold 1609-1610 “starving time” leads to shift John Rolfe makes tobacco GOLD

Turn and Talk -Tobacco Prices: 1618-1710 Why did tobacco prices decline so precipitously?

Virginia - Social Culture Clash between English and Natives Powhatan Indians – Positive relationships due to Pocahontas /Rolfe

Virginia - Social Attempts at positive relationships destroyed by tobacco (land) 1st Powhatan War – 1622 2nd - 1644 Tobacco leads to 2 labor force issues Indentured Servitude (Headright System) Slavery (1619)

What do you see?

Powhatan fall The 3 Ds: Disease Disorganization Disposability Disease- measles, small pox Disorganization - natives could not unite for a various number of reasons Disposability - whites now growing their own crops, natives are not used as labor, everyone wants land

Today’s Activity Small Group Rotations Create Free-Form Picture/Word Map that categorizes text information Colony details (settlement, etc) Political Aspects Social Aspects Economic Aspects Divide tasking in group; be prepared to present to class Classmates will take Cornell Notes on presentations

Key ideas to make sure you now!!! Maryland: Lord Baltimore, Catholic Haven,1633 Act of Toleration West Indies: Sugar Plantation (no food), African Slaves, Barbados Slave Codes Carolinas: Restoration Colonies, Slavery transfer from W. Indies (S.C), Rice and Indigo Georgia: Buffer state between Spanish FL, Founded by Oglethrope, prisoners haven, last of 13 colonies

Questions to Answer CHESAPEAKE QUESTIONS DUE IN CLASS 9/24 DIRECTIONS: There are 10 questions total on the next two slides. On separate sheets of paper, answer the following questions. I expect detailed answers with proof from the Powerpoint, book, and previous historical knowledge. 1) What were the three D’s which finally led to Powhatan’s fall? What would you have done if you were in Powhatan’s position? 2) How did Native life change with the arrival of the English? 3) Describe the Importance AND potential implications of Virginia’s cash crop? Positives and negatives? 4) Describe key points of Maryland. Name at least 5. 5) Highlight developments of Sugar in the West Indies Remember 6-10 on the next slide!

Questions to Answer 6) To what extent did the Civil War in England affect colonization in the New World? 7) Describe and analyze the development of the Carolinas…founding? Slaves? Crops? Religion? 8) What was the relationship between colonials in the Carolinas and the natives? 9) The purpose of Georgia? Its highlights in foundation? Crops and materials for import/export? 10) Compare the plantation colonies? Religion? System of labor? Other factors?