1. Unit 4: Colonial Life
Unit Overview

3. Reasons people left Europe and settled in the Americas LAND EMPLOYMENT
Many people did not own their own land.
EMPLOYMENT
There was a shortage of jobs in the cities.
POPULATION
The population of Europe had increased.
FREEDOM
There was very little religious freedom.
PUSH FACTORS
There was plenty of room for people.
There was the hope of more freedom.
PULL FACTORS
There was the opportunity to own land.
There were jobs available.

4. Comparing Regional Settlement Patterns
New England
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
Geographic Factors
Economic Factors
Cultural/Social Factors
Healthy climate
Fertile land good for growing grains
Settlement in coastal areas
Settlement along rivers
Settlement in coastal areas
Settlements along rivers
Fertile land good for cash crops like tobacco and rice
Long growing season
Healthy climate
Settlement in coastal areas
Settlement along rivers
Forests for lumbering
Fishing
Some small farms
Manufacturing of things like ships
Small and large farms
Some manufacturing
big plantations and small farms
Religion
Farms surrounded towns where religion was very important
Religion
Many diverse cultural groups
People of the same culture like Germans settled together
People were more spread out and there were few towns

5. New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies
A wide variety of economic activities
Mainly English settlers
Religion
Settlements along rivers
People and settlements more spread out
Many diverse cultural groups
Fertile
land

6. Interactions between Native Americans and English Settlers
Disease
Loss of land
Loss of hunting areas
Enslavement
Trade
New
Technology
Benefits to Native
Americans
Consequences
Interactions between Native Americans and English Settlers
Different Perspectives
Conflict
Causes
Effects
About land
About religion
Different points of view
Taking of land
Many deaths
Native Americans lose more land

7. FREEDOM
How did the desire for freedom affect English settlement in the colonies?
What kinds of freedom were people looking for?

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contradiction
when two ideas or actions are in conflict
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Were there contradictions relating to freedom in the times of early settlement?

9. Owning land is important Native American land was taken.
Belief
Contradiction
Owning land is important
Native American land was taken.
Religious freedom is important
There was a large push to convert Native Americans to Christianity
Freedom to make your own choices is important
Native Americans were denied freedom.

10. Cause Cause Cause Effect Effect Effect
Competition for Resources
Cause
Settlers pushed Native Americans off land.
Cause
Native American
crops were trampled by settler animals.
Conflicts
between Native Americans
and English settlers
Effect
Native Americans were pushed farther and farther west.
Effect
English colonists began to settle in new areas.
Effect
Many people were killed on both sides.