1. Explain the factors that shaped British Colonial America
SS3H3: British Colonies
Explain the factors that shaped
British Colonial America

2. GSE SS3HS Standards
a. Identify key reasons why the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies were founded (religious freedom and profit).
b. Compare and contrast colonial life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies (education, economy, and religion).
c. Describe colonial life in America from the perspectives of various people: large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, children, indentured servants, slaves, and American Indians.

3. Three Regions New England, Mid-Atlantic, & Southern
Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies!
In your writer’s notebook, write down the thirteen original colonies by looking at a map online.

4. Check your work

9. Video Short: 13 Original Colonies
Summarize the video in your writer’s notebook.

10. Brainpop: 13 colonies Summarize the video in your writer’s journal.
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11. New England Colonies

12. Video Short – NE Colony
In your writer’s notebook, summarize key points of the video.

13. Reasons for founding NE Colonies: Find the Nouns
Pilgrims and Puritans came to North America from England. They were seeking religious freedom. Pilgrims, who originally founded the Massachusetts Bay colony, wanted to separate from the Church of England. Puritans, who originally settled the Plymouth colony, did not want to separate from the Church of England, they wanted to purify it and make it their own.
Other New England colonies were founded by dissenters of Puritans. These are groups of people who broke away from the Puritans.

14. Geography and resources NE Colonies: find the nouns
Thick forests provided wood for building ships and houses.
The ocean provided fish and whales.
There was thin rocky soil, rugged mountains, and long cold winters. These winters resulted in a short growing season for farming.
Harsh winters

15. Industries and occupations NE Colonies
Most New Englanders were farmers – but farms only provided food for their family.
There were three main industries that allowed settlers to provide for their family. These industries included:
Ship Building
Fishing and Whaling– cod was exported and whale oil was fuel
Fur Trading

16. NE Colonies: Religion
Religion was central to Puritan way of life. Those against Puritans left Massachusetts.
Rhode Island’s separation of church and government became part of United States Constitution.

17. History – Puritanism
In your writer’s journal, summarize what it means to be a Puritan.

18. Build a town

19. Read: NE Colony
Pair up and read the information from the website. Be prepared to share at least one interesting thing with the class.

20. NE Homes

22. Colonial town interactive

23. School in NE Colony
Draw a Venn Diagram in your writer’s journal and compare and contrast your school day with that of a day in New England.

24. New England Colonies: Interactive
Explore the website and see the many different perspectives of life during this time period. In your writer’s journal, write three important things you learned.

25. Quia: Ne Colonies

26. Middle Colonies

27. Video Short: Middle Colonies
Summarize your findings in your writer’s notebook

28. Middle Colony Climate and geography Find the nous
Climate/Geography – The Middle colonies spanned the Mid-Atlantic region of America and were temperate in climate with warm summers and cold winters. Geography ranged from coastal plains along the coastline, piedmont (rolling hills) in the middle, and mountains farther inland. This area had good coastal harbors for shipping. Climate and land were ideal for agriculture. These colonies were known as the “breadbasket” because of the large amounts of barley, wheat, oats, and rye that were grown here.

29. Reason for founding the middle colonies
The Middle Colonies were founded by proprietors who wanted to make money. They divided the land into small farms and sold it to colonists.

30. Middle Colonies occupations
Farmers
Miners
Lumbermen
Artisans/Craftsmen

31. Artisan
An artisan is a skilled worker who makes things with his or her hands. The things artisans make can be either for use or for decoration. Some of the things they make are furniture, sculpture, clothing, jewelery, household items, and tools.
Sometimes artisans make things by hand that are usually made by machine today. The hand-made items can be called "artisanal". Some of those items are food products, including bread, beverages or cheese.

32. Artisan: Blacksmithing

33. Middle colonies religion find the nouns
Religion – Religion in the Middle Colonies was varied as no single religion seemed to dominate the entire region. Religious tolerance attracted immigrants from a wide-range of foreign countries who practiced many different religions. Quakers, Catholics, Jews, Lutherans and Presbyterians were among those religious groups that had significant numbers in the middle colonies.

34. More religion
William Penn (Pennsylvania) believed in tolerance of all religions.
Quakers had been killed in England but could worship freely in colonies.
Much religious tolerance lead to diversity of cultures.

35. Middle colonies economy find the verbs
Economy – The Middle Colonies enjoyed a successful and diverse economy. Largely agricultural, farms in this region grew numerous kinds of crops, most notably grains and oats. Logging, shipbuilding, textiles production, and papermaking were also important in the Middle Colonies. Big cities such as Philadelphia and New York were major shipping hubs, and craftsmen such as blacksmiths, silversmiths, cobblers, wheelwrights, wigmakers, milliners, and others contributed to the economies of such cities.

37. Middle colonies government
Proprietors were still in England, so they hired governors to run the colony. Representatives were elected by colonists to help the governor.
Colonists were free to buy and sell goods – people (not government) decided what to produce.

38. Read with a partner
Read the following website with a partner and be prepared to share at least one interesting fact with the class.

39. Middle Colonies Homes
The Dutch homes were a bit different. Their houses were tall, narrow, and made of brick. They faced the water whenever possible, be it the sea or a canal built from the marshy rivers. The beds were built into the walls like cupboards. Some people had leather chairs. The fireplace was decorated with blue and white tiles. And the boys and men ate their dinner with their hats on! It was the way things were.

41. Middle colonies school life
The Middle Colonies enjoyed religious tolerance. But, children went to church schools rather than public schools, so they were also taught religion based on the church school they attended. If you couldn't afford to pay for your child's education, then you couldn't. Children were not treated any differently whether their parents paid for their education or not. The Middle Colonies were known as the bread basket. They grew a great deal of wheat and corn. Kids were often needed to help with the crops. So school was out during planting and harvest cycles.

42. Middle Colonies Quia Review

43. Battleship Quia: Middle Colonies

44. Thirteen Colonies Interactive

45. Southern colonies

46. Southern colonies video short
Summarize the video in your writer’s journal.

47. Jamestown interactive adventure

48. Kids’ Life in the colonies
Go to the website and read the information on life as a kid during colonial times. In your writer’s journal, compare and contrast your life with theirs using a Venn Diagram.

49. Reasons for founding southern colonies
Virginia (Jamestown) - Settlers came looking for gold.
Maryland – Many Catholics came looking for religious freedom.
Carolina and Georgia – Settled so England could gain more control the Southeastern part of North America. The Spanish were currently controlling Florida. The English wanted to create a buffer so the Spanish could not claim more land.
Georgia – This was a place of refuge (safe place) for colonists that had gone in debt.

50. Geography and resources find the nouns
Like the middle colonies, the southern colonies contained the Application Mountains and many harbors. The warm and humid weather and rich soil made the southern colonies perfect for farming. There were tidewaters (waters in the rivers rise with the tides). There was plenty of rain which allowed farmers to have a long growing season (7-8 months a year). The southern colonies specialized in cash crops which included tobacco, sugar, indigo, rice, and cotton.

51. Southern colonies industries and occupation
Southern colonies were known for their plantations, but they still contained many small farms. People that owned plantations were known as planters. Plantation owners had slaves and indentured servants to farm the land. Overseers were hired to watch over and manage the slaves as they worked.

52. Southern colonies government
Colonists wanted a voice in creating laws. Virginia set up first legislature of the colonies. Representatives served in House of Burgesses Legislature is group of people with the power to make or change laws. Who are not represented in this picture?

53. Religion: Southern colony
Catholics who were persecuted in England came to Maryland. Maryland passed the Toleration Act-law that said all Christians could worship freely. Church's were a main site for social gatherings.

54. Southern people
Many indentured servants and slaves worked on plantations. Colonists fought with Native Americans over land. Families of planters/landowners lived easy lives. They were educated at home. Families on small farms worked hard, women and children helped with chores. Children were poorly educated.

55. Video short: southern colonies
Summarize the video in your writer’s notebook

56. Southern colony: life
In pairs, explore the following website. Be prepared to discuss at least one important fact you learned with the class.

57. Southern colonies: school
In the south, there were very few towns, so there were not many schools. Some kids were sent back to England to attend school. Some had private teachers hired by their family. The big plantations had dancing masters and music teachers for the planters children. Most kids in the south were home schooled.

58. Southern colonies: homes
In the south, there were very few towns. Farmers lived on their farms in farm houses, some nice, some not so nice. A few very successful farmers lived on plantations. The plantations had "great" houses, which were very large houses made of brick and wood. The plantations had green lawns that stretched to a nearby river or waterway, and a great deal of land to grow crops. Some servants lived in the great house; others had homes on the grounds. There were small log cabins for the slaves. Some of the largest planters had private docks. This allowed them to import fine china, silver, fancy clothes, and books from England, and to ship out rice and tobacco to England. Life was very different in the south than it was in the New England and Middle Colonies.

59. Plantation Home

60. Compare: Create a Brochure Interactive

61. PBS Interactive

62. Why were they founded?
In your writer’s notebook, summarize why each colony was successful in one or two sentences.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies

63. Check your answers New England Colonies – religious freedom
Middle Colonies - profit
Southern Colonies – profit

64. New England colony What was their beliefs on: Religion? Economy?
Education?
*partner up and answer in your writer’s notebook

65. Middle colony What was their beliefs on: Religion? Economy? Education?
*partner up and answer in your writer’s notebook

66. southern colony What was their beliefs on: Religion? Economy?
Education?
*partner up and answer in your writer’s notebook

67. New England colony What was their beliefs on:
Religion – Puritan/Pilgrims
Economy – Whaling, fishing, some farming, ship building, triangular trade, trading furs
Education – Most education came from the Bible

68. Middle colony What was their beliefs on:
Religion – many religious groups
Economy – farmers, miners, lumbermen, artisans
Education – stressed the importance of education

69. southern colony What was their beliefs on:
Religion – place of social gathering; religious freedom
Economy – plantation owners, farmers, slave owners, indentured servants
Education – very little focus on education

70. Explore Jamestown interactive

71. jeopardy

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73. BrainPOp Quiz

74. Quia: Identifying the 13 colonies

75. Quia Quiz

76. Label colonies interactive quiz

77. Draw a map of the thirteen original colonies

78. John Smith Interactive
Go to the following site and print off/write the questions in your writer’s notebook.
Go on a quest with John Smith and answer the questions.

79. Locate the colonies Interactive map

80. Colonial Perspective Interactive
Click on the link and explore. Write down three important things you learned in your writer’s journal. Think about how life was different for men and women; white and black people, etc.

81. Colonial Life
Describe colonial life in America from the perspectives of various people: large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, children, indentured servants, slaves, and American Indians.

83. Writer’s notebook
What do you think life was like during the colonial time period for large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, children, indentured servants, slaves, and American Indians. Who do you think had an ‘easier’ life? Who do you think had a very difficult life? Write your thoughts in your writer’s notebook. Explain in detail.

84. Triangular Trade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypF2Laa8LR0
Watch the short video on the Triangular Trade. Summarize the video in your writer’s notebook.

87. Write
Write why slavery was an awful part in our history.

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