1. COLONIAL Advertisement

2. Most unprepared to start settlement
Jamestown
Plymouth
Attracted adventurers and people who were suffering from economic hardship
Looking for wealth
Most unprepared to start settlement
John Smith took control, forcing settlers to work
Powhatan Indians provide help; Pocahontas
John Rolfe introduces tobacco, which = “Virginia Gold”
Headright system= pay your way to VA, get 50 acres of land
“Starving Time”
Puritans and Pilgrims looking for religious freedom
Arrived on the Mayflower
William Bradford = leader
Mayflower Compact = early attempt at self-government
Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
American Indians, Samoset and Squanto help settlers (fish soil)
Celebrate with a harvest, known as first Thanksgiving
Strong sense of community
Education of children important
Women had more legal rights

3. Colony Advertisement Project
Task: Create a persuasive advertisement that would be published in England in the 1600’s in order to get people to move to the colonies of Jamestown and Plymouth.

4. Visual Visual Jamestown Plymouth “Tagline” “Tagline”
3-4 sentence description of the colony
3-4 sentence description of the colony

5. Project Requirements
Each colony must have a tagline
At least ONE visual per colony
Each colony must contain a 3-4 sentence description about the colony (positive!)
Tips: Who are you advertising to? What are you trying to convince them to do?
***Use pages and 39 in your textbook for more information about each colony.

6. Project grading Rubric
10 points = Taglines (contains two)
10 points = Visuals (at least two)
10 points = Descriptions (3-4 sentences each)
10 points = Overall neatness, creativity and effort made
***This project is due on Thursday September 15th

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