2. United States History In The Beginning…

3. Discuss the following questions with your group write your answers on the big paper.. What countries do you think the first immigrants came from? Why do you think the first immigrants came to the New World? Give a social, political and economic reason.

4. In 1492, Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue…

5. Who Came To The Colonies… British French Spanish Scots-Irish Germans Portuguese Jews Swedes Dutch Welsh Irish Scots Belgians Swiss

6. They came from here …

7. … and landed here.

8. Why Did People Come Here? Social Reason Religious Freedom Pilgrims-Mass. Puritans-Mass. Quakers-Penn.

9. Economic Reasons Greater Opportunities More Land to farm GOLD!! Why Did People Come Here?

10. Political Reasons Objections to established rules Intolerance Persecution

11. The “Old Country” allows their citizens to leave Europe and set up colonies in the “New World” because……. MERCANTILISM Definition: an economic policy designed to enhance the power and wealth of the mother countries by taking natural resources and wealth from the new lands.

12. Give and Take Relationship The colonists were allowed to come in exchange for The Mother Country take the resources of the land. How long can this last?

13. TENSIONS WILL RISE!!!! Stay tuned for further details in United States History!

14. $2.00 Summary On the back of your poster…. Write a summary as a group of what you learned today. Each word is $.05 The following words are FREE. The, and, or, a, an, is REPORT OUT ! The person who wrote does not have to speak.

15. COMING SOON: An American Revolution