1. 3/9/2016 1 Colonial America Reasons for Colonization USI.5 Diacopoulos, Stephens, Cook

2. Do Now 1. Who claimed the Southwest for Spain? 2. Which ocean served as a highway for explorers? 3. Lack of adequate supplies and fear of the unknown are examples of what? 4. How did Ghana, Mali, Songhai become powerful? 5. What did the Portuguese trade with West Africa? 6. Near what geographic features was West Africa located? 2

3. 3 1607-1754 When was the Colonial period?

4. 4 Why do nations explore and create colonies? Focus Activity What might cause you and your whole family to move to another country?

5. 5 Religious and Economic reasons Why did Europeans establish colonies in North America?

6. 6 Remember the Colony and why it was established! Reasons for Colonization

7. 7 Roanoke Island (The Lost Colony) Reason it was established: economic venture (to make money for England)

8. 8 Mystery of Roanoke Island (The Lost Colony) Island off of North Carolina 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh 1590 no trace found 118 people vanished One clue “Croatoan”

9. 9 Jamestown 1607 First permanent English Settlement in North America Economic venture Virginia Company

10. 10 Plymouth Mayflower: 102 passengers Pilgrims Massachusetts Separatists from the Church of England To avoid religious persecution

11. 11 Massachusetts Bay 1630 Puritans To avoid religious persecution Massachusetts

12. 12 Pennsylvania Quakers Quakers wanted freedom to practice their faith without interference 1682

13. 13 Georgia Settled by people from debtor’s prisons in England Economic Freedom and a new life

14. 14 Reasons for Colonization Quick Quiz

15. 15 What Colony was lost here?

16. 16 Why was Roanoke island established?

17. 17 What first permanent English settlement was located here?

18. 18 Why was Jamestown established?

19. 19 Which 2 colonies were located here?

20. 20 Why were Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay established?

21. 21 Which Colony was located here?

22. 22 What group established Pennsylvania?

23. 23 What colony was established here?

24. 24 Why was the colony of Georgia established?

25. 25 Reflection & Academic Prompt Plymouth and Jamestown Describe three ways the founding of Jamestown was different from and similar to the founding of Plymouth.