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Terms List Expectations

Terms List Expectations. Complete Not dictionary/glossary definitions YOUR OWN WORDS Use information/notes discussed in class to help complete Due on Unit Test Day Neatness. Terms List Expectations. Who was involved? Where did the event take place? When did the event take place?

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Terms List Expectations

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  1. Terms List Expectations • Complete • Not dictionary/glossary definitions • YOUR OWN WORDS • Use information/notes discussed in class to help complete • Due on Unit Test Day • Neatness

  2. Terms List Expectations • Who was involved? • Where did the event take place? • When did the event take place? • What happened? • Why is it significant?

  3. Terms List Expectations • Good example or poor example? • What do you think the teacher’s comments were for this entry?

  4. Terms List Expectations • Good example or poor example? • What do you think the teacher’s comments were for this entry?

  5. Terms List Expectations • Good example or poor example? • What are the differences between the first example and this example?

  6. Terms List Expectations • Good example or poor example? • What are the differences between the first example and this example?

  7. Louisiana Purchase

  8. Louisiana Purchase • Who: Thomas Jefferson (Robert Livingston & James Monroe), United States, France • What: United States bought the Louisiana territory for $15 million; doubles the size of the United States • Where: Louisiana (Mississippi River through the Great Plains) • When: October 20, 1803 (Jefferson’s presidency) • Why: Jefferson wanted to protect American trade routes – New Orleans, France needed money for military supplies (war with Great Britain); Lewis and Clark exploration, route to the Pacific Ocean, contact with Native Americans

  9. Exploration • Dutch, English, French, Spanish, Scandinavian explorers(who) • Participated in a race to claim land in America (what) • Explorers from Europe traveled to America (where) • 1400-1600’s (when) • Competition between nations – global leadership (why)Desire for wealth (why)Spread of Christianity (why) • Established colonies in America – beginnings of our country (why significant)

  10. Why explore? Why not stick with what we know and just be satisfied?

  11. Colonization To populate an area

  12. Early European Exploration • Dutch • English • French • Spanish • Scandinavian

  13. Why Explore? Causes Effects Destruction of Native American empires French and Indian War Disease Columbian Exchange Good brought from Europe; goods brought back from the Americas Colonies in America established • Competition between nations • Desire for wealth • Spread of Christianity

  14. Colonization British Exploration (why) and Colonization (where)

  15. Map Day See Colonial America packet: p. 4

  16. Why the British explored… • Search for wealth (wealth=power) • Mercantilism • Earning wealth through trade (GB huge population with few resources, America few people with great resources) • Collect resources/raw materials send them to GB for manufacturing turn them into finished goods and resell them to colonies • Political Strength • Becoming/maintaining world power status • Religious freedom • Pilgrims/Puritans • Catholicism

  17. Life in the colonies? • Brand new world… • No “colonial” traditions • Whose did they follow then? • No government/authority physically present • What happens when the King of England isn’t there to tell colonists what to do?

  18. Life in the colonies • What/who was there as the colonists landed? • Houses? Businesses? Roads? • People?

  19. Life in the colonies • How did colonists get houses? Businesses? • Had to bring people with these skills to the colonies (carpenter, blacksmith, mason, miner, lumberjack, businessmen, wealthy) • Each boat that set sail for the colonies brought with them a new set of skills that Colonial America needed to grow

  20. What did they find when they got there? What were they able to establish? 13 colonies Diverse lifestyles

  21. Colonists’ Toolbox

  22. British Colonies • Who (what country) founded the original thirteen colonies? • What are the three regions that make up the original thirteen colonies? • What were the strengths/weaknesses of each of the colonial regions? • What did each of the regional colonies provide for Mother England?

  23. British Colonies • Southern Colonies • Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

  24. What did the South offer to Great Britain? • Long growing season • Fertile, vacant land • Sun • Freedom of religion (Maryland) What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

  25. Southern Colonies • First (successful) British settlement • Jamestown, Virginia (1606) • “deadly” experience (initially) • Sent money, no experience and limited skill • What is the formula for success in an early settlement? • = diverse population (skills)

  26. Southern Colonies • Among the diverse population of the southern colonies were… • Farmers • Bankers • Catholics • Maryland – first American colony established for “religious freedom” • Toleration Act of 1649 • Plantation owners (rich) • Slaves

  27. Economy of southern colonies • Plantations (really big farms) • Tobacco, indigo, rice, cotton, pigs, corn • Required labor: indentured servants (not slaves) • As the demand for cash crops (cotton, tobacco) increased, what happens to the demand for labor/workers? • Therefore, slave trade developed • By 1750 slaves were the main source of labor on southern plantations

  28. Economy of southern colonies • Was everyone in the south a wealthy plantation owner? • Did everyone have slaves?

  29. British Exploration • Southern Colonies • Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia • New England Colonies • New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

  30. What did the New England colonies offer Great Britain? • Ports for trading companies • Timber • Whale oil • Fisheries • Religious freedom (reformation) What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

  31. New England Economy • What is the climate/environment like in New England? • Little demand for farm labor/slaves • Subsistence/community farming • Creating demand for skilled professionals

  32. New England Economy • Trade • Raw materials • Whale oil, fish, timber/lumber • Natural resources (shipped to GB); manufactured (in GB) and sold back to the colonies • Mercantilism

  33. New England Community • Diversity among colonists • Trades/skills • Merchants, fishermen, ship builders, lumberjacks, blacksmiths, printers, weavers • Wealth • Education/languages • Religion

  34. New England Community • Who used to be the colonists’ government? • Where was the King now?

  35. New England Community • In an attempt to avoid chaos and inequality… • Mayflower - 1620 • Mayflower Compact • Legal contract that all agreed to have fair law as to protect the general good (of the community) • Attempt at self-government (first in colonies)

  36. New England Community • First to establish local government that included… • Court system • Representative government (elections) • Do we have these things today?

  37. New England Community • Religion and government closely tied together • What makes that different from today’s US society? • Separation of Church and State • Government leaders were also church leaders • Where do you think the government leaders found their voters/followers?

  38. Great Migration • Religious escape (1620-1640) • Puritans • Wanting to purify the Church of England • Boston, Massachusetts • Pilgrims • Wanting to separate from the Church of England • Plymouth, Massachusetts

  39. New England Community

  40. New England Community • If we are going to survive as a community, we must… • Be family oriented • Have women and children involved • Maintain faith in religion • Provide education • Why is this a need? Read what?

  41. Education • John Harvard – 1636 • Boston, Massachusetts • William and Mary College – 1693 • Virginia

  42. New England embraced the opportunity to learn from Native Americans Will you teach us how to grow crops? Absolutely, in exchange for resources and finished goods.

  43. Thanksgiving • Exchange of information, techniques, tools (Native Americans/Colonists) • Celebration of successful harvest • Survival of the new colony

  44. New England Colonies

  45. British Exploration • Southern Colonies • Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia • New England Colonies • New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island • Middle Colonies • New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

  46. What did the Middle colonies offer to Great Britain? • Blend of New England and Southern colonies • Staple crops • Wheat, barley, oats (grains) • Iron and wood • Trade • Indentured servants/slaves What does this mean for Great Britain in the big picture?

  47. Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania • William Penn • 1681 granted a charter by King Charles II • Establish a safe home for Quakers

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