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Early English Settlements

Early English Settlements. Roanoke . The First Settlement “The Lost Colony” ???????????. The Lost Settlement of Roanoke. Roanoke. Came searching for a better life An island off the coast of North Carolina “Lost Colony” Nobody knows what happened to this colony

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Early English Settlements

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  1. Early English Settlements

  2. Roanoke The First Settlement “The Lost Colony” ???????????

  3. The Lost Settlementof Roanoke

  4. Roanoke

  5. Came searching for a better life • An island off the coast of North Carolina • “Lost Colony” Nobody knows what happened to this colony • Named after the Native Americans. Roanoakes were friendly • This was not a successful colony! Roanoke

  6. VIDEO QUIZ • 1. TRUE OR FALSE? Captain John Smith was the first governor of the Plymouth Colony. • 2. TRUE OR FALSE? The Jamestown colonists came to America to find religious freedom. • 3. TRUE OR FALSE? In 1620 the Pilgrims were known as “Separatists”. • 4. TRUE OR FALSE? Many of the Plymouth colonists died during their first winter in America. • 5. TRUE OR FALSE? The Pilgrims had strict religious beliefs. Jamestown & Plymouth Pretest Video Quiz

  7. FILL IN THE BLANK • Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence. • 1. The ________________________ wanted to found a colony in America so they could find • religious freedom. • 2. Two of the main things the first Jamestown colonists hoped to do in America were • ________________________ and__________________________. • 3. By the spring of 1610 only 60 out of 500 colonists at Jamestown were still alive. Two of the main • things that caused their deaths were________________________and • ________________________ • 4. Forty–one men on the Mayflower signed a paper or document that said they “agreed to obey all • just and equal laws that would be in the overall best interest of the colony” We now call that piece • of paper the ________________________. • 5. Today Plymouth is in the state of ________________________. Video Post Test

  8. Jamestown The 1st Successful Colony

  9. Jamestown

  10. Jamestown Colony

  11. Came to look for gold & riches • Located in Virginia • Settled on a marsh too close to the water • Tobacco- their “gold” major cash crop by John Rolfe • 1st Successful Colony!!! • http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown/videos#the-value-of-tobacco • http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/jamestown/jamestown-standalone Jamestown

  12. Plymouth

  13. Plymouth

  14. Came wanting religious freedom • Located in the present day Massachusetts • Sailed on the Mayflower and the men signed Mayflower Compact • Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to hunt, fish, & how to survive • Successful Colony Plymouth

  15. http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htmhttp://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm • http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/talk-pilgrim • http://www.history.com/topics/plymouth Plymouth Colony

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