Bell Ringer, 9/3 After researching and presenting on a variety of colonial regions, decide which one region (northern, middle, or southern) you would live.

Bell Ringer, 9/3• After researching and presenting on a variety of colonial

regions, decide which one region (northern, middle, or southern) you would live in, but you are English person under these circumstances:

You’re a devoted member of the Church of England, but are open to changes within the church.

You have had previous jobs in trading silks, but are from rural area in England.

You are open to community-led governments, ex: town halls

• After making your decision, explain why you made that choice.

B.1.a - B.1.e Standard Review

Columbus’ Voyage and Impact• What were his motives?• What did he gain? Good & Bad.

• Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)• Why would the Pope need to divide the Western

Hemisphere between the Spanish and Portuguese?

Pre-Columbian America • Multiple cultures, how were they different?• Central & South America: Mayans, Aztecs, and Incans

-Aztecs encountered Conquistadors in 1518

-Aztecs did what to the surrounding Native Americans?

-Hernán Cortés (Spanish explorer) led a charge against the Aztecs and conquered Tenochtitlan (Aztec capital)

-What really destroyed the Aztecs? War or Disease?

American Colonies, 1700’s

Southern Colonies/Virginia Chesapeake• The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony?• Jamestown, reasons for colonization?• Virginia Company and initial hardships

• Growth of Tobacco

• House of Burgesses – 1st Legislative Assembly in North America, why?

Tobacco Prices1618 - 1710

Social Hierarchy in the Chesapeake

Tobacco was the basis of wealth & cause of social

inequalities

The owners of tobacco plantations

Small farmers were the largest class; Came as indentured servants; most were very poor

Indentured servants were often

mistreated

African slaves

There were

very few women

Social Unrest in the Chesapeake• Bacon’s Rebellion-Challenge to Social Hierarchy (Loyalists v. Colonists)

-Causes?Land RestrictionsProtections from NativesTaxation (sound familiar?)

-Significance?1st instance of revolutionMove from servitude to slaveryEnforced hatred of Native Americans

Need for Labor

Indentured Servitude

• Chance for New Opportunity

• Servitude was encouraged to assist in growing tobacco market

Slavery

• Became easier as slaves become available and cheaper

• After Bacon’s Rebellion, loyalists wanted to ensure freemen could not upset social order

• Inferiority vs. Superiority based on Race

Slave Colonies of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

What can we infer about diversity in the New World?

Northern Colonies/New England• How did the Northern and Southern Colonies differ?• Religious Order vs. Economic Reasoning• What group pushed for religious tolerance?

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

- Strict Roles and Beliefs

- Belief in Education, for what purpose?

Population of the New England

Colonies

Population of the New England

Colonies

Social Hierarchy in New England

Local “elite” were religious leaders

who ran town meetings

Large population of small-scale farmers

who were loyal to the local community

Small population of landless laborers, servants, & poor

Religion was the center of society

Middle Colonies• New York

- Settled by the Dutch, originally New Netherlands- ”Patroonships?”- Industry (lumber, textiles, shipbuilding, etc.)- Indentured Servitude > Slavery, why?

• Pennsylvania- William Penn & the Quakers- Society, Laws, and Economy- Relations with Native Americans?

Commonality Between Regions

1. All were eventually successful and profitable

2. All were based on the 3 original purposes of exploration

3. All fell under the rule of Great Britain, eventually!

Study Habits • Most people suffer on exams, not because of lack of

effort, but the inability to study correctly• But like ice cream flavors, everyone has their preference

on how to study.

Suggestions:Index Cards (colonial regions, people, cause/effects, etc.)Timeline (Pre-Columbian America to 1754)Annotate Notes & Handouts (I know, FUN!)Consolidate Information & Notes via Organizer (venn

diagram, t-chart, matrix, etc.)Study Groups

Study Habits

Study Habits• Crash Course US History!

• Although John Green speaks a thousand words a minute, the information is solid.

• On YouTube, the first 4 videos of Crash Course US History would be really beneficial for your studying!

1.The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards

2.When is Thanksgivings? Colonizing America

3.The Natives and the English

4.The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies