Ch. 4- Life in the American Colonies

Ch. 4- Life in the American Colonies

Your Task…Read the Place & Time: America 1607-1770, pg. 82-83.

Step Into Place:

1. Where was shipbuilding a major industry?

2. What crops were common to both the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies?

3. Why do you think the New England Colonies developed industries that were not based in agriculture?

Interactive Whiteboard Activities:

Timeline: Place and Time: America 1607-1770 Write one paragraph describing the social, political, or economic consequences of

one event on the timeline.

Subsistence Farming- producing just enough to meet immediate needs

Cash Crop- crop that can be sold easily in markets

Diversity- variety, such as of ethnic or national groups

Slave Code- rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people

Triangular Trade- trade routes that linked the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the West Indies

Middle Passage- voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

Your Task…

Complete the following chart while you read Lesson 4.1: Colonial Economy, pg. 84-89.

Lesson 4.1: Colonial EconomyMaking a Living in the Colonies The Growth of Slavery

How did the economic activity of the three

regions reflect their geography?

Why were enslaved Africans brought to the

colonies?

Commercial New England The Middle Passage

The Middle Colonies The Life of the Slave

Life in the Southern Colonies

Tobacco and Rice Critics of Slavery

Why was agriculture so important to the

economy of the Southern Colonies?

What role did Africans play in the economy of

the Southern Colonies?

Your Task…

Interactive Whiteboard Activities:

Whiteboard Activity: The African Slave Trade

Map: Triangular Trade

Your Assignment…

Complete the EdPuzzle Video Quiz: The Atlantic Slave Trade.

Bell Work…

Copy and answer the following question into your notebook:

What were slave codes? Why would slaveholders have devised and used such codes?

Your Task…

Read the graphic novel, The Middle Passage, found on the class website.

Your Assignment…

Read The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, found on pg. 90-91.

Answer the Analyzing Literature DBQ questions on pg. 91.

Create your own graphic novel about the capture of Olaudah Equiano.

Bell Work…

Copy and answer the following question into your notebook:

What was the Middle Passage, and what made it so horrible?

Does money equal power? Explain.

Does power mean the same as influence? Explain.

Colonial Government1. English Principles of Gov’t: protected rights and

representative legislatures

2. Gov’t must respect civil liberties/rights

3. Magna Carta- gave English people protection against unjust treatment/punishment

4. Representative Government- system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct gov’t

5. English Bill of Rights set clear limits on a ruler’s power

6. 13 Colonies began as either charter or proprietary colonies, so gov’t participation was limited

7. Local issues were addressed at town meetings, developing into local gov’ts

What is it?Things it is:

1. Government imposes very strict controls on a colonial economy

2. Discourages Colonies from producing manufactured goods

3. Encourages to buy goods from the mother country

4. Trade with other countries is restricted

Things it isn’t:

1. Government doesn’t control the economy but does regulate to make sure everyone participates fairly

2. Individuals are free to produce whatever they want

3. Individuals are free to buy from any other country

4. Free trade

Export- to sell abroad

Import- to bring in from foreign markets

Mercantilism- economic theory whose goal is building a state’s wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return

“The might of a country consists of gaining surpluses of gold and

silver. The nation’s strength is found in economic independence and the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade. We need to gain colonies both as sources of raw

materials and as markets for our manufactured goods.”

Navigation Acts1. English government passed laws to control colonial trade

and ensure the colonies remained profitable

2. All goods coming to England must be carried in English ships

3. 1660-Certain colonial products could only be sent to England or another English colony

4. Staple Act of 1663- everything shipped to the colonies must go through England first

5. 1673- merchants had to pay a duty on certain goods

6. Resulted in higher revenue for England but increased costs of law enforcement

7. Higher demand for lumber and shipbuilding, but there was more English involvement in colonial affairs

Your Task…

Interactive Whiteboard Activities:

Image: The House of Burgesses

Map: Mercantilism

Your Assignment…

Complete the Primary Source Activity: The Magna Carta.

Bell Work…

Copy and answer the following question into your notebook:

What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

Great Awakening- religious movement that became widespread in the American colonies in the 1730s-1740s

Enlightenment- movement that began in Europe in the 1700s as people began examining the natural world, society, and government

Glorious Revolution- nonviolent revolution in which leaders of Britain’s Parliament replaced King James II

Your Task…

In partners, compare and contrast the Great Awakening and Enlightenment using the Venn Diagram provided.

Your Task…

Complete the Colonial Life station lesson.

Station One: Tour the Town

http://www.history.org/almanack/tourTheTown/flash.cfm

Station Two: Clothing

http://www.history.org/history/museums/clothingexhibit/index.cfm

Station Three: Merchant Match-Up

http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/Autumn10/signs/

Station Four: Colonial FoodWhat did American colonists eat? Surprisingly enough, many of their favorite dishes may be found on American tables today.

The settlers who landed on the American shores were raised on the food of Old England, which consisted of roasted meats and birds, pies, gravies, peas, cheeses, apples, peaches, cherries, gooseberries, pears, and breads.

The colonists turned to the Indians for help in utilizing plants and animals native to America. From the Native Americans, colonists learned to cook, eat and cultivate crops unknown in England– corn, native beans, squash– and how to seek out edible wild plants and game.

Station Five: GamesMany popular games that you may play now are games that were played during the Colonial times. Some games that are still favorites include checkers, cards, jacks, tag, marbles, leapfrog, and hopscotch. On windy days, flying kites was a highly sought after activity; in the winter, when it was too cold to play outside, children often played cat’s cradle and spin tops.

Your Task:

Play cat’s cradle, checkers, jacks, or pick up sticks!

Station Six: Colonial School

Colonial students practiced their handwriting by painstakingly copying passages from the Bible or other works that set forth rules for proper moral behavior.

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/manners/rules2.cfm

Your Task:

Choose one manner from the list provided, and practice your writing skills with paint and a feather!

Bell Work…

Copy and answer the following question into your notebook:

What was colonial life like? Explain.

Your Assignment…

Complete the EdPuzzle video quiz on the Seven Years’ Waror the French and Indian War.

Bell Work…

Copy and answer the following question into your notebook:

How did the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment influence colonial society?

Militia- military force made up of ordinary citizens

Iroquois Confederacy- group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general gov’t

Alliance- partnership

Pontiac’s Rebellion- Ottawa chief organized an alliance of most NA in the Upper Midwest, and attacked British forts for several years before agreeing to a peace treaty

Proclamation of 1763- law created by British officials prohibiting colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

Your Task…

Interactive Whiteboard Activities:

Image: George Washington and the French and Indian War

Image: Unite or Die

Map: The French and Indian War, 1754-1763

Bell Work…

Copy and answer the following question into your notebook:

Describe Pontiac’s Rebellion. Why was it important?

Conditions in the Colonies

1. Tensions were rising between Great Britain and the colonies

2. Colonists had disobeyed laws such as the Navigation Acts

3. British soldiers mistreated the colonists who fought with them during the French and Indian War

4. Colonists were denied access to western lands with the Proclamation of 1763

Your Assignment…

Complete the Colonial Life Poster Project.

Pick one of the subjects on the slide that follows. Create a poster about that piece of life in the colonies.

Be sure to add the 5Ws (each ‘W’ should get it’s own paragraph…4-6 sentences!) and pictures to emphasize points.

subsistence farming tasks; labor performed by children and adults

cash crops associated with specific regions

limitations on travel

occupations associated with specific regions, such as fishing in coastal states

businesses such as lumber mills and ironworks

immigration and the degree of religious and ethnic diversity in specific regions

plantation life in the Southern states

the slave trade, the lives of enslaved persons, or the abolitionist movement

the lives of indentured servants

conflicts between colonists and Parliament-appointed leaders

laws affecting colonists’ freedom and economic choices, such as the Navigation Acts and, later, the Proclamation of 1763 and the Sugar Act

smallpox and other diseases or health risks

literacy, education, and the apprenticeship system for learning trades

the influence of Puritan religious beliefs; the Salem witch scare; the Great Awakening, the influence of Enlightenment ideas

changes in the lives of Native Americans after America was colonized

relationships and conflicts among the British, the French, and Native Americans; the French and Indian War and its aftermath