To Open…
• If you have parent signatures, please put them
on your desk.
• Pull out your PD HW for today (“Reasons for
Colonization”).
• On the back of your HW answer the following:
– European explorers were motivated by God, Glory,
and Gold. Which of the 3 G’s do you consider the
most significant motivation and why?
• Announcements (Hlp Ses, ISchool)
PD Discussion
• Questions or reactions to the document?
• Where see God, glory, gold?
• What does the document suggest is the
ultimate purpose behind colonization?
• Based on this reasoning, how will these
colonies take shape and develop?
English Exploration and the
Southern/Chesapeake Colonies:
Was agricultural success a blessing or a
curse for the Chesapeake/Southern
colonies?
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First… let’s talk about your big ideas… questions… comments
• Reasons for English Colonization
– Religious Freedom
– Defeat of the Spanish Armada
– Population Growth
• Types of English Colonies
– Corporate
– Royal
– Proprietary
Jamestown (1607)
becomes Virginia
• Corporate Colony
• Geography
• Relations with Indians
Jamestown (1607)
becomes Virginia
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Corporate Colony
Geography
Relations with Indians
Tobacco
– Economic impact
– Environmental impact
Jamestown (1607)
becomes Virginia
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Corporate Colony
Geography
Relations with Indians
Tobacco
– Economic impact
– Environmental impact
– Labor
• Indentured servants
• Headright system
• Slavery
– Plantations
Jamestown (1607)
becomes Virginia
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Corporate Colony
Geography
Relations with Indians
Tobacco
– Economic impact
– Environmental impact
– Labor
• Indentured servants
• Headright system
• Slavery
– Plantations
• Government
– House of Burgesses
– Aristocratic vibe
Maryland (1634)
• Proprietary Colony
(Lord Baltimore)
• Reasons for founding
• Act of Toleration
Carolinas (1670)
• Proprietary Colony
• Economy connection
to the West Indies
• Emergence of North
Carolina
Georgia (1733)
• Proprietary Colony
(James Oglethorpe)
• Reasons for founding
• Initial anti-slavery
stance
Common Traits of
Southern/Chesapeake Colonies
• Devoted to exporting
commercial agricultural
products
• Slavery
• Few people owned most
of the land
• Aristocratic atmosphere
• Wide scattering of
plantations/farms hurt
growth of cities
• Some religious toleration
• expansionary
Thesis Practice
• What is a thesis?
• What is the importance of a thesis?
• What are the elements of a strong thesis?
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Addresses the entire question
Takes a position
Provides categories (shoot for 3)
…and as your thesis statements improve -- Provides
interpretation or addresses significance [so what]
• A good thesis can be a simple statement, but it
must include your position and categories of
evidence.
Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of
Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.
The Articles of Confederation did not address the problems
of the new nation, as the weak national government
created by the Articles was unable to deal with the
financial crisis, incapable of effectively uniting the new
states, and not flexible enough to deal with an everchanging nation.
Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of
Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.
The Articles of Confederation did not address the problems
of the new nation, as the weak national government
created by the Articles was unable to deal with the
financial crisis, incapable of effectively uniting the new
states, and not flexible enough to deal with an everchanging nation.
Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of
Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.
The Articles of Confederation did not address the problems
of the new nation, as the weak national government
created by the Articles was unable to deal with the
financial crisis, incapable of effectively uniting the new
states, and not flexible enough to deal with an everchanging nation.
Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of
Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.
The Articles of Confederation did not address the problems
of the new nation, as the weak national government
created by the Articles was unable to deal with the
financial crisis, incapable of effectively uniting the new
states, and not flexible enough to deal with an everchanging nation. In the end, the Articles of
Confederation created more problems for the new nation
and almost rendered America’s experiment with
democracy a failure.
“The United States Constitution of 1787 represented
an economic and ideological victory for the traditional
American political elite.” Assess the validity of that
statement for the period of 1781 to 1789.
“The United States Constitution of 1787 represented
an economic and ideological victory for the traditional
American political elite.” Assess the validity of that
statement for the period of 1781 to 1789.
The U.S. Constitution did represent victory for the
traditional political elite because it created a system that
focused on the protection of private property, allowed for
a system in which economic success was necessary for
political power, and professed the elite’s ideological
values.
“The United States Constitution of 1787 represented
an economic and ideological victory for the traditional
American political elite.” Assess the validity of that
statement for the period of 1781 to 1789.
The U.S. Constitution did represent victory for the
traditional political elite because it created a system that
focused on the protection of private property, allowed for
a system in which economic success was necessary for
political power, and professed the elite’s ideological
values.
“The United States Constitution of 1787 represented
an economic and ideological victory for the traditional
American political elite.” Assess the validity of that
statement for the period of 1781 to 1789.
The U.S. Constitution did represent victory for the
traditional political elite because it created a system that
focused on the protection of private property, allowed for
a system in which economic success was necessary for
political power, and professed the elite’s ideological
values.
“The United States Constitution of 1787 represented
an economic and ideological victory for the traditional
American political elite.” Assess the validity of that
statement for the period of 1781 to 1789.
The U.S. Constitution did represent victory for the
traditional political elite because it created a system that
focused on the protection of private property, allowed for
a system in which economic success was necessary for
political power, and professed the elite’s ideological
values, ultimately creating a political structure that hardly
lived up to the democratic values championed in the
Revolution.
“The early Industrial Revolution in America did produce greater wealth and a
chance for success for some, but mainly it reduced worker independence and
caused great misery for most American workers.” Assess the validity of this
statement.
“Some workers had to take jobs in huge impersonal factories. Farm
girls left home to work in places like Lowell, hoping to find money or
a more exciting life. Instead, they often worked 13 hours a day and
went home broken in health. They weren’t much better off than the
slaves. Meanwhile, millions of immigrants faced insulting prejudice,
though many did climb the ladder of success.”
1. Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
2. What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?
“The early Industrial Revolution in America did produce greater wealth and a
chance for success for some, but mainly it reduced worker independence and
caused great misery for most American workers.” Assess the validity of this
statement.
“In the early 1800s, a few Americans succeeded. But for most
American workers, it is true, the Industrial Revolution meant a
miserable life on the job earning wages for long hours in factories, or
even worse, as slaves producing the cotton to supply those
factories.
1. Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
2. What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?
“The early Industrial Revolution in America did produce greater wealth and a
chance for success for some, but mainly it reduced worker independence and
caused great misery for most American workers.” Assess the validity of this
statement.
“The Industrial Revolution brought new machinery powered by steam,
which vastly increased the amount of goods that could be produced.
It changed workplaces from small shops to huge factories. It led to
canals, roads, and railroads that tied the nation together, making it
one huge national economy. The Industrial Revolution changed
America forever.”
1. Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
2. What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?
“The early Industrial Revolution in America did produce greater wealth and a
chance for success for some, but mainly it reduced worker independence and
caused great misery for most American workers.” Assess the validity of this
statement.
“The statement is too extreme. The Industrial Revolution in America
did cause older craft workers to lose some independence. And
conditions in many factories were often terrible. However, jobs in
factories and the cities meant, if anything, more freedom and more
income for millions leaving rural family farms – as well as for millions
of desperate immigrants.”
1. Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
2. What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?
Explain why entirely different economic and social systems evolved within the
three colonial regions of British North America even though the preponderance of
settlers was of English origin. Use 2 of the following as evidence in your essay:
Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Pennsylvania.
“Most people are different from each other. Virginia and Pennsylvania
were also very different from each other. Different kinds of people
and ways of life were found in each colony. Even though both
Virginia and Pennsylvania were settled by Englishmen, they had
different economic and social systems.”
1. Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
2. What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?
Explain why entirely different economic and social systems evolved within the
three colonial regions of British North America even though the preponderance of
settlers was of English origin. Use 2 of the following as evidence in your essay:
Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Pennsylvania.
“Located in warm-weather, moist, fertile areas, colonists in Virginia
could grow just about any crop, but settlers in Massachusetts Bay
faced long, cold winters and rocky soil if they wished to support
themselves with farming. Virginia and Massachusetts Bay were
both settled by English colonists, but because of their different
religious beliefs and the kinds of environment that enveloped the
settlers, the economic and social structures of each colony were
radically different.”
1. Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
2. What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?
Explain why entirely different economic and social systems evolved within the
three colonial regions of British North America even though the preponderance of
settlers was of English origin. Use 2 of the following as evidence in your essay:
Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Pennsylvania.
“Massachusetts Bay and Virginia were both settled by English
colonists, but they had different economic systems and different
social systems.”
1. Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
2. What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?
Explain why entirely different economic and social systems evolved within the
three colonial regions of British North America even though the preponderance of
settlers was of English origin. Use 2 of the following as evidence in your essay:
Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Pennsylvania.
“Even though English settlers colonized both Massachusetts Bay and
Virginia, the unique economic and social systems that evolved in
each colony took on regional differences. The kinds of settlers who
arrived in Virginia were significantly different in their religious
orientation from those who settled Massachusetts. The environment
in which each group of settlers found themselves forced differences
in how each colony found economic prosperity. Finally, the personal
purposes for which each group of settlers immigrated to the New
world would have a profound impact upon the kinds of societies
which evolved in each colony. Religion, environment, and the
individual goals of each settler would create different economic and
social systems within each colonial region represented by
Massachusetts and Virginia.”
1. Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
2. What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?
…To End: Thesis Practice
Craft a thesis statement for ONE of the following questions.
Remember: position, categories, so what
If you are not confident with thesis statements…
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2.
Assess the validity of this statement – High school students should be
required to complete at least 25 hours of community service.
Analyze the extent to which you think BSHS has prepared you for
college.
If you are confident with thesis statements…
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2.
Analyze the extent to which early European colonists viewed the
Native Americans as inferior peoples who could be exploited for the
colonists’ benefit.
Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following
groups to the Indians of North American before 1750 – Spain,
England, France.
Underline your “position”. Circle each “category of evidence”