EQ: What made the Southern colonies unique?
TSWBAT investigate the Southern colonies
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Bell-work 9/11/13
Remembering September 11th video and
reflection
Objective and Scales:
• Student will be able to investigate the
Southern colonies in respect to reasons
for founding, religion, culture, and
politics with 80% accuracy.
• Where does today’s objective fit into
the LGS, what goal are we achieving
today?
• Yes, goal F
• How do we reach mastery?
South Carolina: Founder
• By the 1660s colonists had
moved South beyond the
colony’s boarders
• In 1663, King Charles II
granted a charter for a new
colony to be established called
Carolina
• Eight men (King’s buddies)
were given ownership of S.
Carolina in 1719
South Carolina: Reason
• The eight lords were given the
land grant as a gift for their
support to help him become King
• They considered the land grant an
investment (way to make more
money)
• The lords would act as middlemen
in the colony collected money from
the colonists
South Carolina: People
• English settlers
• Varied religious groups fleeing
persecution: Protestants, Quakers,
Jews, who brought indentured servants
• African slaves
• Native Americans
• Lords promised 150 acres of free land
to every freeman who came to SC, plus
150 extra for an indentured servant
South Carolina: Climate and
Geography
• Long, hot, humid summers
• Short, mild winters
• Long growing seasons
• The coasts were low and
swampy called the tidewater
region
• Large plantations and small
farms were started
South Carolina: Economy $$$
• Most settlers were farmers
growing tobacco, rice, indigo
grown on large plantations using
slave labor
• Colony also made money from
the slave trade
• Some craft making including
silversmiths and furniture
South Carolina: Religion
• Colony provided religious
freedom
• John Locke wrote the charter for
the colony allowing 7 or more
people to start a church
• Religious tolerance
South Carolina: Politics and
Government
• Ruled by the laws written by
John Locke at the request of the
Lords
• Called the Fundamental
Constitution of Carolina
• Real ruling power was kept by
England and the crown
Bell-work 9/12/13
• Critical Thinking: How do you believe
the Southern Colonies climate and
geography impacted their economy
(how the colony made money and
sustained itself)?
• EQ: What made the Southern Colonies
unique
• TSWBAT investigate the Southern
Colonies
Objective and Scales:
• Student will be able to investigate the
Southern colonies in respect to reasons
for founding, religion, culture, and
politics with 80% accuracy.
• Where does today’s objective fit into
the LGS, what goal are we achieving
today?
• Yes, goal F
• How do we reach mastery?
Georgia: Founder
• King George II
founded Georgia in his
name in 1732
• The job of setting up
and running the
colony was given to
James Oglethorpe (a
political idealists)
• Wanted to create a
utopia in Georgia
Georgia: Reason
• George II claimed the land
to keep it out of Spain’s
hands (power struggle)
• However, Oglethorpe
wanted to create a refuge
for the poor debtors he had
seen in English prisons
• He imagined a new place
where they could work to
pay back their debts
Georgia: People
• English settlers
• Debtors from overfilled
English prisons
• Native Americans (were
forced into slavery)
• Missionaries
• Indentured Servants
• Convicts from overfilled
English prisons
Georgia: Climate & Geography
• Mild, short winters
• Long growing seasons
• Tidewater region along the
coast
• Backcountry regions was
mountainous and forested
Georgia: Economy
• Most settlers were farmers (cotton,
indigo, tobacco, rice) Known as
cash crops
• Oglethorpe had outlawed slavery,
but it was reintroduced when crop
prices were driven down
• Tradesmen: cobblers, brick
makers, tailors, blacksmiths,
pottery makers
Georgia: Religion
• Fair religious tolerance
• Offered religious freedom
Georgia: Politics and Government
• Representative government, white
landowners elected representatives to
a Common House of Assembly
• Was an elected Governor who was
appointed by the King in England
• Georgia was seen as a business
investment in England
Reflection: Double Bubble Map
• Compare and contrast the colonies of
S. Carolina and Georgia using a double
bubble map.
Bell-work 9/13/13 Go WOLF PACK!!!
BELLWORK IS
DUE TODAY!
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FULL CREDIT?
• Summarize in one
paragraph the colony of
Jamestown..You can
reference your Cornell
Notes
• EQ: What colony would I
settle?
• TSWBAT investigate the
Southern Colonies
Objective and Scales:
• Student will be able to investigate the
Southern colonies in respect to reasons
for founding, religion, culture, and
politics with 80% accuracy.
• Where does today’s objective fit into
the LGS, what goal are we achieving
today?
• Yes, goal F
• How do we reach mastery?
Following the leader, the leader
• King James of England
(Jamestown was named
after him in 1607)
Virginia: Founder
• Originally claimed for England
by English explorer Sir Walter
Raleigh
• Named the area after his
friend, Queen Elizabeth I
• The first expedition here in
1584 disappeared…someone
recap!
• The first permanent
settlement was Jamestown in
1607
Virginia: Reason
• Raleigh saw the colony as an
investment (selling resources)
• Virginia Company of London
would send settlers to set up
farms
Virginia: People
• English settlers
• Indentured servants
• African Slaves
• Native Americans
(Powhatan Tribe)
Virginia: Climate and Geography
• Mild winters, hot summers
• Long growing season
• Fertile soil =tobacco (from
who?)
• Large bays which could be
used for shipping
• Inland was mountainous and
wooded
Virginia: Economy
• Large
plantations(tobacco) and
small farms inland
produced other crops
• Part of the colony’s
economy was based off
of the slave trade
• Half a million (500,000)
African slaves were
brought to the colonies
Virginia: Religion
• The official religion was the
Church of England
• The rules of the church
affected the laws of the colony
• Ex: all colonists had to attend
church twice on Sunday
• So…religious freedom..Nope.
Virginia: Politics and Government
• Free, white, property owning men
were elected as representatives to
the House of Burgesses (1st step
toward Rep. Gov’t in the New
World!!!)
• House had 22 members
• Had a governor appointed by none
other than the King (eyes and
ears) and to represent the King
• Self-government
Glue it up
• Pg 15: middle colonies matrix
• Pg. 16: Penn Cirlce Map
• Pg. 17: Southern Colonies matrix
• Page. 18: Declaration of interests
Declaration of Interests:
• You should write a statement of
interest on page 18 of your INB
• You should address using evidence
from your 3 colonial matrices what
colony you would settle if given the
choice
• You have to tell me what about the
colony is appealing to you (use the
matrix) and what you plan is once you
arrive
Ticket out: Complete progress chart
• Chart your progress for Goal F