Unit 1: The Colonial Era
Exploration of the New World
Columbian Exchange
DAY 1
Do Now
Complete the Student Survey (blank copies are on the
black cart)
Textbooks
IF YOU ARE USING ONE OF MY IPADS, SIT
SILENTLY DURING THIS ACTIVITY
1: DELETE iBooks off your iPad
2: Download iBooks in your own name
3: Delete any pictures, videos or games that you
no longer need/use/care about – we need lots
of space!
4: Using Mr. Miller’s gift card, download “The
Americans” textbook
Diagnostic quiz
On Edmodo!
Looking forward
• Tonight’s Homework: Reading Day 2 (on
Edmodo)
• Friday: Quiz
– 13 Colonies Map
– Columbian Exchange
– Colonial Regions
European exploration
• 1492: “Columbus sailed the
ocean blue…”
• 1500s: Reasons for Spanish
exploration: Gold, Glory and
God
• 1500s: Reasons for French
exploration: fur trade!
• 1600s: Reasons for British
exploration: at first,
economic opportunities
Age of exploration timeline
Step 1: Open the Timeline template (Unit 1 Folder on
Edmodo)
Step 2: Scan the QR codes throughout the classroom
Step 3: Match the event to the correct year or time
period
(You may need to research the events in your textbook if
you do not remember or know the answer!)
Step 4: Completely answer all of the analysis questions on
the timeline
Step 5: Email your timeline to Ms. Keale
kara.keale@gmail.com
Colonial regions
• Why did separate
regions develop in the
Americas?
• Who were some of the
early American settlers?
Where did they go?
• Are there still big
differences between
these regions of the
United States?
• Establishing a Colony:
– Social
– Political
– Economic
Establishment of Colonies
DAY 2
Do Now
1. Reading Quiz on Edmodo - paper copies on the
black cart
You may not use any notes that you took on last
night’s reading
(I want to learn about how well you can
remember what you read)
2. When you have finished, make sure you have
downloaded Reading #3 to your iPad for
homework tonight
3. If you have extra time, work on your map skills
OR study the Unit 1 flashcards on Study Blue
Looking Forward
• Reading #3 on Edmodo tonight
• Quiz on Friday (use the study guide on
Evernote – also on Edmodo)
– 13 colonies
– Similarities and differences between the colonial
regions
– Early colonial governments (today’s topic!)
England in the Americas: Virginia
• First English settlement: Jamestown, Virginia
• Economic opportunities (cash crops like
tobacco and rice – Carolina gold?)
• Religion played very little role in the
settlement of Virginia and other Southern
colonies
• Head right system
• Development of the plantation system
(indentured servants and slaves)
• Social structure: hierarchical (gentry)
England in the Americas: New England
• Puritans: wanted to “purify” or
reform the Church of England
– Pilgrims: Plymouth Rock
– Puritans: Massachusetts Bay Colony
– “City on the Hill” – model community, no
religious tolerance
• Rebels (Roger Williams, Anne
Hutchinson)  Rhode Island
– Government shouldn’t punish those with
other religious beliefs
• Economics: ship building, trade
and fishing – Boston is a trade
center
England in the Americas: middle colonies
Maryland
• High degree of religious
tolerance – for Christians
• Maryland Toleration Act of
1649
Pennsylvania
• Quakers
• Pacifists
• Wanted to set up a colony
based on the principles of:
– Equality
– Cooperation
– Religious Tolerance
• BOUGHT land from the
Native Americans
• BOTH: Economics based on agriculture and commerce
• Large trading cities like New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
• Slavery not as numerous
• BOTH: Culturally diverse, urban areas grow and develop, hierachical
British
colony
Society
Politics
Economics
Massachusetts
Puritan: Little
religious
tolerance
“City on a hill”
Egalitarian
Town hall
meetings
Mayflower
Compact
Ship building
Mid Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Quakers:
limited
diversity,
tolerance
Egalitarian
Southern
Virginia
South Carolina
Caribbean
Barbados
New
England
Example
Religion
Little role
Hierarchical
Hierarchy
Exports
Food
Virginia
House of
Burgesses
Cash crops
Cash crops
British politics
• Limited government: based on the rule of law
• Magna Carta: Granted nobles various legal rights and
prevented the King from imposing taxes without the
consent of a council
• Parliament: House of Lords and House of Commons
– English Bill of Rights: Monarch cannot interfere with
Parliament elections, granted citizens the right to a speedy
trial, forbade cruel and unusual punishment, right to
petition the government
• Common law: based on tradition or past court
decisions
• Enlightenment: natural rights (John Locke)
Politics in the British Colonies
• Salutary neglect: English government basically lets the
colonists govern themselves
• Representative governments: people elect their officials and
have a vote
New England
• Mayflower Compact: elected
legislature, rule by locals, government
derived power from the people
• Town meetings
• Seek to enforce the will of God (leaders
were usually religious leaders)
• Connecticut: government’s power
comes from free consent of the people
and is limited
Virginia
• House of Burgesses
• Elected by the people: colonial
legislatures
• Appointed by the King: colonial
governor
= Tension
Who held more power??
House of burgesses
• Roles:
– Burgesses – Participating in
the government
– Scribe – Keeps notes
– Timekeeper – Reminds of
the group of time limits
• Rules:
– Do not talk while others
are talking
– Respond to each other, not
around
PROBLEM:
Native Americans are
invading on our crops
The House of Burgesses
needs to decide how the
colony will address the
crisis
Exit Slip
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Why was the House of Burgesses and its processes significant in
American colonization?
Write one paragraph in response
In your response make sure to include:
An explanation of the significance of the House of Burgesses
An explanation of the significance of the House of Burgesses’
decision processes
An explanation of the significance from the Colonists’ point of view
An explanation of the significance from the Native Americans’
point of view
Elements or events from the reenactment to support your
argument.
Long Term Causes of the American Revolution
DAY 3
Do Now
Which of the following had the biggest impact
on colonial life in the mid 1700s:
a. Politics (government structures)
b. Religion
c. Economics (the way money was made or lost)
In your notes, write 2 sentences explaining your
choice. Use specific examples in your argument.
Looking Forward
• Today: Quiz
• Tonight:
– No homework!
• Monday: Parent Survey!
Prezi
• Download the “Prezi Viewer” App
• Username: kealeushistory@gmail.com
Password: burke
• Download “Long Term Causes of the American
Revolution”
Quiz
• You will have up to 20 minutes to complete
the quiz
• When you have finished the quiz, immediately
begin the Prezi
– “Think about it” = jot down notes on your
thoughts
– “Write this down” = write it down in your notes
Long term Causes of the American
Revolution
• Salutary neglect
• Economic practices:
mercantilism
• 1660: Navigation Acts
– British colonies could sell
certain goods only to
England
– Goods sold to other
countries had to pay a
tax (duty)
French and Indian War
(“Seven years war”)
• Results:
– France gives up all land
east of the Mississippi
River
– Britain is the one, true
colonial power in North
America
• Britain is heavily in debt
• 1760: Writs of
assistance
• Proclamation of 1763
Royal Acts and Taxes
• The 13 colonies were now royal colonies
• Sugar Act: import tax on sugar, violated the right
to a trial by jury
• Stamp Act: Taxed nearly all printed materials by
requiring it bear a government tax
– Stamp Act Congress: “No taxation without
representation” – James Otis
– Boycott of British goods
– Sons of Liberty
• Declaratory Act: Parliament had the authority to
impose laws on the colonies
Short-Term Causes of the American Revolution
DAY 4
Do Now
What kind of government existed in the thirteen
colonies before the American Revolution?
What country ruled the thirteen colonies?
Who actually had power?
Looking Forward
• Tonight’s Homework:
– The Americans: Chapter 4, Section 2: Ideas Help
Start a Revolution
– Answer all “Main Idea” questions in your notes
• Test on Friday
Revolutionary Cause
• 1767: Townshend Acts: taxed imported goods
• March 5, 1770: Boston Massacre
• December 1773: Boston Tea Party
– Sons of Liberty
• 1774: Coercive Act (aka “Intolerable Acts”)
– Closed Boston Harbor
– Military governor over Massachusetts
– England expanded the Canadian border, taking land
away from New York, New Hampshire and
Massachusetts (Maine)
The Boston Massacre
• Became a rallying point for colonists against the
British
• Propaganda = what actually happened?
Vocab Terms
Bias: prejudice in favor or against one thing, person
or group
Motive: a reason for doing something
Immediacy: direct and instant involvement
Accuracy: quality of being correct or precise
Reliability: dependability
Document A - Guided
Document B - Independent
Continental Congresses
• April 1775: First Continental Congress
– All but Georgia attended
– Right to be represented in government, or govern
themselves
• April 1775: Lexington and Concord
– “Shot heard round the world”
• May 1775: Second Continental Congress
– Common Sense by Thomas Paine
– Congress decided to stop seeking resolution and to
declare independence
Timeline
In your notes, put the following events in
chronological order:
• Battle of Lexington and Concord
• Writing of the Declaration of Independence
• Establishment of Jamestown
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Tea Act
• Establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Exit Ticket
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What does “bias” mean?
What does “immediacy” mean?
What is a “motive”?
List two facts about the Boston Massacre
Write one sentence that explains how the
Boston Massacre led to the American
Revolution.
Declaration of Independence
DAY 5
Do Now
1. Take out your homework for a homework
check
2. Answer these questions in your notes:
– Are you proud to be an American? Why or why
not?
– Would you rather live someplace else? Why or
why not?
– Who is your favorite American (you can not pick
yourself!)
Looking forward
Tonight’s Homework:
Chapter 4, Section 3
Write 1 sentence explaining the significance of
each term or name
Unit Test: FRIDAY!
Keep studying on Study Blue!
Use the Study Guide in the Unit 1 folder
Declaration of Independence
• Written to further the cause of the colonists’ fight with
Great Britain
• Thomas Jefferson
• Addressed to those colonies and colonists who
remained loyal to King George III
• Articulates the concept of limited government and
egalitarianism
– “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”
– Purpose of government: “secure those rights”
– “Right of the people to alter or abolish” the government
• Offender: King, not Parliament
Take a Look…
• Open the “Declaration of Independence”
worksheet on Edmodo
– Whole group: 1-2
– With a partner: 3-5
– Independently: Remainder
MAKE SURE to answer the Analysis Questions at
the bottom
– Send to Ms. Keale: kara.keale@gmail.com
• When done, begin homework
Results of the Declaration of Independence
• Entered into an alliance with France
– French don’t like English
– French thought the colonists might be successful
against the English
– Provided the Americans with French naval support
and supplies
• Set up a new government in the 13 colonies:
state constitutions
– Bill of Rights
– Based on the principles and ideas set for the in
Declaration
American Revolutionary War Part 1
DAY 6
Do Now
Looking Forward
The Revolutionary War
• April 1775: Battle of
Lexington and Concord
• The War: Colonists vs. British
(“Redcoats”)
– Colonists: Loyalists vs. Patriots
• June 1775: Battle of Bunker
Hill
• July 1775: George
Washington is appointed
commander of the
Continental Army
• March 1776: British leave
Boston and go to New York
American Revolutionary War Part 2
DAY 7
Do Now
Looking Forward
The Revolutionary War
• December 1776: Battle of
Trenton
• September 1777: Battle of
Saratoga
• Winter 1777-1778: Valley Forge
• Winter 1778-1779: British start
focusing on the South
– Francis Marion and Thomas Sumter
fight guerrilla-style
• October 19, 1781: Cornwallis
surrendered to Washington at
Yorktown
• 1783: Treaty of Paris and Great
Britain recognizes US
independence
Articles of Confederation
DAY 8
Do Now
Looking Forward
Articles of Confederation
• First set of laws in the US: Articles of
Confederation
– Each state maintains soveriegnty
– Loosely unified as a nation
– Why? Cautious about giving too much authority to
a central government!