Name: __________________
Exploration and Colonization Remediation
Directions: As you watch the video, complete the notes on the chart below
Who came to
Jamestown?
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Jamestown
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Where did they land? __________________________
Who was the area named after? _________________
When did they land? ___________________________
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Problems in
Jamestown -
List four difficulties faced by settlers in Jamestown
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John Rolfe,
Pocahontas
John Smith
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John Rolfe – Greatest contribution:
Two more facts about John Rolfe:
1. __________________________ 2:_______________________________
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What is a ‘cash crop’: _____________________________________
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Pocahontas – Fact 1:____________________________________
Pocahontas – Fact 2:____________________________________
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Personality: ________________________________
Policy: _____________________________________
Why did
Europeans come
to America?
Jamestown
1607
The Virginia
Colony
Colonists, Native
Americans and
African
Slaves
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Wealth - ________________________________________________
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Religion
a. ________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________
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Social Improvement - _____________________________________
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___________ is the 1st permanent English settlement
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The surrounding area is named __________, after Queen Elizabeth (The Virgin Queen)
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The ________ _______ __ ___________ financed the colony as an economic venture
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As the Virginia Colony grew, it expanded _________
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English nobility came to the colony with land grants from the king
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Poorer English settled farther west to the ___________ ________ where land was
cheaper
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In 1640, the colonists formed the _______ of _________, today’s _______ ________,
which was the 1st legislative body in Virginia
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Many in England could not afford passage to America, so they agreed to become
servants (usually for ___ years) to someone who paid their way to the colonies. They
became known as ___________ _________
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Native Americans often confronted colonial settlement, but were unable to overcome
European _____________ and ____________
_________ from _______ began to arrive in _________ to work on tobacco
plantations
Slavery was ________ in the colonies, but became more widely used in the
_______
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The Southern
Colonies
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The Southern Colonies were made up of: ________, ______ ________, ______
_______ and ______
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They set up plantations in lowland areas and grew “cash crops” of ________,
_____ and _______
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Some southerners, mainly of ________ and Scottish descent settled in the
mountains of ____________
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Most _____________ had strong beliefs in private ownership and free
______________
List the
New England States 1st New England Colony
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Who was it?
Why did they come?
Where did they land?
When?
What document set up their government?
Views on Religious tolerance?
Mayflower Compact
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Covenant Community –
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Direct Democracy -
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What was it based off of?
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Town Meetings –
Roger Williams
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Why did Roger Williams create Rhode Island?
New England Colonies,
Economy
Middle Colonies, States
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Based off of:
Middle Colonies,
Religion, Economy
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Religions of middle colonies PA NY Economy based off of –
NJ -
The New England
Colonies
The Middle Colonies
Religion in the
Colonies
Slavery in the Colonies
Slavery- Middle
Passage
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The New England colonies were made up of: _________, _______ ________,
__________, _________, ____ ________ and ________
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The 1st of these colonies began with ________ settlers to the
____________________ Bay Colony in 1620
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These Pilgrims sought ____________ freedom from the _______________
Church in England
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Upon arrival the colonists made an agreement to stick together called the
____________ ____________
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The Puritans formed “covenant communities”, and held _________
___________ to voice concerns- ______________ ________________
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New England Colonies based their __________ on ship building, lumber,
_____________ farming, and fishing
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The Middle Colonies were made up of: ______ ______, _____ ______,
_________, ________ and ________
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Many of these colonists came from _____________ and ____________ as
well as Great Britain
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Their economy was based on __________, shipbuilding and subsistence
farming
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The _________ dominated the Massachusetts’ Bay Colony, and were
___________ of outside forms of Christianity
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The Middle colonies had a mix of ________ in Pennsylvania, ________ in
Maryland and Anglicans from England
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The Southern Colonies were made up primarily of _________
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In the 1700s, the “______ _________” led to the growth of the _______ and
__________churches
__________ servants became too __________ & southern plantations needed
a source of labor
________ began to arrive in 1619 to work on tobacco ____________
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Slaves were transported from _________ to the ____________ by ship sailing the
“_________ Passage”
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Slaves were ______________ in the Caribbean, and brought to the 13 colonies
where they were made to work _______ hours for ____ pay
These states should be easy to remember!