Chapter 7 & 8
Comparing the Colonies &
Facing Slavery
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Where do you find ads?
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What do you see in an advertisement?
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What kinds of information are included?
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What makes ads persuasive?
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Billboards are a popular type of advertisement. What are some
billboards you remember seeing around Louisville?
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Billboards are generally seen while people are on the go.
So they must have striking visuals, few words, and
memorable slogans.
How were the three colonial regions alike
and different?
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Objectives (I can…)
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compare and contrast the New England, Middle, and
Southern colonies.
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identify key features of the colonies.
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analyze how democratic principles are/are not reflected
in the establishment of early colonies.
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describe how human labor was utilized in the colonies.
How were the three colonial regions
alike and different?
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You will be creating billboards to try to persuade others
to settle in one of six American colonies during the 1600s
and 1700s.
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British colonies needed to attract settlers in order to
survive and be successful. Why?
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There was much, much work to be done!
More people, the better.
The British colonists laid the foundation for our modern
economic system, in which individuals decide which goods
and services to produce for consumers.
How were the three colonial regions
alike and different?
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The colonies offered many more opportunities to choose
how to make a living and prosper than people were given
in Europe.
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These opportunities attracted many new settlers that the
colonies needed to survive.
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Read pg. 85 – Section 7.1
How were the three colonial regions alike
and different?
Jobs
New England, Middle, and Southern
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Let’s read section 7.2, page 86.
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All 13 British colonies in North America were marked by
their striking regional diversity.
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The three MAIN regions – New England, Middle, and
Southern– were distinguished by differences in geography.
New England, Middle, and Southern
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Each region’s economy and way of life was based on its
natural resources and climate.
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You will be assign one of the six colonies described in
Sections 7.3 to 7.8.
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Then you will create a billboard and a sales presentation
(one minute) that tries to encourage others to settle in your
colony.
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We will vote on which colony we would want to settle in.
New England, Middle, and Southern
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Answer these questions AFTER finishing your billboard:
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What does the billboard want people to do?
How well does it communicate the message?
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Follow the directions on here to successfully complete your billboard.
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I will model first how a billboard
could look and how to do a presentation.
Come to the Virginia Colony!!!
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Right here ladies and gentlemen, this is the colony that
you have been searching for!
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There are many job
opportunities here!
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Citizens of Virginia can
also elect lawmakers!
Steps for Preparing a Colonial Billboard
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1. Learn about your colony: Take turns reading
aloud the information about your colony in Chapter 7.
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2. Write a slogan or catchy statement:Your billboard must
contain a slogan that summarizes your colony’s most
outstanding feature.
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For example, Make your dreams come true in the fertile
soil of Virginia! This slogan identifies one of Virginia’s
outstanding features: the availability of rich soil for farming.
Your billboard must also contain three catchy statements
that describe other qualities of your colony, such as its
geography or job opportunities.
Steps for Preparing a Colonial Billboard
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3. Sketch visual for your billboard:Your billboard must
contain four visuals that reinforce the ideas in your slogan
and catchy statements.
Your visuals should be simple, yet striking so that they can be
easily seen from a distance.
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4. Brainstorm ideas for a sales presentation: Elect one or
two salespeople to do a one minute (or less) sales
presentation. They need to be very persuasive!
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5. Make sure your billboard looks its’ best and the
salesperson has rehearsed for their presentation.
New England, Middle, and Southern
Examine the posters and let’s vote!
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In which colony did the most students want to settle? Why
do you think so many wanted to settle in that colony?
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In which colony did the fewest students want to settle? Why
do you think this was so?
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What factors were most important to you as you
considered which colony to settle in?
The Thirteen Colonies
REVIEW
Regions
The New England Colonies
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Colonies - Maine, New Hampshire,Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
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Land – What was it like?
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Climate
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Cold
People – Who settled there and why?
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Hilly
Rocky
Forests
Ocean
Puritans, for religious freedom
Resources
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Wood
Fish
The Middle Colonies
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Colonies – New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware
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Climate
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Cold and warm
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Portuguese
Dutch
German
Scottish
Irish
Slaves
Quakers, for religious freedom
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Grain
Furs
Wood
People – Who settled there and why?
Resources
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crops
The Southern Colonies
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Colonies – Maryland,Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia
Climate
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warm
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Debtors/poor people
Slaves
Farmers
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Rich soil for farming
Rice
Indigo
Large farms called “plantations”
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Corn
Tobacco – cash crop
People – Who settled there and
why?
Land – What was it like?
Resources
Map!
plantation
tobacco
Quakers
slaves
German
Questions
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Which colonies would have the resources to build ships?
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What type of job would you probably have in the
Southern colonies?
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In which region would you grow rice and tobacco?
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How were the New England and Middle colonies alike?
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Which region had a very diverse population?
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If you were a colonist who had to choose one region in
which to live and work, which would you choose?
Graphic Organizer
Region
Reason for
Founding
People
Who
Settled
There
Geography
(land)
Jobs
Fishing
Farming
Shipbuilding
New
England
colonies
Religious
freedom
Puritans
Pilgrims
Rocky
Hilly
Trees
Middle
colonies
Religious
freedom
Portuguese
Irish, Germans,
Quakers
Flat land
Good for
farming
Farming
A place for
debtors;
slaves;
farmers
Flat land,
rich soil
Farming
Southern
Colonies
A place for
debtors;
slaves;
farmers
Chapter 8 –
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Facing Slavery
Brief overview – we will come back to
this chapter later.
In 1619, Dutch traders brought the first Africans to the English
colonies in North America. The traders sold these people at
Jamestown colony in Virginia. These first Africans were
considered indentured servants, or those who had agreed to
work for a period of time to gain their freedom. Over the
next years, however, the institution of slavery grew strong.
Millions of Africans were enslaved during the 18th century.
Most were put to work on plantations in the Caribbean. But
many slaves were sent to the mainland. All enslaved workers
were treated as though they were the owner’s property.
Chapter 8 –
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Facing Slavery
Brief overview – we will come back to
this chapter later.
In North America, most enslaved Africans worked on farms
and plantations in the Southern Colonies. Their labor
enabled some owners to grow rich. The laws at that time
said that babies born to slaves were also considered slaves.
So, although it became illegal to bring slaves into the United
States after 1808, the number of slaves continued to grow.
There were 4 million slaves in the country in 1860.