Please sit in your assigned seats and quietly follow
the directions below:
Answer the following questions in your bell ringer
notebook:
Let’s pretend you have an opportunity to leave the
U.S. and move to an undeveloped country, where
you can make your own way and create a new
government. Would you go? If yes, what would
you do first? How would you make money, build a
home, etc.?
Please sit in your assigned seats and
quietly follow the directions below:
If you have not completed your Student Profile
please take the next 10 minutes to do so.
If you have already finished, please use these 10
minutes to…
1. Study for your quiz (1.1, chart and 1.2 notes)
2. Read your book for your book report
3. Work on other homework
Standard USHC 1: The student will
demonstrate an understanding of
the conflicts between regional and
national interest in the development
of democracy in the United States.
USHC 1.1: Summarize the distinct
characteristics of each colonial
region in the settlement and
development of British North
America, including religious, social,
political, and economic differences.
SETTLEMENT OF
COLONIAL AMERICA
REGIONS
English emigrants settled in three regions in
British North America:
1. New England Colonies
2. Mid-Atlantic Colonies
3. Southern Colonies
New England Colonies: ex. Massachusetts
Mid-Atlantic Colonies: ex. Pennsylvania
Southern Colonies: ex. Virginia and South
Carolina
Religion:
One of the most common
misconceptions about the motivation
of settlers is that they all came for
religious reasons.
MOST settlers came to the New World
to get land to improve their economic
and social standing.
Colonies founded for religious
purposes: Plymouth and Massachusetts
Bay (New England).
The first Pilgrims and Puritans migrated
for religious freedom for themselves
but not for religious freedom for other
religious groups.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
PURITANS
John Winthrop
MAIN IDEA: Religious
intolerance in the
colonial period was a
prime factor in the
establishment of the
principle of
separation of church
and state after the
American Revolution.
Society:
The development of democratic
political institutions was caused by
somewhat egalitarian societies
which were created by settlers based
on religious equality BUT as
economic prosperity developed and
immigration increased, so did class
distinctions.
egalitarian: upholding the doctrine
of the equality of mankind, and the
desire for political, economic and
social equality
Politics:
The political development of the
colonies was impacted by the political
traditions of the mother country.
The British emigrants brought their
language, culture and their
experiences with the Magna Carta
and Parliament.
Magna Carta: the “great charter” of
English liberties; England’s first
constitution
Parliament: the legislature of Great
Britain
Colonial experiences and distance
from the mother country fostered the
development of democratic
institutions.
Civil War in England during the 1600s
and the policy of salutary neglect
helped to undermine the authority of
the king in the colonies and
strengthened the role of colonial
assemblies.
salutary neglect: undocumented, but
long standing, British policy of
avoiding strict enforcement of
parliamentary laws, meant to keep
American colonies obedient to Great
Britain
Most colonies were royal colonies by
1750, but colonial assemblies used the
power of the purse to control the
impact of the royal governors.
royal colony: ruled by a governor
appointed by the King of England
British colonists were loyal to the
Crown, but believed only their colonial
assemblies had the power to tax.
“No taxation without representation”
is based on the traditions of the
Magna Carta and colonial experience.
MAIN IDEA: The
English Civil War, the
Glorious Revolution
and the English Bill
of Right all
influenced the
colonists’ perception
of their rights as
Englishmen.
Economics:
The economic development of the
English colonies in the New World
depended upon their geographic
location as well as the natural
resources and human capital available
to them.
LARGEST PORT CITIES (Colonial
America):
BOSTON: economic center of New
England; ship building, lumber,
fishing, iron products
NEW YORK: corn, wheat, lumber
PHILADELPHIA: ship building, lumber,
flour, meat
CHARLES TOWN (CHARLESTON):
skins, rice, indigo, meat, wood
PLAY
Please sit in your assigned seats and
quietly follow the directions below:
Answer the following questions in your bell
ringer notebook:
“Ok, we’re back in the undeveloped country, but
now you live there. As a new settler, you have
to create a government. What types of rules or
laws would you bring with you from the U.S.?
What would you do differently?”
Group Work
1. Fill in the chart for each region and
characteristic
2. Come up with a creative (no reading from the
paper!) way to present your assigned region
Examples: Skit, rap, song, etc.
RULES FOR PRESENTATIONS:
1. Groups may not read off their papers
2. All groups members must participate
3. All four characteristics (Religion, Society,
Politics, Economics) must be addressed
NEW ENGLAND
RELIGION
SOCIETY
MID-ATLANTIC
SOUTHERN
Puritans, very little religious tolerance, “city on
limited religious tolerance, Pennsylvania
religion did not play a big role until the Great
a hill” (community that England could look to as
founded by Quaker William Penn, Act of
Awakening, The Church of England (Anglican)
a model of godliness), exiled dissenters (Roger
Toleration in Maryland (proposed to protect
was the established church
Williams), persecuted Quakers
the rights of Catholics)
Congressional (Puritan) church fostered the
egalitarian society based on religious equality,
hierarchical social structure due to the
development of towns and educational systems
which changed when economic prosperity
plantation system and dependence on
and shaped society
developed
indentured servants, and later slaves, the
development of towns and schools was
impeded by large land holdings
New England town meetings, royal governors
colonial assemblies, royal governors (1750)
(1750)
Virginia’s House of Burgesses, less
democratic due to slavery and the plantation
system (coastal planters had more power
than farmers), royal governors (1750)
POLITICS
ECONOMICS
limited farming due to geography, ship building,
fertile soil and mild climate, export in food
fertile soil and dependence on slave labor,
merchants, fisherman
trade stuffs
cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo
BIG PORT CITY: Boston
BIG PORT CITIES: New York, Philadelphia
(cotton was NOT a major crop until the
invention of the cotton gin in 1793)
BIG PORT CITY: Charles Town (Charleston)
New England
RELIGION
• Puritans, very little religious tolerance, “city on a hill” (community that
England could look to as a model of godliness), exiled dissenters (Roger
Williams), persecuted Quakers
SOCIETY
• Congressional (Puritan) church fostered the development of towns
and educational systems and shaped society
POLITICS
• New England town meetings, royal governors (1750)
ECONOMICS
• limited farming due to geography, ship building, merchants, fisherman
• BIG PORT CITY: Boston
Mid-Atlantic
Religion
• limited religious tolerance, Pennsylvania founded by
Quaker William Penn, Act of Toleration in Maryland
(proposed to protect the rights of Catholics)
Society
• egalitarian society based on religious equality, which
changed when economic prosperity developed
Politics
• colonial assemblies, royal governors (1750)
Economics
• fertile soil and mild climate, export in food trade stuffs
• BIG PORT CITIES: New York, Philadelphia
Southern
Religion
• Religion did not play a big role until the Great Awakening, The Church of
England (Anglican) was the established church
Society
• hierarchical social structure due to the plantation system and dependence
on indentured servants, and later slaves, the development of towns and
schools was impeded by large land holdings
Politics
• Virginia’s House of Burgesses, less democratic due to slavery and the
plantation system (coastal planters had more power than farmers), royal
governors (1750)
Economics
• fertile soil and dependence on slave labor, cash crops such as tobacco, rice
and indigo (cotton was NOT a major crop until the invention of the cotton
gin in 1793)
• BIG PORT CITY: Charles Town (Charleston)
Settling a new nation
Write down 5 laws you would create for your
new land.
Settling a new nation
Share your laws with your partner, and try to
combine both of your 10 to 5
Settling a new nation
Work in groups of 4 to combine both of your 10
laws to 5
Settling a new nation
Explain your laws to the class, including why you
created each law, and how it is similar or
different to a law in the United States
MERCANTILISM: exporting (sell) more than you
import (buy)