What parts of American history are you most
interested in studying this year and why?
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In Class Today:
Reading: Romney article
2. Written response
3. Discussion of article
Go to cainhistory.weebly.com. Click on the
AP/CAP U.S. History tab. Find the current
events article and read it. Write a brief
summary and explain how this could be seen
as a commentary on modern society.
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In Class Today:
Wrap up Romney discussion
Ch. 2 essays (due next Friday)
3. Begin Ch. 2 notes
New World Experiments
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East Coast Colonies
-Motives: land, religion
-English Civil War
Four Subcultures Developed
-New England (Northern)
-Middle Colonies
-Chesapeake
-Carolinas
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Virginia
-Jamestown settled 1607
-Disaster: swamp, lack of cooperation
-John Smith: savior
- “Stinking weed”
-House of Burgesses
Tough Conditions
-Disease, Indian attacks common
-Ratio of men to women 6:1
What would motivate you to want to move to
another country to start a new life?
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In Class Today:
1. Ch. 2 Notes
Reading: “The Starving Time”
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London Company
-Dissolved in1624
-Virginia now a royal colony
Tobacco Planters
-Wealth, corruption
Maryland
-Originally a Catholic haven
-Lord Baltimore’s vision
-Protestants seized power (1655)
What made life in Jamestown so difficult for
the colonists living there? What brought
about a shift in fortunes for them?
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In Class Today:
Notes: New England colonies
2. Story of Us clip
3. Article: Three views
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Plymouth
-Settled by Pilgrims (separatists)
-Mayflower Compact
-Attracted few immigrants
Massachusetts Bay
-Settled by Puritans
-Sought to reform Church of England
-John Winthrop
-Mass. Bay Company
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Mass. Bay Colony
-Steady immigration
-Puritan ethic: work, sacrifice
-Congregationalism
- “Freemen” voting rights
Outcasts
-Rhode Island
-Quakers, Anne Hutchinson
Discuss the major differences between the
Chesapeake and New England colonies.
Which would you have preferred to live in and
why?
In Class Today:
1. DBQ #1: Colonial regions
A stranger is standing in the middle of a
street next to your dog or cat. You only have
time to push one out of the way before a bus
will hit them. Which one will you save and
why?
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In Class Today:
Ch. 2 Notes (Pennsylvania colonies)
2. Video: History crash course
3. Reading: Religious conversions
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New York
-Dutch West Indies Co.
-Very diverse
-Taken by England (1664)
New Jersey
-Quakers introduced democracy
-Split in two; not prosperous
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Pennsylvania
-Quaker haven
-Direct communication
-No original sin or predestination
- “Inner Light”
William Penn
- “Holy Experiment”
-Self-rule
-Influx of immigrants
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Initial failure
-Attracted few immigrants
Barbadian connection
-Planters recruited from Barbados
-Demand for self government
Georgia
-Penal colony (debt)
-Buffer
Check out FoxNews.com or CNN.com and
select one article to summarize and comment
on. Be sure to sum up the main points and
give your opinion/reaction to the story.
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In Class Today:
Ch. 2 essays (discuss answers)
2. Famous colonists research
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John Winthrop
John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Lord Baltimore
John Mason
William Penn
John Smith
Duke of York
James Oglethorpe
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
Nathaniel Bacon