The student will apply social science skills to understand the factors that shaped Colonial America by describing colonial life in America from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, merchants, women, free African Americans, indentured servants, and enslaved African Americans, by creating a computational artifact.

This activity should be used as a review for the reasons why colonists came to the New World. After the context clues are filled in, students will choose a photo from Google Images that represents each of the colonies that came to the new world.

How British were the British colonies in North America in 1754? In this video, Kim discusses how the British colonies participated in political, social, cultural, and economic exchanges with Great Britain that encouraged both stronger bonds with Britain and resistance to Britain’s control.

Kim discusses how after many years of unsuccessful settlements, the English founded the colony of Jamestown in Virginia.

England didn't start its first successful colony in North America until 1607, more than 100 years after Columbus arrived in the New World. In this video, Kim discusses the problems that prevented England from following in Spain's footsteps, including struggles for the throne, war in Ireland, and economic depression.

In the 1600s, French and Dutch settlers in North America took a very different approach to colonization than their English or Spanish counterparts. In this video, Kim examines the trading relationships that French and Dutch settlers established with Native Americans in North America and how colonial goals affected patterns of settlement.

Description
Overview: The growth of tobacco, rice, and indigo and the plantation economy created a tremendous need for labor in Southern English America. Without the aid of modern machinery, human sweat and blood was necessary for the planting, cultivation, and harvesting of these cash crops. While slaves existed in the English colonies throughout the 1600s, indentured servitude was the method of choice employed by many planters before the 1680s. This system provided incentives for both the master and servant to increase the working population of the Chesapeake colonies.
Subject: U.S. History Level: Middle School
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration,
Reading Provider: Independence Hall Association Provider Set: US History Date Added: 10/16/2014
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Language: English Media Format: Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML

Kim discusses how the system of indentured servitude in colonial Virginia transformed into a system of African slavery after Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion against the House of Burgesses.

Kim discusses the early difficulties of the English colonists at Jamestown, and clears up some common misconceptions about John Smith and Pocahontas.

This activity allows students to act as historians. The student will analyze various primary documents to determine the cause of "The Starving Time" in Jamestown, Virginia. Once the students have analyzed the sources, they will be asked to write a paragraph to explain their conclusion.

This activity allows students to act as historians. The student will analyze various primary documents to determine the cause of "The Starving Time" in Jamestown, Virginia. Once the students have analyzed the sources, they will be asked to write a paragraph to explain their conclusion.

Kim discusses how the tobacco plantation system led to indentured servitude and eventually slavery in the area surrounding Jamestown and the Chesapeake Bay.

Kim discusses how John Rolfe's discovery that Virginia was the perfect environment to cultivate tobacco led to Jamestown's success -- and to a great deal of conflict between the English and the Powhatans, resulting in the first and second Anglo-Powhatan Wars.

Kim and David discuss the mystery of the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island, the English settlement in North America that vanished in the late 1500s. In this video, they set the stage for the colonial venture and discuss the first two missions to Roanoke Island.

Kim and David continue discussing the Lost Colony of Roanoke. What happened when the English colonists finally settled on the coast of North Carolina? What are the prevailing theories about what happened to the colonists?

The Middle colonies consisted of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Delaware. Located in the middle of the Atlantic seaboard, their economies combined the industry of the North with the agriculture of the South. They were unusual, however, for their degree of religious toleration and their wide range of ethnic diversity.

In the late 1500s and early 1600s, the United Kingdom cast its gaze westward and joined the quest for American colonies. In this video, Kim discusses the motivations for English colonization, including competition with Catholic nations for riches and souls, and the development of 'joint-stock' companies.

Students will read the excerpt from Olaudah Equiano's slave narrative and first analyze the primary source using the SOAPSTone method. Students will further analyze the source to identify the conditions of the Middle Passage from the point of view of an enslaved African. Students should pay particular attention to the purpose of the narrative and be able to identify the way in which Equiano attempts to convince the reader of the injustice of slavery.

Although the New England colonies differed from the Chesapeake colonies in their economies and environments, both regions shared forms of government that were unusually democratic for the time period, as well as a policy of excluding Native Americans from their societies.

This short article, produced by historian Dr. David Toye for the Saylor Foundation, describes the employment of indentured servants and slaves in the different regions of the American colonies.
title"Slavery and Indentured Servitude in the American Colonies" 2018 by userSaylor Academy
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