13 Colonies Simulation

Imagine that you live in England in the year 1607. It is an exciting time for you. Your country has emerged as a world leader; your navy dominates the ocean; you have a new king; and you hear wonderful stories of a land of possibilities. There’s a new world to explore—a world where hunting is easy and gold is plentiful. You’ve read pamphlets, letters, and advertisements about the new world—how land, forests, and precious metals are abundant. You think about the new world and all its possibilities. Your life in England doesn’t offer you much hope for improvement. You’re not going to rise much above your station in life, the cities are getting crowded, your religion is not accepted, or your family is suffering because you can’t get out of debt. Maybe you are the younger son of a wealthy family—you’re not going to inherit lands or titles because you have older brothers. The new land offers you chance to succeed. For whatever reason, you are planning to start a colony in America. You will be involved in all stages of your colony—from planning the voyage to choosing the crops to determining the governmental structure. Plan carefully.

Ships: Choose the ship that will take your colonists to the new world. Choose the ship number and delete the other ships.

Ship #3 Sturdy, slow speed (16 weeks) 3000 lbs. of cargo 4 cannons 200 people

Landing Locations Choose the landing location. Calculate departure date and arrival date. Delete the landing locations you didn’t choose.

Jamestown You must land by October 1. Departure Date: July 31

To calculate your departure date, find the date by which you must land at your colony location. Then count backwards from the arrival date the number of weeks it takes your ship to arrive at its destination. Subtract an additional week to account for bad weather, pirates, etc. Example: We are going to build our colony in Savannah. We must land by November 1. We are in Ship #2 and it takes 12 weeks to get to its location. That’s roughly 3 months. We should leave by August 1. Let’s push the date back one more week so that we have extra time in case of bad weather. Our departure date is July 24 or the last week of July.

Captain Choose your captain and then type in the information you are given about him. Then make the changes to the slides as needed before going on. Delete the other captains. Captain Bly I got an extra cannon.

Passengers Underline the number of passengers for your ship 50 100 200 Choose the passengers that will be on your ship. You must have the full amount your ship is allowed. Hint: It is easier to keep track of your passengers if you write the numbers on the line rather than a check. Remember that you need many different people to survive in this new country. __12___ doctor & family (6) ___5___ teacher ___12__ carpenter & family (6) ___1___ surveyor __5___ family (5) ___5___ city planner ___25__ soldiers (10) ___25___ indentured servants __10___ farmer & family (10) ___10___ fisherman ____5_ landed gentry (5) ___3___ baker ___10__ seamstress ___10___ single males ___10__ weaver ____10__ single females ___3__ potter ____3_ mason People added because of the __20___ miner captain: ____0______ __1___ convicts ___10__ blacksmith ____5_ minister __4__ butcher

Cargo • You must have 50 lbs. of food and 2 barrels of water per 25 passengers you have. • You do not have to provide food for any indentured servants added because of your captain. How many pounds of cargo does your ship hold? ____3000____ lbs. How many pounds of food must you take? (subtract) --____350____ lbs. How many pounds of water must you take? (subtract) --____350____ lbs. Total amount of pounds remaining: = ___2300_____ lbs. Choose the cargo you wish to take on your journey.

Choose cargo from the list below. You may “spend” the amount of pounds you have remaining on the cargo listed below. Stock your ship carefully. The new world is a vast wilderness and the nearest stores are an ocean away. Plan for all emergencies. (The actual weights of the items have been simplified to make the math easier and faster.) You will cross out the supplies as you use them. Plan out carefully the supplies you will need to survive. _50 lbs___ vegetable seeds—25 lbs. (barrel) __100lbs.___ cow—50 lbs. ___50lbs___ medical supplies – 25 lbs (barrel) ___20__ pigs—10 lbs. __50lbs____ tools – 25 lbs. (barrel) __20___ goats—10 lbs. __100____ building supplies – 100 lbs. __75lbs___ grain-- 25 lbs. (barrel) ___50___ salt – 25 lbs (barrel) __25___ bribery gifts—25 lbs. (barrel) ___25___ limes – 25 lbs (barrel) __100lbs___ weapons—25 lbs. (case) ___100___ household goods – 25 lbs (barrel) __300___ water—25 lbs. (barrel) __250____ loom – 25 lbs ___100__ horses—50 lbs. ___100___ lye – 25 lbs (barrel) ___20__ cloth—10 lbs. bolt __200lbs___ ammunition—50 lbs (barrel) __500lbs___ food—100 lbs. _5lbs___ cat—5 lbs.

Round One Before the voyage: Type in the information that was given with your choice. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices. Make changes on the Excel worksheet. Choice 4 Gained 1 cannon

Round Two The voyage: Type in the information that was given with your 3 choices. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices. Make changes on the Excel worksheet. Choice 11 Choice 5 Gained kept food because of a cat. Lost Two horses got blown overboard

Round Three The landing: Type in the information that was given with your choice. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices. Make changes on the Excel worksheet. Choice 6 Gained Lost half of our animals and 10 peeps.

Designing the community: You have 45 days to build your colony. It takes 5 days to build each structure. It takes 2 days to prepare the land for a garden. It takes 5 days to build a wall. Design your colony and label each item on the next slide. On this slide, list what you are building and how many days it takes to build. Garden 2 days Triangle walls 17 days storehouse (animals and supplies 27 days 4 ½ houses 44 ½ days

Draw a picture of your colony and paste it here.

Store house

Round Four Building the community: Type in the information that was given with your 3 choices. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices. Make changes on the Excel worksheet. Choice 7 Choice 14 Gained 0 Lost 10 people

Round Five Planting: Type in the information that was given with your choice. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices. Make changes on the Excel worksheet. Choice 1 Gained 0 Lost 10 people

Round Six The Natives: Type in the information that was given with your choice. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices. Make changes on the Excel worksheet. Choice 2 Gained 25 pounds of food Lost 0

Round Seven The first winter: Type in the information that was given with your 3 choices. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices. Make changes on the Excel worksheet. Choice 3 Choice 10 Gained 1025 Lost 0.5 settlers

Round Eight Government and Politics: Type in the information that was given with your choice. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices. Make changes on the Excel worksheet. Choice 1 Choice 2 Choice 3 Choice 4 Choice 5 Choice 6 Choice 7 Gained 0 Lost 6 people

After the first year: How many survived? Total the amount of supplies you have remaining. Salt, limes, vegetable seeds, and food count in the food category. Divide the food amount you have remaining by 20. The number you get tells you the total number of colonists you can afford to feed. Total the number of colonists you have remaining. Use the following formula to help you determine the number of survivors. ____251______ + _______2050___ + ____600______ = __________ amount of animals amount of food amount of water Divide by 20 to get remaining (pounds) remaining (pounds) remaining (pounds) the number of colonists you can feed _____563.5_____ - ____132.5______ = _____431_____ number of number of number of colonists remaining colonists you can survivors feed

• Was your colony successful? Yes

• What would make a colony successful? To have a successful colony, you must have a good source of food and water, and people that can do things like save people and get food. You also need a good captain (such as myself).

• What factors impacted your survival?

Factors that impacted my survival are, a cat, good teamwork, good captain and ship.

• What factors could you plan for? You could

plan for good food and hunting, you can also plan for a good captain.

Time Management Determine how many hours in a day a typical colonist spends on the following activities. Make a pie graph using all the following activities (remember your hours must equal 24 hours). Hunting three hours Preparing food 1 hour Preserving food half an hour Farming three hours Reading 0 hours Praying 0 minute Writing 0 minutes Building a shelter 3 hours Making clothes/blankets two hours Tending to livestock/poultry 2 hours Laundry 1 hour Weaving 1 hour Baking 1 hour Guarding the colony 2 hours Sleeping 4.5 hours

Time Management Graph

What environmental, technological, and social considerations do you need to factor into your decisions? We needed teamwork to figure out our decisions, and we needed to know our environment conditions , a cat and other assortment of animals to keep our passengers safe. What did you learn about settling a new country. Don’t forget to include the number of settlers, type of settlers, possible dangers, etc. Sometimes, no matter how well you’ve planned, accidents happen and the colony fails. We learned, that you need teamwork, and sometimes people are not as good as you think they are. Sometimes more people mean more help but also chaos.