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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 #2 Sturdy, medium speed (12 weeks) 2000 lbs. of cargo 2 cannons 100 people
Landing LocationsChoose the landing location. Calculate departure date and arrival date. Delete the landing locations you didn’t choose.
PlymouthYou must land by September 1.Departure Date: _April 23____
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 Captain Bly has a well –armed crew able to defeat pirates if necessary . Add one 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.
____2_ doctor & family (6) _2_____ teacher1_____ carpenter & family (6) _____2_ surveyor___1__ family (5) ___2___ city planner__3___ soldiers (10) ______ indentured servants___1__ farmer & family (10) ___3___ fisherman____ landed gentry (5) ____2__ baker__1___ seamstress _____5_ single males____1_ weaver _____5_ single females_____2 potter ____2_ mason People added because of the____2_ miner captain: _______________ convicts ____3_ blacksmith ____2_ minister __1___ butcher
Cargo
• You must have 50 lbs. of food and 2 barrels of water per 25 passengers you have. • You must also allow 25 lbs. of personal belongings per 25 passengers you have. (Each passenger has the following items: 1 chest/bag containing personal clothing money; 1 cast iron pot; 1 cast iron skillet; blanket; tools of their trade; and 5 candles.) • 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? ___2000_____ lbs. How many pounds of food must you take? (subtract) ‐‐_____200___ lbs. How many pounds of water must you take? (subtract) ‐‐_____100_ lbs. How many pounds of personal belongings? (subtract) ‐‐_____100___ lbs. Total amount of pounds remaining: = ______1,600__ 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.
___1__ vegetable seeds—25 lbs. (barrel) ___1___ cat – 5 lbs.___2__ cow—50 lbs. ____5__ medical supplies – 25 lbs. (barrel)__2___ pigs—10 lbs. ___3___ tools – 25 lbs. (barrel)__2___ goats—10 lbs. _2_____ building supplies – 100 lbs.___1__ grain‐‐ 25 lbs. (barrel) ____2__ salt – 25 lbs. (barrel)___2__ bribery gifts—25 lbs. (barrel) __2____ limes – 25 lbs. (barrel)___3__ weapons—25 lbs. (case) _2_____ household goods – 25 lbs. (barrel)___4__ water—25 lbs. (barrel) ___1___ loom – 25 lbs.__2___ horses—50 lbs. __1___ lye – 25 lbs. (barrel)___1__ alcohol—25 lbs. (barrel) _5____ cloth—10 lbs. bolt __5___ ammunition—50 lbs. (barrel) ___1__ food—100 lbs. _____ 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.
Choice 6 your captain removes 10 passengers and adds a cannon
Gained : a cannon
Lost : 10 passengers
Round TwoThe voyage: Type in the information that was given with your 2 choices. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices.
Choice 8 your food supply is damaged during a storm. You lose a half of your supplies.
Choice 7 a pirate ship attacks your ship if you have 2 or more cannons you win the fight.
Gained we won against pirates.
Lost half of food
Round ThreeThe 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.
Choice 2 : if your trip was delayed for any reason you lose ½ of the children due to drowning and malnutrition.
Gained nothing
Lost nothing
Designing the community:
You have 30 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.
Building
building
Building
garden
wall
wall
Round FourBuilding the community:
Type in the information that was given with your 2 choices. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices.
Choice 3 unless you brought a barrel of tools you are delayed building your settlement by one month
Choice 11 you lose 5 settlers due to disease.
Gained nothing
Lost : lost 5 settlers
Round FivePlanting: 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.
Choice 5 : your garden is destroyed in a battle with the natives unless you have a barrel of bribery gifts you do not get replanted and lose 10 settlers
Gained nothing
Lost bribery gifts
Round SixThe 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.
Choice 6 your leader offends the chiefs of the local tribe. You lose 5 settlers in a war before there is peace.
Gained nothing
Lost 5 settlers
Round SevenThe first winter: Type in the information that was given with your 2 choices. Then make changes on the slides as needed. Type in what was gained and what was lost. Delete the other choices.
Choice 8 If you have a city planner in your settlement then your settlement does not have sewage drainage problems if you don’t you lose half of your women and children.
Choice 7 hunting supplements your food supply if you brought at least 2 barrels of ammunition. If you didn’t lose 10 colonists.
Gained nothing
Lost nothing
Round EightGovernment 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.
Choice 2 your settlers not please with the government but all they do is complain.
Gained : an argument
Lost
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.
125__________ + _______100___ + _____100__ =_____32_____ 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
75__________ ‐ __32________ = ___43_______ number of number of number of colonists remaining colonists you can survivors lost
feed
• Was your colony successful? Well we were successful because we still have 43 people. We weren't successful because we lost a lot of people.
• What would make a colony successful? Not having a lot of bad luck .we lost a lot of food and people.
• What factors impacted your survival? Weapons and other supplies and briber gifts.
• What factors could you plan for? pirate attacks and starvation .
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 : 2 HOURPreparing food 2 HPreserving food 2 HFarming 1HReading 30 MINPraying 5MINWriting 1HBuilding a shelter 2HMaking clothes/blankets 1HTending to livestock/poultry 2HLaundry30MIN Weaving 1HBaking 1HGuarding the colony 4HSleeping 3 H 55MIN
Time Management Graph
farming
reading
praying
writing
building a shelter
making clothes
tending to livestock
laundry
weaving
baking
gaurding the colony
sleeping
What environmental, technological, and social considerations do you need to factor into your decisions? The leader offended the chief of a another ship. We could have a counselor to help us. We also needed a life raft to help the people who drowned.
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 other people need needs too. We also learned that we needed to get a bigger ship to help carry more cargo. We also needed more food. Also we needed more people.