Colonial America•Factors that led to

Colonization

•Specialization and Interdependence

SOLs CoveredUSI.5Demonstrate knowledge of factors that shaped colonial America

USI.5.aDescribe the religious and economic events and conditions that led to the colonization of America

USI.5.bDescribe life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment to produce goods and services, including examples of specialization and interdependence

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•Geo

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•Int

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•Ord

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Timeline

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•Gloss

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Review

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Roanoke Island

Roanoke Island was

established as an economic

venture.

Roanoke Island is known as the Lost

Colony. The settlers there

disappeared and were never seen or heard from again.

Today, we still don’t know what

happened to them.

Roanoke Island became part of the colony of

North Carolina, a Southern Colony.

Map of the coastline where Roanoke was established

Baptism of Virginia Dare – the first born child in North America to English Parents

Message left on tree by Roanoke settlers – these men were searching for them.

JamestownSettlement

Jamestown was the first

permanent English

settlement in North America

(1607).

Jamestown was established as an economic

venture by the Virginia

Company.

Jamestown became part

of the colony of Virginia, a Southern Colony.

A typical building in Jamestown

The Godspeed brought the settlers to Jamestown.

Repairing a roof in Jamestown

A re-enactor displays how the fort was protected.

PlymouthColony

Plymouth Colony was settled by

separatists from the Church of

England.

Separatists were a group of people who

wanted to avoid religious persecution.

They wanted to separate from the Church of England.

Plymouth became part of the colony of

Massachusetts, a New England Colony.

Plymouth was settled for

religious reasons.

Settlers to Plymouth land on shore.

Separatists leaving Holland for Plymouth Colony.The rocky coast the separatists

found when landing in Plymouth.

Massachusetts BayColony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by the Puritans. They

wanted to purify the Church of England.

They settled in Massachusetts Bay to

avoid religious persecution.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was

settled for religious reasons.

Massachusetts Bay Colony became part of the colony of

Massachusetts, a New England Colony.

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PennsylvaniaPennsylvania was settled by the Quakers. The

Quakers wanted to practice their faith without

interference from others.

Pennsylvania was settled for

religious reasons.

William Penn was the person who was given the

land to establish Pennsylvania. The name of Pennsylvania comes

from his name. Pennsylvania means

“Penn’s Woods”.

Pennsylvania became a

Mid-Atlantic colony.

William Penn makes a treaty with the Lenni Lenape tribe.

William Penn

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Georgia

Georgia was settled for economic

reasons and later became a

Southern Colony.

Georgia was settled by people who had been in debtors’

prisons in England. They were in prison because they owed money, or a debt, to

someone else.

These debtors wanted to have

economic freedom and a new life in the New World.

The debtors were sent to Georgia to work off the money they owed. They

became indentured servants. Once they worked enough to pay off their debt, they were

set free.

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Original layout of Savannah, Georgia

Oglethorpe and settlers landing in Georgia

Georgia also served as a boundary

between the English and Spanish territories.

Specialization

Specialization is the focus on one or a few products.

Think about it this way. In a colonial village, you have workers who focus on one thing. Some of these jobs may be blacksmith, wig maker, cobbler, wheelwright and printer. They would make nails, wigs, shoes, wheels, and newspapers. If one person would try to make all these things, would he get very much done? Probably not. When we specialize we focus on talents that can contribute to make-up of the whole. In this case, specialization makes the village a stronger place.

InterdependenceIn

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Think about it this way. A colonial family just arrived from England with very little and needs to build a house. What are some of the things they will need to build? (nails, wood, shingles) What will they need to fill their house? If this family had to make every single thing they would need for the house, would they ever finish? By using the others in the village who make the things they need, they will be able to finish their house much sooner. Interdependence is when you rely on others to get to a final goal or product. In this case, the final goal or product was the colonial house.

Specialization caused the colonies to be interdependent.

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Without each other, each group would not be able to

get what they needed.

Portuguese Explorers

Manufactured Goods

West Africans

SaltGold

Enslaved Africans

European Explorers

Manufactured Goods

American Indians

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Geor

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RoanokeJamestownPlymouthMassachusetts BayPennsylvaniaGeorgia

GlossaryColony – a group of people sent out by another country to a new land area; the land area set up by a group of people but owned by another country

Settler – a person who goes to live in a new place where usually there are few or no people

Establish – to create

Economic – having to do with the system of how things are produced, bought and sold

Venture – a new activity or project that may involve risk

Permanent – lasting for a very long time

Separate – not connected

Religious – having to do with a set of beliefs or values

Persecution – to treat someone unfairly because of race or religion

Interference – to get in the way of progress

Indentured servants – people who did not have money for passage to the colonies and who agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their passage; freed at the end of their contract

Teacher note: put a dollar sign on the pages for Roanoke, Jamestown and Georgia for economic reasons of settlement and put a cross on the pages for Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Bay, and Plymouth for religious reasons for settlement.

Pennsylvania

Plymouth

Georgia

Massachusetts Bay

Roanoke

Jamestown

Religious

Economic

EconomicReligious

Religious

Economic

Settled by Quakers

Settled by Puritans

Settled by Separatists

The Lost Colony

First Permanent

English Colony

Debtors’ Colony

Index

Debtors, 7 Penn, William, 6

Lost Colony, 2 Puritans, 5

Mid-Atlantic, 6 Quakers, 6

New England, 4-5 Separatists, 4

Oglethorpe, James 7 Southern, 2-3, 7

Virginia Company, 3

Map Match

Using the colonial labeling cards, match the correct colonial name to its

matching area on the map.

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Three Way MemoryThis can be played independently or with a friend.

Place the cards face down. Choose three cards. The three cards need to match a colony name, reason for settlement, and a characteristic of the colony. The person with the most matches wins.

Challenge: Put the colonies in order of their settlement time period.

Time Line Match

Match the colonial settlement to the correct date on the map.

Roanoke

Jamestown Massachusetts Bay

Plymouth

Pennsylvania

Georgia

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Jamestown Massachusetts Bay

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Georgia

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Teacher Note: For both the Timeline and Map Match, place a piece of Velcro on each start and also on the colonial cards after laminating the book pages. Cards go into envelope and timeline into the book. Page 12.

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