CHAPTER 1 NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES

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CHAPTER 1 NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES

• USHC 1.1

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• Essential Question
• Compare contrast the Spanish, French, Dutch,
  British colonies in North America?
• Warm-Up Question
• Use the image on the next slide to answer the
  following questions
• What was the main idea of the Age of Exploration?
  
• What motivated explorers during this time period?

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What was the Age of Exploration?
(1) What was the main idea of the Age of
Exploration? (2) What motivated explorers during
this time?
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Colonial Settlement Group Activity

• Before we begin todays activity, lets review
  some key ideas from world history that impacted
  North America
• The motivation means of explorers during the
  Age of Exploration
• Key settlement area of the Spanish, French,
  Dutch, British colonists

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Motivation Means of Exploration

• Means
• Better ships (caravels)
• Better navigation tools
• Astrolabe sextant
• Magnetic compass
• Maps with longitude latitude

• Key Motivation of Explorers
• A search for new knowledge (Renaissance)
• The 3 Gs
• GOLD A desire for wealth, new markets for trade,
  a desire to escape poverty in Europe
• GLORY A desire by European kings to develop
  large overseas empires or for individual
  explorers to make a name for themselves
• GOD A desire by European Christians (Catholics)
  to convert people to their faith

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Four Key Explorers
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This exploration led to colonies by European
countries
Your task today is to figure out why the Spanish,
French, Dutch, British colonies were founded
what they were like
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Colonial Settlement Group Activity

• Working in groups of 3, you will serve as
  historical anthropologists trying to find out
  about various European settlements
• Examine the various artifacts at each of the 9
  settlement you visit try to answer these
  questions
• Why was each settlement founded?
• What was the economic political system of each
  settlement?
• How did they interact with Indians?
• What was important to each group?

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Colonial Settlement Group Activity

• Concluding Activities
• When finished, use the information that you
  gathered from each of the9 sites to complete the
  chart on pg 2
• Answer the 4 discussion questions below the chart
  be prepared to discuss these tomorrow