Coming to America

Exploration and Colonization

Maps & Images

Replica of Early Colonial Housing

Replica 1620 ship - The Mayflower

Benjamin Franklin - a gifted scientist, inventor, and statesman who proved that lightning was a form of electricity and invented bifocal glasses, lightning rods, and the Franklin stove.

In 1619, John Smith, Governor of the Jamestown Colony, addressed the delegates of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the first legislative assembly (representative government) in the American colonies.

Trans-Atlantic Triangular Trade – the pattern of colonial commerce in which enslaved people, rum, sugar, tobacco, cotton, and molasses were bought and traded between the African gold coast, New England, and the West Indies.

Vocabulary

EXPLORATION - traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery

CHARTER - a document issued by a government that gives rights to a person or group

MIGRATION - movement from one region to another

INDENTURED SERVANTS - a person who signs an agreement and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time

MONARCHY - a government where the ruler inherits the leadership role

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT - political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people

MARKET - the area of economic activity in which buyers and sellers come together and the forces of supply and demand affect prices

COLONY - a settlement ruled by a distant country

MERCANTILISM - economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the "mother" country

CASH CROP - a crop that is sold for money

AGRICULTURE - the science, industry, or occupation of raising crops (farming) or livestock (ranching) to study or make a profit

RAW MATERIAL - the basic material that can be used to make or create something

FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM - economic system characterized by freedom for consumers and producers to buy or sell their choice of products for the price they decide

INDUSTRY - economic activity that involves the making of a particular product; type of business

People to Know

(click each image to link to the biography)

William Bradford

Anne Hutchinson

William Penn

Captain John Smith

John Wise

Roger Williams

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

(linked articles)

Great Britain Comes to the New World:

New England Colonies:

The Middle Colonies:

The Southern Colonies:

African-Americans in the New World:

Fun zone

Click on the Quizlet Robot to practice vocabulary from this unit.

Click on the map below for activities on the 13 Colonies.

Columbus Day honors the day Christopher Columbus discovered America. The official holiday falls on October 12. As with all Federal holidays, when a holiday falls on a Sunday - it is usually observed on Monday. When it falls on a Saturday - the holiday is usually observed on a Friday. Most schools hold programs and special events on that day. Click this LINK for Columbus Day activities.

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