With the demand for Asian products increasing in Europe, explorers tried to find new and faster routes to the east. The map above shows what Europeans knew to be true of the world in 1488. Four years later, Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean and made the Henricus Martellus map obsolete. While Columbus did not find a route to Asia, this expedition discovered an unknown hemisphere full of people and products which ultimately led to the blending of American, European, and African worlds.
Later, instead of creating trading networks with the native populations of America, like had been done in Asia, Europeans began to colonize, or settle, in North America. They were attracted to opportunities not available in Europe: the possibility of riches, land ownership, and freedom of religion.
Effects of European Settlement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsMGICONtb8
In the beginning of European settlement in the Americas, 2/3rds of all settlers were indentured servants. As you complete the tasks in Module 1, you will be building knowledge of push and pull factors, regional settlement patterns, important settlers, trade, and the establishment of government in America. After completing the tasks, you will write a long memoir from the perspective of an indentured servant and the early years of settlement.
Quiz yourself!
Look at the map on the left. Once America was discovered by the Old World, European countries began to claim territory here in the "New World." How does this original settlement pattern affect us today?
Think about this: Find the area that is now California. Remember, many city names are San Francisco, Los Angeles, etc. Looking at the key, what country originally claimed the land that is now California?
Also - along the eastern seaboard there are many colonies named New York, New Jersey, etc. What country settled this part of America?
Performance Task SS 4 - Analyze Human-Enviornmental Interactions
4.1 - Analyze relationships between human and Environmental Systems
4.2 -Evaluate the impacts of human actiity on enviornmental systems
2. - Annotate
Read the following article about labor in the colonies. Answer the questions, and submit into Slate
3.1 - Display and explain spatial patterns
3.2 Apply Geographic Tools
USE the map resources on the right to get information needed for this assignment.
Print off the questions and map below. Using the map resources, label the 13 colonies and shade in the three regions of the colonies (southern, middle, and northern). Create a key.
Then, for each region, list three ways that the region made money. Did they grow a certain crop? Did they mine ore?
How did the climate and geography of the 13 colonies affect the economies of both the Northern and Southern parts of the colonies? How did slavery become the economic engine for the South?
TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR COMPLETED MAP AND PASTE INTO A GOOGLE DOC AND LINK INTO SLATE******
Map Resources1.3 Analyze historical sources
Learning Activity 3: In-Text Citations
As you progress through the history course, you will be writing many essays and research papers.
To add depth to your papers, you should be adding primary and secondary sources to strengthen the points you are trying to make. But, you do not want to plagiarize, so give credit where credit is due. This assignment is going to introduce you to the in-text citation.
What is an in-text citation? An in-text citation alerts the reader that you are including the work/ideas of someone else into your paper.
How do you add an in-text citation to your work? Imagine that I am writing a paper about the philosophy of Benjamin Franklin. I want to add his quote, "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
Here is my paragraph - Make sure to add the MLA heading
Mandy Moncur
Mandy
History 10A
Date
Benjamin Franklin contributed to the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. As an Enlightenment thinker, it was important for Franklin that people have the freedom to think and act for themselves. Even though the founding documents of the United States gives people these freedoms, it does not guarantee that these freedoms will happen automatically. As Franklin said, "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself" (Brainyquote.com). So, Franklin is telling us that we have to get to work and create our own happiness in our lives.
That's it! For this assignment, find a quote from a famous person, any person. Write a short paragraph on Google Docs explaining the context of the quote, add the quote, (What is the quote and why did the person say the quote?) and put in the in-text citation.
Then, create a works cited page. (In Google, go to tools, down to citations, and then follow the prompts. Ask for help, if needed. This tool makes research papers so much easier.)
Submit into Slate under Learning Activity #3
1.4 - Evaluate the importance of people's actions in shaping outcomes
You are going to compare and contrast two settlers of American colonies, John Smith and John Winthrop. The information you need to include in this assignment is:
Which colony did he settle? What region of the colonies is it located?
Why was this colony established? Was it for economic gain, religious purposes, both?
What were some challenges of each colony?
Using the quotes below, write a sentence that explains the quote, and the founder's philosophy of the colony. (Why did the founder say this quote?)
If we are long distance learning, please put information on Google Slides
The settlers to focus on are:
John Smith - " He that will not work, shall not eat."
John Winthrop - “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.”
6. Columbian Exchange
Once the Old and New Worlds became aware of each others' existence, products were brought back and forth between the continents. It is strange to think that a famous Italian like Chrisopher Columbus never had spaghetti and meatballs, because tomatoes were not in the Old World until they were brought to Europe.
For this activity, you will chart where the ingredients of your favorite foods come from. You will see how your meals are a blending of hemispheres.
