NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
Massachusetts, founded in 1620 Religious Freedom
1630 Religious Freedom
Founded by John Carver, John Winthrop, and William Bradford
New Hampshire, founded in 1620 Profit from trade and fishing
Founded by Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason
Rhode Island, founded in 1636 Religious Freedom
Founded by Roger Williams
Connecticut, founded in 1635 Profit from fur and trade, farming, religious and political freedom
Founded by Thomas Hooker
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MIDDLE COLONIES
New York, founded in 1624 Expand Trade
Founded by Dutch settlers
Delaware, founded in 1638 Expand Trade
Founded by Swedish settlers
New Jersey, founded in 1638 Profit from selling land
Founded by John Berkeley and George Carteret
Pennsylvania, founded in 1682 Profit from selling land; religious freedom
Founded by William Penn
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SOUTHERN COLONIES
Virginia, founded in 1607 Expand Trade
Founded by John Smith
Maryland, founded in 1634 To sell land; religious freedom
Founded by Cecil Calvert
North Carolina, founded in 1660 Profit from trade and selling land
Founded by a group of eight aristocrats
South Carolina, founded in 1670 Profit from trade and selling land
Founded by a group of eight aristocrats
Georgia, founded in 1733 Religious freedom, Protection against Spanish Florida, safe home for debtors
Founded by James Oglethorpe
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Carolinas --> 1663 =-= Set up by Charles II
1680 --> Clarkstown founded
1708 --> 1/2 population are slaves. (Produce tobacco, timber, tar, and indigo.)
1729 --> North and South Carolina split! :(
Georgia --> 1733 --> Setup to give a place for debtors to go and start life again. For Britian it offered a buttress of between Spain and the rest of the Colonies. Founded by James Oglethorpe.
Maryland --> 1632 --> Georger Calvert, Lord Baltimore sets up Maryland as a Catholic colony. It didn't stay Catholic for long, as Protestants moved in.
1729 --> The city of Baltimore is founded.
New Jersey --> Duke of York gave the southern part of his colony to John Berkeley and George Carteret. This becomes New Jersey! >:D
1702 --> New Jersey becomes a Royal Colony
New York --> New Amsterdam (Founded in 1621) :O
1664 --> British send a fleet to take New Amsterdam. It is taken without resistance. King Charles gives the Colony to his brother, the Duke of York, who eventually renames it "NEW YORK!"
1691 --> Peeps were allowed to set up a legislature (self-government).
Freedom of religion, most diverse population, Germans, Swedes, Dutch, Natives, Puritans.
Pennsylvania --> William Penn asked King Charles for land in payment for a debt he owed his father. This land was to act as an experiment and a place where Quakers could go.
1682 --> Philadelphia was founded.
1701 --> Charter of Liberties set up self-government for the colony.
1704 --> Delaware splits form Pennsylvania. Swedes, Dutch, English live there now.
Other People we need to know: Jacques Marquette, Sievr La Salle
Places we need to know: San Antonio, San Diego, Quebec, Montreal
Monday 29 August 2011
Friday 26 August 2011
The Questions... ><>
Section 1
1. The Virginia Company, which was a joint-stock company for a very long time, was about to die out. It was successful in the beginning, but the burgesses got really angry at one of their assembly meetings. Several of the member's began throwing their large, wooden chairs at one another. All this tension made them realize that they were starting off government poorly in the New World, so they decided to take out their aggression on the Virginia Company by killing them and taking possession of the charters they owned.
2. Because they had people investing in them, much like people invested in Christopher Columbus as we read in Zinn. These companies had a lot of profit to be had and the settlements they established instantly turned into gold harvesting, fur trading, and fish catching towns.
3. John Rolfe and his knowledge of growing tobacco.
4. So they could return gold and other intricate resources and valuables back to his kingdom to fulfill his own greed, but by also allowing them to claim new land and keep a small portion of the goods to provide an incentive for working for him over the seas.
Section 2.
1. Four Puritans dissented from their original band of brothers and fled off to go find a settlement in the desert to the West. They hoped to start a new church making them Separatists and traitors to the Mayflower Compact. One of the former Puritans stated, "I've little toleration for English ways, I hope they all get polio and give birth to horses. My new family and I will lead a new life as pilgrims of the west." After these statements were made, the four men were hunted down by the King's special mercenaries.
2. So they could escape oppression/persecution and find a place to practice their religion freely without being disturbed or slaughtered/burned/crucified/stoned/tarred-and-feathered.
3. It gave full religious freedom, and did not force people to worship in a certain way.
4. They were both big steps in the move towards American self-government and they both benefitted the well-being of the community/colony by pledging the loyalty of the people and detailed how the town would be organized.
1. The Virginia Company, which was a joint-stock company for a very long time, was about to die out. It was successful in the beginning, but the burgesses got really angry at one of their assembly meetings. Several of the member's began throwing their large, wooden chairs at one another. All this tension made them realize that they were starting off government poorly in the New World, so they decided to take out their aggression on the Virginia Company by killing them and taking possession of the charters they owned.
2. Because they had people investing in them, much like people invested in Christopher Columbus as we read in Zinn. These companies had a lot of profit to be had and the settlements they established instantly turned into gold harvesting, fur trading, and fish catching towns.
3. John Rolfe and his knowledge of growing tobacco.
4. So they could return gold and other intricate resources and valuables back to his kingdom to fulfill his own greed, but by also allowing them to claim new land and keep a small portion of the goods to provide an incentive for working for him over the seas.
Section 2.
1. Four Puritans dissented from their original band of brothers and fled off to go find a settlement in the desert to the West. They hoped to start a new church making them Separatists and traitors to the Mayflower Compact. One of the former Puritans stated, "I've little toleration for English ways, I hope they all get polio and give birth to horses. My new family and I will lead a new life as pilgrims of the west." After these statements were made, the four men were hunted down by the King's special mercenaries.
2. So they could escape oppression/persecution and find a place to practice their religion freely without being disturbed or slaughtered/burned/crucified/stoned/tarred-and-feathered.
3. It gave full religious freedom, and did not force people to worship in a certain way.
4. They were both big steps in the move towards American self-government and they both benefitted the well-being of the community/colony by pledging the loyalty of the people and detailed how the town would be organized.
Thursday 25 August 2011
Soapy-Ness
Soap!
S - Sources
- Who wrote the document?
- What is the author's background point of view?
- Whose point of view, given the topic (that might be informative), is missing?
- Do you consider the source a reliable one on this topic? Why, why not?
O - Occasion
- When was the document written?
- What does the date of the document tell you about its content?
- What other historical events were going on during this time?
A - Audience
- To whom is the author writing?
- What type of documents is this? (Diary entry, personal letter, public speech, etc.?)
- Does the private public nature of the document inform you about its content? (is the author sharing private thoughts, making a public pronouncement, etc.?)
P - Purpose
- Why was the document written? What is the purpose of the document?
- What is the document saying?
S - Sources
- Who wrote the document?
- What is the author's background point of view?
- Whose point of view, given the topic (that might be informative), is missing?
- Do you consider the source a reliable one on this topic? Why, why not?
O - Occasion
- When was the document written?
- What does the date of the document tell you about its content?
- What other historical events were going on during this time?
A - Audience
- To whom is the author writing?
- What type of documents is this? (Diary entry, personal letter, public speech, etc.?)
- Does the private public nature of the document inform you about its content? (is the author sharing private thoughts, making a public pronouncement, etc.?)
P - Purpose
- Why was the document written? What is the purpose of the document?
- What is the document saying?
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Reaction to Zinn ~~
Christopher Columbus was an awful person! :(
I never really thought much of the man who is credited with discovering America, but after reading A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, I think he should've been thrown into a fire pit and had a bucket of poisonous scorpions dumped down his throat.
Seriously though, the things he would do to the native people were just horrendous and it's a little sad to know that our country's history started with such senseless murdering. Beheading little children for fun, cutting off peoples' hands if they didn't fill the impossible quota of gold, and taking women and children as sex slaves out of boredom; I can understand why history is taught leaving these things out. Children think it's pretty awesome and inspiring to know that our country started when a man made a silly mistake trying to sail to China. Turns out, he found America and made friends with the Indians and they all lived happily ever after!
That story sits with me better than the countless slaughtering and extinction of several Native American tribes that actually did happen. (According to Zinn and de las Casas) I'm glad I wasn't taught this in Kindergarten, but I'm pleased that I learned the cruel reality of such a historic milestone and how it actually occured.
I never really thought much of the man who is credited with discovering America, but after reading A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, I think he should've been thrown into a fire pit and had a bucket of poisonous scorpions dumped down his throat.
Seriously though, the things he would do to the native people were just horrendous and it's a little sad to know that our country's history started with such senseless murdering. Beheading little children for fun, cutting off peoples' hands if they didn't fill the impossible quota of gold, and taking women and children as sex slaves out of boredom; I can understand why history is taught leaving these things out. Children think it's pretty awesome and inspiring to know that our country started when a man made a silly mistake trying to sail to China. Turns out, he found America and made friends with the Indians and they all lived happily ever after!
That story sits with me better than the countless slaughtering and extinction of several Native American tribes that actually did happen. (According to Zinn and de las Casas) I'm glad I wasn't taught this in Kindergarten, but I'm pleased that I learned the cruel reality of such a historic milestone and how it actually occured.
Monday 22 August 2011
History Review Questions (1st POST!)
1) Create a chart with a list of Native Americans according to each region. For this chart give dates (if possible) for the raise and fall of the group. Also, include major achievements of each group.
Inupiat, Yupik, Inuit = Arctic Region
Tanalina, Cree, Ojibway, Onondaga = Subarctic Region
Blackfoot, Crow, Mandan, Sioux, Cheyenne, Omaha, Osage, Pawnee, Mound Builders, Wichita, Chickasaw, Comanche = Great Plains
Natchez, Choctaw, Creek, Yuchi, Seminole, Cherokee = Southeast
Papago, Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo, Apache = Southwest
Yakima, Palus, Nez Percé, Walla = Plateau
Pomo, Chumash = California
Tlingit, Haida, Kwakiutl, Nottka, Chinook, Tillamook = Northwest Coast
Ottawa, Winnebago, Sauk, Fox, Miami, Shawnee, Huron, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Narraganset, Mohegan, Pequot, Delaware, Powbatan, Algonquian = Northeast Woodlands
Walla Walla, Northern Paiute, Paiute = Great Basin
Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Senece, Narraganset, Mohegan, Pequot, Delaware, Powbatan, Algonquian
2) What is your general impression of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus?
Peaceful, quiet, very humble... and Columbus just had to come and ruin it all. >:[
3) What groups formed the Iroquois League? When was this group formed and for what reason?
Seneca, Onedia, Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohawk... and in 1720 later Tuscarora. This group formed to protect each other from other forces and they all united under nature to make a powerful nation that joined in 1500's.
4) What are hieroglyphics? What Native groups used them?
The form of writing/recording history with symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, sounds, and daily life in the era, developed by the Maya and used by Egyptians.
5) What type of dwelling was common among the people of the Southwest?
Stone dwellings known as Pueblos!!!
6) What was the first crop raised by Native Americans in Mexico?
Maize.
REVIEW FROM YESTERDAY - you should know and answer the following:
1) What was the population of the Americas in 1491?
Some used to believe that is was around 1-2 million. But others claim there were more than 100 million and that the small one-million/two-millions are Native populations after disease struck them and wiped them out.
2) What advantages did the Europeans have over the Native Americans?
Diseases! They brought diseases over and that drastically lowered the number of Natives that were in the way of the arriving colonists. They also had modern supplies, like
3) How did the crusades effect (or lead to) the discovery of the Americas?
It left the middle land/Jerusalem out of European rule, and in order to get certain goods and products/materials from the Eastern Lands. But taxation and tension led the Europeans to reluctantly travel east in order to make trade with the Chinese/Japanese/Indians. People needed to explore more trades routes from the West in order to circumnavigate the globe and end up on the other side of Asia to avoid interaction with the middle east.
4) What did Europe want in the East Indies (China, Japan, India)?
Commodities such as spices, herbs, and many other necessities of trade.
5) How was Marco Polo important to the Discovery of the Americas?
He ventured around to find more trade routes which inspired Christopher Columbus's journey?
Inupiat, Yupik, Inuit = Arctic Region
Tanalina, Cree, Ojibway, Onondaga = Subarctic Region
Blackfoot, Crow, Mandan, Sioux, Cheyenne, Omaha, Osage, Pawnee, Mound Builders, Wichita, Chickasaw, Comanche = Great Plains
Natchez, Choctaw, Creek, Yuchi, Seminole, Cherokee = Southeast
Papago, Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo, Apache = Southwest
Yakima, Palus, Nez Percé, Walla = Plateau
Pomo, Chumash = California
Tlingit, Haida, Kwakiutl, Nottka, Chinook, Tillamook = Northwest Coast
Ottawa, Winnebago, Sauk, Fox, Miami, Shawnee, Huron, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Narraganset, Mohegan, Pequot, Delaware, Powbatan, Algonquian = Northeast Woodlands
Walla Walla, Northern Paiute, Paiute = Great Basin
Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Senece, Narraganset, Mohegan, Pequot, Delaware, Powbatan, Algonquian
2) What is your general impression of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus?
Peaceful, quiet, very humble... and Columbus just had to come and ruin it all. >:[
3) What groups formed the Iroquois League? When was this group formed and for what reason?
Seneca, Onedia, Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohawk... and in 1720 later Tuscarora. This group formed to protect each other from other forces and they all united under nature to make a powerful nation that joined in 1500's.
4) What are hieroglyphics? What Native groups used them?
The form of writing/recording history with symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, sounds, and daily life in the era, developed by the Maya and used by Egyptians.
5) What type of dwelling was common among the people of the Southwest?
Stone dwellings known as Pueblos!!!
6) What was the first crop raised by Native Americans in Mexico?
Maize.
REVIEW FROM YESTERDAY - you should know and answer the following:
1) What was the population of the Americas in 1491?
Some used to believe that is was around 1-2 million. But others claim there were more than 100 million and that the small one-million/two-millions are Native populations after disease struck them and wiped them out.
2) What advantages did the Europeans have over the Native Americans?
Diseases! They brought diseases over and that drastically lowered the number of Natives that were in the way of the arriving colonists. They also had modern supplies, like
3) How did the crusades effect (or lead to) the discovery of the Americas?
It left the middle land/Jerusalem out of European rule, and in order to get certain goods and products/materials from the Eastern Lands. But taxation and tension led the Europeans to reluctantly travel east in order to make trade with the Chinese/Japanese/Indians. People needed to explore more trades routes from the West in order to circumnavigate the globe and end up on the other side of Asia to avoid interaction with the middle east.
4) What did Europe want in the East Indies (China, Japan, India)?
Commodities such as spices, herbs, and many other necessities of trade.
5) How was Marco Polo important to the Discovery of the Americas?
He ventured around to find more trade routes which inspired Christopher Columbus's journey?
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