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To Open

• If you have parent signatures, please put them on
  your desk.
• Pull out your PD HW for today (Reasons for
  Colonization).
• On the back of your HW answer the following
• European explorers were motivated by God, Glory,
  and Gold. Which of the 3 Gs do you consider the
  most significant motivation and why?
• Announcements (Hlp Ses, ISchool)

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PD Discussion

• Questions or reactions to the document?
• Where see God, glory, gold?
• What does the document suggest is the ultimate
  purpose behind colonization?
• Based on this reasoning, how will these colonies
  take shape and develop?

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English Exploration and the Southern/Chesapeake
ColoniesWas agricultural success a blessing or
a curse for the Chesapeake/Southern colonies?

• 8/18

First lets talk about your big ideas
questions comments
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• Reasons for English Colonization
• Religious Freedom
• Defeat of the Spanish Armada
• Population Growth
• Types of English Colonies
• Corporate
• Royal
• Proprietary

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Jamestown (1607)becomes Virginia

• Corporate Colony
• Geography
• Relations with Indians

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Jamestown (1607)becomes Virginia

• Corporate Colony
• Geography
• Relations with Indians
• Tobacco
• Economic impact
• Environmental impact

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Jamestown (1607)becomes Virginia

• Corporate Colony
• Geography
• Relations with Indians
• Tobacco
• Economic impact
• Environmental impact
• Labor
• Indentured servants
• Headright system
• Slavery
• Plantations

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Jamestown (1607)becomes Virginia

• Corporate Colony
• Geography
• Relations with Indians
• Tobacco
• Economic impact
• Environmental impact
• Labor
• Indentured servants
• Headright system
• Slavery
• Plantations
• Government
• House of Burgesses
• Aristocratic vibe

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Maryland (1634)

• Proprietary Colony (Lord Baltimore)
• Reasons for founding
• Act of Toleration

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Carolinas (1670)

• Proprietary Colony
• Economy connection to the West Indies
• Emergence of North Carolina

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Georgia (1733)

• Proprietary Colony (James Oglethorpe)
• Reasons for founding
• Initial anti-slavery stance

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Common Traits of Southern/Chesapeake Colonies

• Devoted to exporting commercial agricultural
  products
• Slavery
• Few people owned most of the land
• Aristocratic atmosphere
• Wide scattering of plantations/farms hurt growth
  of cities
• Some religious toleration
• expansionary

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Thesis Practice

• What is a thesis?
• What is the importance of a thesis?
• What are the elements of a strong thesis?
• Addresses the entire question
• Takes a position
• Provides categories (shoot for 3)
• and as your thesis statements improve --
  Provides interpretation or addresses significance
  so what
• A good thesis can be a simple statement, but it
  must include your position and categories of
  evidence.

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Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of
Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.

• The Articles of Confederation did not address the
  problems of the new nation, as the weak national
  government created by the Articles was unable to
  deal with the financial crisis, incapable of
  effectively uniting the new states, and not
  flexible enough to deal with an ever-changing
  nation.

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Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of
Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.

• The Articles of Confederation did not address the
  problems of the new nation, as the weak national
  government created by the Articles was unable to
  deal with the financial crisis, incapable of
  effectively uniting the new states, and not
  flexible enough to deal with an ever-changing
  nation.

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Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of
Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.

• The Articles of Confederation did not address the
  problems of the new nation, as the weak national
  government created by the Articles was unable to
  deal with the financial crisis, incapable of
  effectively uniting the new states, and not
  flexible enough to deal with an ever-changing
  nation.

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Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of
Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.

• The Articles of Confederation did not address the
  problems of the new nation, as the weak national
  government created by the Articles was unable to
  deal with the financial crisis, incapable of
  effectively uniting the new states, and not
  flexible enough to deal with an ever-changing
  nation. In the end, the Articles of
  Confederation created more problems for the new
  nation and almost rendered Americas experiment
  with democracy a failure.

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The United States Constitution of 1787
represented an economic and ideological victory
for the traditional American political elite.
Assess the validity of that statement for the
period of 1781 to 1789.
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The United States Constitution of 1787
represented an economic and ideological victory
for the traditional American political elite.
Assess the validity of that statement for the
period of 1781 to 1789.

• The U.S. Constitution did represent victory for
  the traditional political elite because it
  created a system that focused on the protection
  of private property, allowed for a system in
  which economic success was necessary for
  political power, and professed the elites
  ideological values.

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The United States Constitution of 1787
represented an economic and ideological victory
for the traditional American political elite.
Assess the validity of that statement for the
period of 1781 to 1789.

• The U.S. Constitution did represent victory for
  the traditional political elite because it
  created a system that focused on the protection
  of private property, allowed for a system in
  which economic success was necessary for
  political power, and professed the elites
  ideological values.

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The United States Constitution of 1787
represented an economic and ideological victory
for the traditional American political elite.
Assess the validity of that statement for the
period of 1781 to 1789.

• The U.S. Constitution did represent victory for
  the traditional political elite because it
  created a system that focused on the protection
  of private property, allowed for a system in
  which economic success was necessary for
  political power, and professed the elites
  ideological values.

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The United States Constitution of 1787
represented an economic and ideological victory
for the traditional American political elite.
Assess the validity of that statement for the
period of 1781 to 1789.

• The U.S. Constitution did represent victory for
  the traditional political elite because it
  created a system that focused on the protection
  of private property, allowed for a system in
  which economic success was necessary for
  political power, and professed the elites
  ideological values, ultimately creating a
  political structure that hardly lived up to the
  democratic values championed in the Revolution.

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The early Industrial Revolution in America did
produce greater wealth and a chance for success
for some, but mainly it reduced worker
independence and caused great misery for most
American workers. Assess the validity of this
statement.

• Some workers had to take jobs in huge impersonal
  factories. Farm girls left home to work in
  places like Lowell, hoping to find money or a
  more exciting life. Instead, they often worked
  13 hours a day and went home broken in health.
  They werent much better off than the slaves.
  Meanwhile, millions of immigrants faced insulting
  prejudice, though many did climb the ladder of
  success.
• Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
• What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?

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The early Industrial Revolution in America did
produce greater wealth and a chance for success
for some, but mainly it reduced worker
independence and caused great misery for most
American workers. Assess the validity of this
statement.

• In the early 1800s, a few Americans succeeded.
  But for most American workers, it is true, the
  Industrial Revolution meant a miserable life on
  the job earning wages for long hours in
  factories, or even worse, as slaves producing the
  cotton to supply those factories.
• Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
• What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?

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The early Industrial Revolution in America did
produce greater wealth and a chance for success
for some, but mainly it reduced worker
independence and caused great misery for most
American workers. Assess the validity of this
statement.

• The Industrial Revolution brought new machinery
  powered by steam, which vastly increased the
  amount of goods that could be produced. It
  changed workplaces from small shops to huge
  factories. It led to canals, roads, and
  railroads that tied the nation together, making
  it one huge national economy. The Industrial
  Revolution changed America forever.
• Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
• What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?

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The early Industrial Revolution in America did
produce greater wealth and a chance for success
for some, but mainly it reduced worker
independence and caused great misery for most
American workers. Assess the validity of this
statement.

• The statement is too extreme. The Industrial
  Revolution in America did cause older craft
  workers to lose some independence. And
  conditions in many factories were often terrible.
  However, jobs in factories and the cities meant,
  if anything, more freedom and more income for
  millions leaving rural family farms as well as
  for millions of desperate immigrants.
• Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
• What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?

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Explain why entirely different economic and
social systems evolved within the three colonial
regions of British North America even though the
preponderance of settlers was of English origin.
Use 2 of the following as evidence in your essay
Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Pennsylvania.

• Most people are different from each other.
  Virginia and Pennsylvania were also very
  different from each other. Different kinds of
  people and ways of life were found in each
  colony. Even though both Virginia and
  Pennsylvania were settled by Englishmen, they had
  different economic and social systems.
• Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
• What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?

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Explain why entirely different economic and
social systems evolved within the three colonial
regions of British North America even though the
preponderance of settlers was of English origin.
Use 2 of the following as evidence in your essay
Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Pennsylvania.

• Located in warm-weather, moist, fertile areas,
  colonists in Virginia could grow just about any
  crop, but settlers in Massachusetts Bay faced
  long, cold winters and rocky soil if they wished
  to support themselves with farming. Virginia and
  Massachusetts Bay were both settled by English
  colonists, but because of their different
  religious beliefs and the kinds of environment
  that enveloped the settlers, the economic and
  social structures of each colony were radically
  different.
• Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
• What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?

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Explain why entirely different economic and
social systems evolved within the three colonial
regions of British North America even though the
preponderance of settlers was of English origin.
Use 2 of the following as evidence in your essay
Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Pennsylvania.

• Massachusetts Bay and Virginia were both settled
  by English colonists, but they had different
  economic systems and different social systems.
• Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
• What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?

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Explain why entirely different economic and
social systems evolved within the three colonial
regions of British North America even though the
preponderance of settlers was of English origin.
Use 2 of the following as evidence in your essay
Massachusetts Bay, Virginia, Pennsylvania.

• Even though English settlers colonized both
  Massachusetts Bay and Virginia, the unique
  economic and social systems that evolved in each
  colony took on regional differences. The kinds
  of settlers who arrived in Virginia were
  significantly different in their religious
  orientation from those who settled Massachusetts.
  The environment in which each group of settlers
  found themselves forced differences in how each
  colony found economic prosperity. Finally, the
  personal purposes for which each group of
  settlers immigrated to the New world would have a
  profound impact upon the kinds of societies which
  evolved in each colony. Religion, environment,
  and the individual goals of each settler would
  create different economic and social systems
  within each colonial region represented by
  Massachusetts and Virginia.
• Is this a strong, adequate, or weak thesis?
• What are its strengths and/or shortcomings?

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To End Thesis Practice

• Craft a thesis statement for ONE of the following
  questions. Remember position, categories, so
  what
• If you are not confident with thesis statements
• Assess the validity of this statement High
  school students should be required to complete at
  least 25 hours of community service.
• Analyze the extent to which you think BSHS has
  prepared you for college.
• If you are confident with thesis statements
• Analyze the extent to which early European
  colonists viewed the Native Americans as inferior
  peoples who could be exploited for the colonists
  benefit.
• Analyze the cultural and economic responses of
  TWO of the following groups to the Indians of
  North American before 1750 Spain, England,
  France.
• Underline your position. Circle each category
  of evidence