COLONIZATION UNIT ACTIVITIES
NAME:
PERIOD:
Directions: To supplement the information you are learning during the Discovery simulation,
read Chapter 3 Sections 1-4 (Pages 56-83) and complete the following activities.
Read Chapter 3 Section 1 (Pages 56-62) and complete the following activities
Essential Question: Why did the English settle in North America?
As you read….
HARDSHIPS
FOR
JAMESTOWN
SETTLERS
Vocabulary:
Describe
Explain the Importance
charter
Joint-stock
company
Burgesses
Geography in History: How did geography affect the Jamestown colony?
Read Chapter 3 Section 2 (Pages 64-71) and complete the following activities
Essential Question: Why did the Separatists and Puritans leave England and settle in North
America?
Separatists:
Puritans:
As you read…use the diagram to list the colonies the Separatists and Puritans formed in North
America.
COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA
SEPARATISTS
PURITANS
Use the diagram below to describe the ways in which interactions with Native Americans
helped Plymouth colony survive.
THE COLONISTS INTERACT
WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS
The colonists interact
with the Native Americans
Vocabulary:
Describe
Mayflower
Compact
Explain the Importance
Read Chapter 3 Section 3 (Pages 72-75) and complete the following activities
Geography in History: What geographic features helped make Philadelphia and New York City
centers of trade?
As you read…use the diagram to show how the New York and Pennsylvania colonies split to
form the four Middle Colonies under British rule.
NEW YORK
PENNSYLVANIA
How did each group acquire land from Native Americans?
LAND ACQUIRED FROM
NATIVE AMERICANS
NEW ENGLAND SETTLERS
PENNSYLVANIA SETTLERS
Vocabulary:
Describe
Proprietary
Colony
pacifist
Explain the Importance
Read Chapter 3 Section 4 (Pages 76-82) and complete the following activities
As you read…identify the types of workers who came to the South and their reasons for
coming.
WORKERS
WHY THEY CAME?
INDENTURED SERVANTS
Cause and Effect: Use the diagram to describe the causes and effects of Bacon’s Rebellion.
BACON’S
REBELLION
Identify the colonies: Identify the 13 original colonies and why they were founded.
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England
Colonies
Name of Colony
Reason Founded