Part 1
THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN
THE NEW WORLD
KEY CONCEPTS
• English established a strong foothold on
the eastern seaboard.
• The origins of the English colonies varied,
as did their social and political
systems.
Ch. 2
Queen Elizabeth I of England
(1533-1603)
• New rivals
• Spanish Armada (1588)
England’s Imperial Stirrings
• Roanoke (1585-1587?)
– Sir Walter Raleigh
– John White
Sir Walter Raleigh
• Joint-stock companies
– Commercial Capitalism
• Mercantilism
– principles
Early English Colonies
• Jamestown (1607) – Virginia
Company
– issues
– John Smith
– tobacco -John Rolfe (1612)
• Indentured servants
• House of Burgesses (1619)
Is Virginia the Child of Tobacco?
• Using pg A104, Doc B
“Early tobacco
advertisement”, analyze
the document with
“H.A.P.P – Y”.
• Read pg 32 “Virginia:
Child of Tobacco”. Does
the passage support,
modify, or refute the
imagery?
Ch. 2
Left-Side
“Pocahontas and John Smith?”
1. Analyze each document
using two HAPP and a Y.
2. Textbook – p29, textbook’s
interpretation and each
historian’s POV. Why does
the textbook support one
POV over the other?
3. Take-A-Stand: Support,
modify, or refute the “Y”
question. Provide specific
evidence to justify your
answer.
• “Y” question =
Did Pocahontas
save John
Smith’s life?
Left-Side
“Pocahontas saves John Smith?”
Document A
• H.A.P.P (use two)
• Y
Document B
• H.A.P.P (use two)
• Y
Textbook – p29, textbook’s interpretation and
each historian’s POV. Why does the
textbook support one POV over the other?
•
Take-A-Stand: Support, modify, or refute the
question (Did Pocahontas save John Smith?) . Provide
specific evidence to justify your answer.
Historian Interpretation
Paul Lewis
Historian, Interpretation A (Modified)
J.A. Leo Lemay
Historian, Interpretation B (Modified)
Author, The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith (1966)
Author, The American Dream of Captain John Smith (1991)
In 1617, Pocahontas became a big media
event in London. She was a “princess” (daughter of
“king” Powhatan), and the first Indian woman to visit
England. Because she converted to Christianity, people
high in the church, as well as the King and Queen, paid
attention to her.
While all this was going on, John Smith
published a new version of True Relation, adding
footnotes that say that Pocahontas threw herself on
Smith to save him. Smith even takes credit for
introducing Pocahontas to the English language and
the Bible.
Then, in 1624, Smith expands his story in
General History. He adds details to the story, and says
that Pocahontas risked her life to save his. Why would
a chief who had been so friendly before, suddenly
decide to kill John Smith?
John Smith had no reason to lie. In all of
his other writings he is very accurate and observant.
For 250 years after his captivity, no one questioned his
story.
The reason the two versions differ is that
their purpose is different. In A True Relation, Smith
didn’t want to brag about his adventures, he wanted to
inform readers about the land and people of Virginia.
In the General History, his goal was to promote
settlement in Virginia (and added stories might get
people interested).
There is no doubt the event happened.
Smith may have misunderstood what the whole thing
meant. I think it was probably a common ritual for the
tribe, where a young woman in the tribe pretends to
save a newcomer as a way of welcoming him into the
tribe.
Source: Excerpt from The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith,
written by the historian Paul Lewis in 1966.
Source: Excerpt from The American Dream of Captain John Smith, written in
1991 by historian J.A. Leo Lemay.
Part 2
THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN
THE NEW WORLD
KEY CONCEPTS
• English established a strong foothold on
the eastern seaboard.
• The origins of the English colonies varied,
as did their social and political
systems.
Ch. 3
• Puritans vs. Separatists
• Plymouth (1620) –
“Pilgrims”
– William Bradford
– London Company
– Mayflower Compact
Ch. 3
Video – Mayflower Desperate Crossing
(15 min) (ch. 10- 12)
Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Puritans
– Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)
– John Winthrop – Calvinist
– Representative government =
“General Court”
Reading: John Winthrop, Man of Principle, Man of God
Virginia vs Massachusetts
– Settlers
– Slave labor
– Political
representations
Six Degrees
of Separation
Purpose is to find historical connections
through cause and effect analysis by
observing continuity and change over
time.
Left-Side
“Six Degrees of Separation”
• Link the two terms with six other terms showing a
chronological cause and effect relationship between the two
assigned.
– Number and identify each term/event/topic
– Create an argument/justification to support the events selection.
• Six Degrees of Separation: 1492 to Jamestown
1. 1492 – what occurred and how did it lead to ….
2.
3.
4.
event (cause and effect)
event (cause and effect)
8. Jamestown – what occurred and how does it reflect the
final effect in the series.
Ch 1-2
Ch. 3
Puritans in the New World
http://www.hippocampus.org/History%20%26%20Government;jsessionid=84E1F91FC65EEED
11F2884E333B01B0D
Ch. 3
Left-Side
“Puritans in the New World”
1. Analyze each document
using two HAPP and a Y.
2. Take-A-Stand: According
to the documents, how
should the Puritans act in
this new world? Did
their POV make the
Puritans selfish or
selfless? Support.
• “Y” question =
Were the Puritans
selfish or selfless?
Left-Side
“Puritans in the New World”
Document A
• H.A.P.P (use two)
• Y (selfish or selfless)
Document B
• H.A.P.P (use two)
• Y (selfish or selfless)
Take-A-Stand: According to the documents, how
should the Puritans act in this new world? Did their
POV make the Puritans selfish or selfless? Support.
Ch. 3
“Puritan
(MA):
Left-Side
Theocracy or Democracy?”
1. Read “Puritan
Massachusetts: Theocracy
or Democracy? (Bill of Rights in
Action) handout.
2. Summarize each of the 6
subheadings.
3. Answer the 3 “Discussion
and Writing” questions.
4. Take-A-Stand: Was the
government in Puritan
Massachusetts a theocracy,
a democracy, or neither?
Left-Side
“Chapter 3 Focus Questions”
• Answer Chapter 3 focus questions #2 and #7
on the left-side of spiral
Right-Side
“Massacre at Mystic”
Part 3
THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN
THE NEW WORLD
KEY CONCEPTS
• English established a strong foothold on the
eastern seaboard.
• The origins of the English colonies varied, as
did their social and political systems.
Ch. 3
Other New England Colonies
1. Connecticut (1635)
– Thomas Hooker
– commerce over
religion
– Fundamental Orders
(1639)
– New Haven (1638)
2. New Hampshire and
Maine
– Economy
Reading: Blue Laws
3. Rhode Island
–
Roger Williams –
Providence (1636)
–
–
–
Anne Hutchinson
other religious refugees
1644
Reading – Hutchinson Is Banished
The Middle Colonies
1. New Netherland
becomes New York
(1664)
–
–
–
James, Duke of York
Col Richard Nicols
New York
2. New Jersey (East and West)
–
Royal charter (1702)
The Middle Colonies
3. Pennsylvania (1681)
–
–
–
–
Quakers
William Penn
settlement
Delaware
Left-Side
“Europeanizing America or Americanizing Europe?”
Varying Viewpoints – pg 64-65
• Identify the perspective for each of the pointof-views:
– “Eurocentric” (old school)
– “Distinctiveness of America” (1970s)
– “Transatlantic history” (recent studies)
• Take-A-Stand: Which is it, Europeanizing
America or Americanizing Europe? Support.
Left-Side
“Chapter 4 Focus Questions”
• Answer Chapter 4 focus questions #2 and #5
on the left-side of spiral
Left-Side
“Plymouth vs Massachusetts”
• In a chart, identify the goals of the Plymouth
and Massachusetts Bay colonies. (Chapter 3)
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts Bay colony
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Left-Side
Did Pocahontas save John Smith’s life?
1. With a partner, analyze
the documents using
APPARTS.
2. Consensus – Using
evidence from the
documents, come to an
agreement regarding the
question.
–
Share with the class
•
•
How many of you said Yes?
support
And No? support
•
•
•
•
Author
Place and Time
Prior Knowledge
Audience
• Reason
• The Main Idea
• Significance
Historian Interpretation
Paul Lewis
Historian, Interpretation A (Modified)
J.A. Leo Lemay
Historian, Interpretation B (Modified)
Author, The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith (1966)
Author, The American Dream of Captain John Smith (1991)
In 1617, Pocahontas became a big media
event in London. She was a “princess” (daughter of
“king” Powhatan), and the first Indian woman to visit
England. Because she converted to Christianity, people
high in the church, as well as the King and Queen, paid
attention to her.
While all this was going on, John Smith
published a new version of True Relation, adding
footnotes that say that Pocahontas threw herself on
Smith to save him. Smith even takes credit for
introducing Pocahontas to the English language and
the Bible.
Then, in 1624, Smith expands his story in
General History. He adds details to the story, and says
that Pocahontas risked her life to save his. Why would
a chief who had been so friendly before, suddenly
decide to kill John Smith?
John Smith had no reason to lie. In all of
his other writings he is very accurate and observant.
For 250 years after his captivity, no one questioned his
story.
The reason the two versions differ is that
their purpose is different. In A True Relation, Smith
didn’t want to brag about his adventures, he wanted to
inform readers about the land and people of Virginia.
In the General History, his goal was to promote
settlement in Virginia (and added stories might get
people interested).
There is no doubt the event happened.
Smith may have misunderstood what the whole thing
meant. I think it was probably a common ritual for the
tribe, where a young woman in the tribe pretends to
save a newcomer as a way of welcoming him into the
tribe.
Source: Excerpt from The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith,
written by the historian Paul Lewis in 1966.
Source: Excerpt from The American Dream of Captain John Smith, written in
1991 by historian J.A. Leo Lemay.
Left-Side
Wrap-Up
1. Which historian do you find more convincing?
Why?
2. What evidence did both historians use to support
their argument?
3. Which historian’s view matches your textbook’s
interpretation? (p29)
4. Could there be a third interpretation? Explain.
Wrap-Up
1. Based on the these documents, how might the
Puritans’ religion shape their action in the New
World?
2. How do you think Puritans would have reacted to
someone who strayed from the religion? Why?
3. Based on these documents, how do you think the
Puritans reacted to the Native Americans they
encountered?
4. How did you answer the questions: Were the
Puritans selfish or selfless?