1. How did Native Americans view the environment and the land?
didnt believe in owning land. believed in natures spirits, found abundant food
Native American Northwest Coast,
California, how did they live?
many sources of food, mild temp= simple homes
Native American Plateau, Southwest how did they live?
Sturdy homes and clothing hunted camas and salmon
3. How did early European explorers and settlers influence the formation of
America as a nation? (8.1
TURNED TOWARD DEMOCRACY
Date and title?, Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
Date and title?, Explorer for France in 1534, explored the St. Lawrence River, set out to look for gold, claimed land for France
Date and title?, a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island
(p. 46), Founder and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt that Oglethorpe was a dictator, and that (along with the colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to break down and Oglethorpe to lose his position as governor.
(p. 39), Anti-cathloic group of people who sought freedom from religious persecution in England by founding a colony at Massachusetts Bay in the early 1600s
(pp. 39, 428), This document was drafted in 1620 prior to settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It declared that the 41 males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in the best interest of all members of the colony. This agreement set the precedent for later documents outlining commonwealth rule.
The constitution of the Connecticut River colony drawn up in 1639, it established a government controlled in democratic style by the "substantial" citizens.
the founder of Pen, Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718), Founder of the most tolerant and democratic of the middle colonies
1. How were the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies different from each other? How were they similar?
The colonies had different views politically/religiously but were both british.
3. In what way was the Mayflower Compact important to the development
of democracy in America? (8.2.1)
Because they believed in self governing
4. How and why did the practice of slavery begin and grow in colonial
they needed people to work in the cotton and sugar fields.
Write the date the event occurred and an appropriate headline, the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery), a public facility to meet for open discussion
Write the date the event occurred and an appropriate headline, 1620-1621; Holland to Plymouth Rock, US; 50 separatist pilgrim; Indians taught them to plant crops, trap animal and fish.
Rhode Island settled
Write the date the event occurred and an appropriate headline, Reason settled-Religious freedom
1644-1718) Quaker leader who founded a colony for Quakers in Pennsylvania; the colony provided an important example of representative self-government and became a model of freedom and tolerance