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to practice religion they choose
to bring Christ to "savages"
British judges sent people who had commented crimes
business people came to buy items like furs and tobacco
farmers - chance to have own land
First Colony in America that Survived
Virginia Company sent three ships of settlers to New World in December 1607 in Virginia named settlement Jamestown in honor of English King James came to set up trade between New World and England 105 men and boys led by John Smith built a fort near river that flowed in Chesapeake Bay named river James after King James fort was built on a swamp which contained mosquitoes carrying a deadly malaria virus Powhatan Indians lived in that part of Virginia 14,000 Indians lived in Chesapeake Bay when English came settlers did not build permanent houses or grow food, not good hunters many English died from disease and starvation 1608 Smith elected president of colony's council more settlers came Smith went back to England in 1609 after being badly burnt in a gun powder explosion suffered worst winter (fire, drought, disease, Indian attacks, and little food) almost destroyed the colony Pocahontas brought the settlers corn to eat 1610 Thomas De La Warr, new governor arrived with 3 ships of supplies wanted more settlers to come gave new settlers 50 acres of free land Indians unhappy with this Pocahontas captured and held in Jamestown converted to Christianity 8 year peace came with the marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe, a tobacco grower in 1614 John Rolfe and Pocahontas visited London Pocahontas died before returning to her home
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#2 What was it like to travel on the Mayflower?
Tape off an area 8 by 8 feet on the floor.
Have eleven children stand in the space.
Discuss how crowded they feel.
Next serve a meal of beef jerky, soda crackers, cheese and water. Tell the students that the Pilgrims ate a lot of dried salted meat, hard crackers called hard tack, and cheese on the Mayflower. Discuss that preserving food was necessary and that slating and drying were the best methods available in 1620.
Show poster of the Mayflower.
Fill a one-liter plastic bottle about half full with mineral oil. Add a few drops of food coloring, and then fill the rest of the bottle with water. Add a small plastic object to represent the Mayflower.
Screw the top on tightly and tape.
Ask the students to make waves by shaking, rocking, and rolling the bottle.
Discussion
Does the plastic object ride the waves or sink?
How do you think the Pilgrims felt during the storms they had while on the Mayflower?
Have students read the mini-book The Pilgrims by Barnacle, Ship's Cat of the Mayflower.
Show the video American History for Children: Early Settlers: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower.
Once the people aboard the Mayflower realized that the terms of their agreement applied to Virginia, and not to New England, where they were, the leaders wrote the Mayflower Compact. The document was signed on ship within sight of land. The compact stated
The Mayflower Compact was a form of government for the colony.Show Video American History for Children: Early Settlers: The Story of the Mayflower Compact Make Pilgrim costumes (coif for girls and hat for boys)Lecture or continue reading . . . If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 (Pages 43 - 56, 72, 74-80)
Make Pilgrim costumes (coif for girls and hat for boys).
Show one of the following videos
Read play and act out play in costumes A Native American Welcome
Coloring picture of Pilgrims from Educational Coloring Book of the Colonies
Puritans wanted to "purify" or make clean the Church of England
did not want to move away from the church (as the Pilgrims) wanted to change some of its ways
treated badly in England because of beliefs
came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630
Puritans wanted only one religion to be practiced in the New World
some Puritans thought their leaders were acting just as badly as the King of England
John Mason took group of people from Massachusetts Bay Colony to find more fertile farming land (too rocky in Massachusetts) and to worship freely
settled in Portsmouth and found New Hampshire Colony
Learn about the beaver. What was this animal like? Why was its fur so highly prized? What did the French make from the beavers' fur?
Make a model of a canoe
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