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Friday, September 28, 2012

Summary terms for Chapter 4

  • Economy
  • Rights
  • Class differences
  • Religion (First Great Awakening)
  • Education

Warm Up for 9-28-12

1. Why did women have no trouble finding a husband during the colonial era?

2. What was a "bee?"

3. Describe the events at a colonial fair. (pg. 59, 4.11)

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Update for 9-28-12 through 10-2-12

Friday 9-28-12: Concept map for written response #3, summary, study guide
Monday 10-1-2: Study guide review, Jeopardy review
Tuesday 10-2-12: Chapter 4 test

Everything is due on Tuesday:
  • Chapter 4 Notes
  • Summary
  • Warm Ups
  • Study Guide
  • Written Response #3
  • Chapter 4 test

Chapter 4 Notes

Chapter 4 Notes

Warm Up for 9-27-12

1. What was the First Great Awakening?

2. Which ideals were encouraged and what did they eventually lead to?

3. How many children were expected to die before they reached adulthood? (pg58, 4.10)

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Warm Up for 9-26-12

1. What was the difference, in the way that a person's social class was determined, between the Colonies and England?

2. What was the Middle Passage?

3. What were the Colonies trading with West Africa?

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Warm Up for 9-25-12

1. Describe the typical colonial city.

2. Describe the Magna Carta, Parliament, and the English Bill of Rights.

3. What are blue laws?

Monday, September 24, 2012

Warm Up forn 9-24-12

1. What is an economy?

2. What was the colonial economy based on?

Friday, September 21, 2012

Warm Up for 9-21-12

After reading page 49...

1. What is the main purpose of this passage?

2. What does it tell us about the average colonist?

3. Explain the meanings of each of the proverbs.

4. For whom were the almanacs most likely written?

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Chapter 4 Definitions

1. Economy

2. Rights

3. Parliament

4. Petition (verb)

5. Class

6. First Great Awakening

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Concept Map for Written Response #2

Concept Map #2

Warm Up for 9-18-12

1. What was the significance of the Act Concerning Religion?

2. Why did slaves replace indentured servants?

3. Why was Georgia initially founded?

Update for 9-18-12 through 9-20-12

Everything is due on Thursday:
  • Written Response #2
  • Study Guide
  • Summary
  • Warm Ups
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3 Test
Tuesday: Concept Map, summary, study guide
Wednesday: Review study guide, Jeopardy review
Thursday: Chapter 3 test (Everything due)

Monday, September 17, 2012

Chapter 2 summary terms

  • Indentured servant
  • General assembly
  • Democracy
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Fundamental Orders
  • Duke of York
  • Quakers
  • Act Concerning Religion
  • Slaves 
  • Spain

Warm Up for 9-17-12

1. What was the significance of the Fundamental Orders?

2. How did the Duke govern New York?

3. Who founded Pennsylvania and why?

Friday, September 14, 2012

Chapter 3 Notes

Warm Up for 9-14-12

1. Describe the typical form of government in the colonies.

2. Which group mainly settled in Massachusetts?

3. Explain the significance of the Mayflower Compact.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Warm Up for 9-13-12

1. What was an indentured servant?

2. What were the economies of the New England colonies based on?

3. Why were people settling in the Middle Colonies?

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Warm Up for 9-12-12

1. Why were people willing to travel across the Atlantic to come to the colonies? (pg 35)

2. In which colonial region would you find fishing? (pg 36)

3. In which colonial region would you find rice, indigo, and tobacco? (pg 36)

4. In which colonial region would you find shipbuilding? (pg 36)


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Definitions for Chapter 3

1. Indentured servant
2. Cash crop
3. Assembly
4. Democratic
5. Puritans
6. Slave trade

Friday, September 7, 2012

Update for 9-10-12 and 9-11-12

Everything that was supposed to be due Monday (Chapter 2 test, written response #1, warm ups, notes, summary, study guide) will now be due on Tuesday, September 11.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Terms for summary Ch.2

  • Northwest Passage
  • Columbian Exchange
  • Conquistadors
  • Spanish Borderlands
  • Disease
  • New France
  • Fur Trade
  • Jamestown
  • Pocahontas
  • Tobacco
  • New Netherland
  • New York

Warm Up for 9-5-12

1. What were the Dutch and the Iroquois trading?

2. How did Jamestown finally start making money?

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Update for 9-4 through 9-10-12

Wednesday 9-5-12: Concept map for Written Response #1 (What was life like in Jamestown?), study guide.
Thursday 9-6-12: Review study guide, Jeopardy review.
Friday 9-7-12: Mrs. Whiddon speaking about CST goals.
Monday 9-10-12: Ch. 2 Test

**EVERYTHING DUE MONDAY: 
  • Chapter 2 notes
  • Study guide
  • Summary
  • Written Response #1
  • Warm Ups

Warm Up for 9-4-12

1. What happened to the colony at Roanoake?

2. How did John Smith come to know Pocahontas?