Come to My Colony Project 2025

You will make a tri-fold pamphlet with pictures and words out of a sheet of copy paper, and your job is to make a pamphlet of your colony that will make others want to come live there.

You will complete this project in 2 perdion teams of your choosing. Be sure and choose a partner YOU CAN WORK WITH!!!!!

Choose one of the 13 original colonies
Make a list of all the good things-the natural resources, the leadership, the freedoms you have at your colony, the government you have, and so on that would make people want to come from England to live in your colony. Each good thing must be an actual thing from that colony that existed in colonial times, prior to the American Revolution.
Draw and color pictures and write all the things you listed in your pamphlet. Use the front and back of your trifold to make your pamphlet.
Have fun!

-Compact- an agreement or contract that people agree to

-Agricultural- the science and practice of growing crops, raising livestock, and cultivating soil to provide food and other products for people

-Columbian exchange-the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas between the Americas, Europe, and Africa that began in the 15th century. It was greatly influenced by Christopher Columbus’s voyages in 1492.

-Conquistadors-a Spanish or Portuguese soldier or explorer who conquered new territories and established colonies and trade routes during the Age of Discovery

-Missionaries-someone who is sent to spread a religious faith or do charitable work, often in a foreign country.

-Charter-a British colony in America that was governed by a charter from the king, allowing the colonists to have a degree of self-government and rights.

-Indentured servants-a person who agrees to work for another person for a set period of time in exchange for benefits like food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Most contracts were for 5 years.

Slave trade-The practice of kidnapping people, selling them, and forcing them to work.

-Slavery- the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labor.

-Markets-a place where goods are sold.

I will be out Wednesday on the party bus for Big Kahuna, so all classes will watch this video and answer the questions on the worksheet afterwards:

copy and paste into browser to play:

https://play.blooket.com/play?hwId=690388ba923e3205a4dd47fd

Exit Ticket:
Answer each question in complete sentences or short phrases.

1. Which colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

2. Which colony was founded by the Spanish?

3. What happened to the Roanoke Colony?

4. Name one challenge that settlers in any of the colonies faced.

5. In your opinion, what was the most important reason Jamestown survived while Roanoke did not?

Unit 3 terms:

exploration – traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery
colony – a settlement ruled by a distant country
migration – movement from one region to another
mercantilism – economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country
free enterprise system – market system where people have freedom as consumers and producers
cash crop – a crop that is sold for money
representative government – political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people
monarchy – a government where the ruler inherits the leadership role
industry – economic activity that involves the making of a particular product

Esteem is over and I want to know what you thought about it.

1. Write a sentence or two about what you enjoyed most about the Esteem lessons.

2. Write a sentence or two about what you enjoyed least about the Esteem lessons.

3. Write a sentence or two about what you would change about the Esteem lessons.

4. Write a sentence or two about what you will use from the Esteem lessons in your life.

Thank you for your participation in the classes. It made it much more enjoyable for me to teach it!