COLONIAL SCAVENGER HUNT

You will be going to various sites to answer questions pertaining to the early Colonial period in U.S. history.

1.Before Jamestown and Plymouth Colony, there was the Lost Colony in Roanoke, VA. One of America’s most perplexing mysteries is: What happened to the colonists in Roanoke? Go to http://www.history.com/videos/in-search-of-history-lost-colony-of-roanoke#jefferson-expands-executive-powerthere , MC900064950[1] listen to the video clip, and summarize what the mystery is:

2.When 104 men landed in Virginia in 1607, they named the place Jamestown. This was the first permanent English settlement in the New World.

What was the mission of this group?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401857.html

What did they think the natural advantages of Jamestown were?

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Was this land as good as they thought? Explain:

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3.Go to this site: http://www.apva.org/history/list.html

Take a look at the list of the original early Jamestown settlers and their occupations.

Note the spelling of some of the occupations. List the occupations of the early settlers. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Now look at the list of settlers for January 1608 (First Supply). Are there new occupations now? List them: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thinking Question: Why would the colonists’ occupations need to change from those of the original settlers to the 1608 settlers? __________________________________________

4. Go to Subscription Resources on the Burneson Library homepage.

Go to Gale Virtual Reference Library. This is an online set of e-books the library receives to help you in locating valid information on many topics.

On the Search line type in Pocahontas. Go to the entry from Colonial America Reference Library.

READ and answer these questions:

a. In the first paragraph it states “Pocahontas decisively influenced the course of English settlement in the New World.” Read the rest of that paragraph and answer why she is criticized by Native Americans for what she did:

b. Why is she a savior to Americans of European descent?

5.PRIMARY DOCUMENTS are considered one of the best sources of historical information. Go to this site:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm

-Scroll down the page to read “What are Primary Sources”? Answer in your own words what a primary source is, and give several examples:

6.The Mayflower Compact, written in 1620, is said to be the foundation for the US Constitution. In basic terms, what did this document say? Find the answer at this site:

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/colonialamerica/a/may_compact.htm

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What was the significance of this document? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7.Read the actual compact : http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/mayflower.asp

What in this document tells you about their religious beliefs?

8.Listen to this short overview of the founding of Plymouth Colony by going to this TeacherTube site: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Plymouth_Colony&video_id=13258

· When the Pilgrims first left the Church of England and moved to Holland, they were called _____________________________ (fill in the blank).

· In exchange for free passage to the new land, what did the Pilgrims agree to send the Virginia Company?

· This was a new idea when it came to making laws: ______________________ _______________________ .

9.After Plymouth Colony was founded, other English colonies began to spring up along the eastern coast. As more and more people arrived in the New World, more and more disputes arose over territory. Many wars were fought in the 1600s and 1700’s.

Þ Go to the Burneson Library homepage, and then click on Subscription Resources. Go to World Book Student encyclopedia, and type in French and Indian War.

List the problems between the French and English that caused the wars:

10.Go to this website: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm

List the Motivations and Economy for the New England, Middle and Southern colonies:

Define the word motivation:

Motivations:

New England:

Middle:

Southern:

Economy:

New England:

Middle:

Southern:

11.Take a look at religion in the colonies. Go to :

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonieschurch.htm

What people in the colonies believed depended on where they lived. What were the religious beliefs of the people in:

New England colonies __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Middle Colonies __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Southern Colonies

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12.Go to Subscription Resources on the Burneson library homepage.

· Go to Gale Virtual Reference Library

· Search for: Salem witchcraft

· Click on the third article “Social and Political Issues.” Scroll down the page until you come to the section on “The Salem Witch Trials.”

a. Read the first paragraph under the heading Salem witch trials and fill in the blanks:

Native Americans, Africans, and some Europeans believed that people with _______________________ _______________________________ could control ___________________ and _______________________ spirits with prayer and rituals.

b. Witchcraft practices feared: Europeans tended to single out a particular ________________________,

usually an __________________ ______________________________ and accused her of _________________________

________________________________with the devil to cause all manner of trouble among good people.

What is a covenant? _____________________________________________________________

c. Hysteria reaches peak in Salem: read the second paragraph and summarize the hysteria in Salem Village:

d. Puritans seek culprits: What proper legal procedures did the Salem witch trials violate?

13.Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan in the Massachusetts Bay Colony who was banished from the colony.

What does banished mean? ____________________________________________________

Go to this site: http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&zTi=1&sdn=americanhistory&cdn=education&tm=40&gps=422_409_1596_706&f=10&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/civilrights/features_hutchison.html

What was her crime? (Be specific)

What was her belief that was in direct contradiction with the established religion in Massachusetts?

EXTRA - LISTENING SKILLS

· Go to Brain Pop (under Subscription Resources on the library page)

· Click on Log in –Ask for bookmark with username and password

· Type in Pocahontas

· Listen to the video

· After you listen to the video, click on

· Click on the Vocabulary tab

· Define the words—write your answer right on the document, then print it out.

· MCHM00049_0000[1] Listen to the video again if you need to in order to understand all of the words.

Search Brain Pop again—this time type in 13 colonies

· Listen to the video

· After you finish the video, click on QUIZ

· Then do Review Quiz—you won’t move on to the next question until you get the answer right.

· Now take the Printed Quiz –write down your answers and print out the sheet.