SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE FIVE – ENGLISH COLONIES

1. Similarities and Differences Why Leave the “Home Country”? SOCIAL STUDIESGRADE FIVE – ENGLISH COLONIES With England Forced Economy The English Colonies Between the colonies Politics Geography Government The Middle Colonies Daily Life Founders Government The New England Colonies Daily Life The Southern Colonies Government Current States Geography Daily Life Founders Founders Economy Current States Founders Geography Founders Current States Content Vocabulary: Economy governor tolerant slave trade market Government Puritan self-government frontier triangular trade Colony Pilgrim charter plantation assembly Mayflower Compact freedom of religion indentured servant supply and demand legislation • Essential Understandings/Learning Goals: • Europeans had different motives for exploration and colonization. • Geographical differences in the eastern coastline of the United States led to differences in the development of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. • Cultural differences between the Dutch, English, and French settlers led to differences in the development of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. • Family and community life differed in various regions of colonial North America. • Native American societies changed as a result of the expanding European settlements.