Colonial Regions Project

Your team has just been selected to recruit settlers from England and Europe to come to the growing American colonies. Because of the vast amount of land that the colonies cover, you are responsible for gathering information on the four different regions to put together for a presentation back in England. The information you provide will determine who comes to each region. These new settlers are depending on you to provide clear and accurate information. Their family and livelihood depend on the accuracy and depth of your presentation (ex.. you wouldn’t want someone looking to be a farmer to immigrate to a region where the weather is cold…..would you??).

Using a poster board or tri-fold, you will create a poster to explain the four regions of Colonial America. Your project will cover the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies, and the Backcountry.

Be creative!! Use pictures, charts, graphs that will help you understand your regions

Each region needs to include the following information!! Make sure to give as much information as possible!!

Climate – what was the weather like in the region? Economy – How did people make a living? What were the major sources of income? Geography/Resources – What did the land provide that settlers could use to live/survive? Nationalities – What nations or countries were settlers coming from?

Things YOU MUST include in each region:

New England Colonies  List each of the colonies, including: o Year founded o Who founded this colony o For what reason was this colony established? (Religious, Social, Political, Economic)

 Define the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and explain why this was important for the growth of representative government in the colonies  Define the Mayflower Compact and explain why this was important for the growth of representative government in the colonies  What was the Triangular Trade?  Explain Subsistence Farming  Explain the roles of Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson and their influence on religious toleration  Explain changes in Puritan Society (why the decline in the Puritan church?)

Middle Colonies  List each of the colonies, including: o Year founded o Who founded this colony o For what reason was this colony established? (Religious, Social, Political, Economic)  Why did cities begin to prosper?  Explain how the colony of Pennsylvania was established as a colony promoting religious tolerance.  Explain the diversity in the Middle Colonies (p. 101)

Southern Colonies  List each of the colonies, including: o Year founded o Who founded this colony o For what reason was this colony established? (Religious, Social, Political, Economic)  Define the House of Burgesses and explain why this was important for the growth of representative government in the colonies  Explain the development of the plantation system.  Explain life under slavery and how some slaves resisted (What was the Stono Rebellion?).

Backcountry  Explain some of the different types of people that English and Scots-Irish settlers in the Backcountry came into conflict with. Why was there conflict?

Your poster will be set up like this:

New England Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies Backcountry

Resources Available  Creating America (Chapters 3 and 4)  Mastering the Grade 8 Social Studies TEKS (Chapter 6)  Adventure Tales (P. 33 – 68)  The internet (for supporting information, pictures, charts, etc..)