Cornell Notes Template
Essential Question #1 Lecture Notes
|Topic/Objective: |Essential Question: |
|Colonization |Who were the English colonists? |
|Reduce & then Recite |Record for Review |
|(Create questions which elicit |Write headings, key words, and vocabulary in colored pencil (or highlight!) |
|critical thinking/Write questions |Take sufficient notes with selective (not too much verbiage) & accurate paraphrasing |
|directly across from the answers in |Use bulleted lists and abbreviations |
|your notes) |Correctly sequence information |
| |Vocabulary: |
| |Colony: People who settled in a new place, but are ruled by a native land |
| |Capitalism: A system in which people put money (capital) into a business in order to make a profit |
| |Mercantilism: A system where colonies were meant to provide resources for the mother country |
| |Religious Freedom- The right for individuals follow their own religious beliefs |
| |Natural Rights- Rights given to every person at birth |
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| |Colonizing North America |
| |Competition by European nations for quicker trade routes led to the ‘Age of Discovery’ |
| |After Columbus’ discovery of North America, European nations set out to colonize the continent |
|Q) Who colonized North America and |Spain, France, and England would all establish North American colonies from 1500-1700 |
|why? |Led to the ‘Columbian Exchange’- a global transfer of plant and animal life that shaped the world today (p. 10) |
| |Colonization brought African slavery to North America |
| |Slave labor was used to run large plantations, which produced ‘cash crops’ (Sugar, tobacco, indigo) |
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| |Trade and Commerce |
| |American colonies were set up for capitalism and mercantilism- basically money making ventures for the ‘mother country’ |
| |Class-systems were very strict in Europe- new world presented new opportunity |
|Q) How did African slavery |Merchants would pool funds in order to try and establish money making ventures in the new world |
|come to North America? |The earliest successful English colony ‘Jamestown’ (p. 17) was a capitalist investment (People looking to get rich!!) |
| |After initial struggles- the colony found success growing tobacco in modern day Virginia |
| |Settlers were given a ‘charter’ (permission) to establish colonies in the name of the mother country to promote mercantilism |
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|Q) What economic systems | |
|Helped shape the colonies? | |
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|Q) What was the first | |
|Successful English colony? What did it| |
|produce? | |
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|Reduce & Recite |Record for Review |
| |Colonial Regions |
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| |The New England Colonies (p.21) |
|Q) Who settled the New England |Settled by Pilgrims seeking religious freedom |
|Colonies? |Poor farming land- small subsistence farming to feed families |
| |Relied on mercantilist trade of resources like lumber and fish |
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| |The Middle Colonies (p. 22) |
|Q) What sort of economy did the middle|Settled by mix of people seeking religious freedom and capitalist ventures |
|colonies have? |Good farm land was available- creating large farms and the production of cash crops |
| |Would also use natural resources to develop trade and mercantilist systems |
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| |The Southern Colonies (p. 23) |
| |Settled by mix of people seeking religious freedom and capitalist ventures |
| |Longest growing season, economy driven by plantation farming of ‘cash crops’- requiring large labor force (African slavery) |
|Q) What did southern colonies use for | |
|a labor force? |Beliefs of the Colonists |
| |Colonization took place during the Enlightenment- a period in Europe of great scientific discovery and thought |
| |Gave colonists new views of the world and existence |
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|Q) What was the ‘Enlightenment’? |Led to a belief in ‘natural rights’- the idea that all humans are seen equal at birth by God (Opposite of Divine Right) (pg. 28) |
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| |Also- the distance from the mother country meant colonists practiced ‘self-government’- electing officials and making ruling decisions|
| |themselves (ex. Mayflower Compact) (pg. 30) |
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| |A religious movement called the ‘Great Awakening’ encouraged independence in colonists and a belief in questioning authority (pg. 31) |
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|Q) Why did colonists begin practicing |Many colonists also belied in ideas of the ‘English Bill of Rights’- which protected ‘freedom of the press’- the right for the public |
|‘self-government?’ |to report and write about the government/rulers honestly |
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|Q) How did the English Bill of Rights | |
|influence colonial beliefs? | |
|Reflect & Summarize |
|In your own words and in complete sentences, write a 5-6 sentence summary paragraph. Your summary should cover the main concepts of the notes, be accurate, and have |
|adequate details. The goal of the summary is to answer the essential question from the reading assignment. |
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