Chapter 4 Definitions

Define each of the following words and use them in a sentence:

1. Economy

2. Commerce

3. Rights

4. Parliament

5. Petition (verb)

6. Revolution

7. Revival

Update for 9-25-15 through 9-30-15

Friday 9-25-15: Lecture/information from the high school

Monday 9-28-15: Study Guide

Tuesday 9-29-15: Study Guide and Jeopardy Review

Wednesday 9-30-15: Ch. 2 and 3 Test; Everything Due;

• Written Response #2
• Written Response in class questions (#s 1 and 2)
• Ch. 2 & 3 Notes
• Readings 1-7
• Study Guide

Chapter 2 & 3 Study Guide

Chapter 2 & 3 Study Guide

Mayflower Compact and Fundamental Orders in Modern Language

Mayflower Compact & Fundamental Orders Interpretations

Sources for Written Response #2

Primaries for WR #2 (New)

Thesis for Written Response #2

Your paper should have 3 body paragraphs, for a total of 5 paragraphs (introduction and conclusion)

• Body paragraph #1 should detail a similarity between all three documents (self government)
• Body paragraph #2 should detail a similarity between the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders (religion)
• Body paragraph #3 should detail a similarity between the Fundamental Orders and the House of Burgesses (structure)

Thesis: There are several similarities between the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders and the House of Burgessses, such as self government, religion, and structure.

Chapter 3 Notes

Slight Changes to Directions for Written Response #2

• Papers must include three body paragraphs
• One body paragraph must detail similarities between all three sources
• One body paragraph must detail similarities between the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders
• One body paragraph must detail similarities between the Fundamental Orders and the Virginia House of Burgesses

Directions for Written Response #2

Directions for Written Response #2

Reading #7 Primaries

Puritans Primaries

Reading #7 Questions

Document A:

1. Sourcing: Who was John Winthrop speaking to in this sermon? What do you
think is the purpose of this sermon?

2. Contextualization: Imagine what his audience might have been thinking and
feeling as they listened to him on the ship. Describe it.

3. Close reading: What is the main idea of this speech? What do you think
Winthrop means when he says, “We shall be as a City Upon a Hill?”


Document B:

1. Sourcing: Who was John Cotton speaking to in this sermon? Why is he
speaking about settling in a new land?

2. Contextualization: In this sermon, who are the ‘inhabitants’ in the new land?
Who are the ‘foreign people?’

3. Close reading: What does Cotton say that God will do for the foreign people
when they arrive in the new land?

Using evidence from Document A and Document B, answer the question below:

Were the Puritans selfish or selfless?

Reading #6 John Winthrop Describes Life in Boston

John Winthrop Describes Life in Boston

Reading #6 Questions

1. In this letter, John Winthrop described Boston as a functioning and prospering town.  What questions might a reader in Europe pose in a return letter to Winthrop?

2. What evidence did Winthrop offer to prove that Boston was approaching self-sufficiency?

Reading #5 Questions

1. Describe some of the struggles settlers faced upon their arrival in the New World.

2. In what ways were these settlers able to cope with these struggles?

3. In what ways were the settlers able to remake the New World in the image of the Old World?  Why would they do this?

Reading #5 Colonization and Settlement (The Settlement Process)

Colonization and Settlement Excerpt

Update for 9-9-15 through 9-14-15

Written Response #1 will be due on Monday, September 14

Written Response #1 Directions

Directions for WR #1 (Pocahontas)

Written Response #1 Sources

Pocahontas Original Docs

Questions for Reading #4

1. Considering their long military and economic rivalry, how can you explain the generous terms of surrender offered to the Dutch by the English?
2. If you had been a resident of the Province of the New Netherlands, would you have left or stayed once the English took over? Explain your response.
3. Select and explain three items in the document which indicate the English intention NOT to upset the “status quo”. Why do you think these items were included?
4. From the internet, obtain a current map of the five boroughs of New York City. Locate place names (streets, communities, geographic sites) on the map that indicate a connection to the Dutch presence 400 years ago.

Reading #4 The Surrender of New Netherland, 1664

The Surrender of New Netherland