Immersion+Week+4

=Resources= Read each of the resources listed below. Use the information contained in each resource to help you define key terms and people as well as answer main idea questions.


 * Holt Ch 3 Sec.1 The Southern Colonies
 * [|ABC-CLIO Virginia Company of London]
 *  [|ABC-CLIO Jamestown] - See links for  [|John Smith], [|John Rolfe], and the  [|Powhatan Confederacy].
 * [[file:Slaves vs. Indentured Servants.pdf]]

Video Resources
Instructions - Click on the Hippocampus icon below. It will take you to our Hippocampus class page. - Find the videos listed below on the left side of the screen under "**BOOKMARKS**"

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 * The Jamestown Colony
 * Origins of Slavery

= = =Key Terms & People=

Using the above listed resources, write a definition for each of the following terms or people listed in your //**Social Studies Only**// notebook/binder. Include a title above your definitions, such as "Age of Exploration Terms," so that your information stays organized.


 * joint-stock company
 * headright system
 * proprietary colony
 * indentured servant
 * slave codes
 * Toleration Act of 1649
 * indigo
 * John Smith
 * Powhatan Confederacy
 * John Rolfe
 * James Oglethorpe
 * Bacon's Rebellion

= = =Main Ideas=

Answer the following questions in your //**Social Studies Only**// notebook/binder. The answers may be written as a complete paragraph, as a list, or as a picture/diagram. Make sure to include a title above your answers, such as "Age of Exploration Questions," so that your information stays organized. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__


 * 1) How did a joint-stock company work? What did the owners of the Virginia Company of London hope to achieve by financing the creation of a permanent settlement in Virginia?
 * 2) Identify the factors that contributed to the success/failure of early colonial settlements in the New World. (Optional Graphic Organizer [[file:Success & Failures of Colonies GO.pdf]])
 * 3) Compare and contrast each of the Southern colonies political, economic, religious, and social situations.
 * 4) What caused Southern colonists to favor slaves over indentured servants? How did Southern Colonists maintain control over their slaves? (Optional Graphic Organizer [[file:Advantages and Disadvantages.pdf]])

= = =Extensions= The information below is //**optional**// reading and is meant only to extend the knowledge you have gained from the primary resources listed above.
 * [|Virtual Jamestown]
 * [|Jamestown Society]
 * [|Georgia Slave Codes] - Review "Sec.I Capital Offences" and "Sec. II Minor Offences"
 * [|Understanding Race in America] - The Colonial Experience from 1660 - 1700
 * [|Headright System]
 * [[file:Servants and Slaves in Maryland.pdf]]