Today's Agenda

AP Learning Objective:
Explain how and why various European colonies developed and expanded from 1607 to 1754.
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Learning Target:
I can trace the history of the Chesapeake colonies, and I can describe the labor system that emerged as a result.

Critical Vocabulary: Virginia Company of London, Jamestown, John Smith, Powhatan, “Starving Time,”Pocahontas, John Rolfe, Headright System, Indentured Servant, House of Burgesses, Opechancanough, Lord Baltimore, Maryland Act of Toleration, Chattel Slavery, Navigation Acts, Nathaniel Bacon, Bacon’s Rebellion

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for John Smith and John Rolfe.​
2. Citizenship Question: What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? 
   A. led the U.S. during the Civil War 
   B. led the U.S. during the War of 1812 
   C. led the U.S. during the American Revolution 
   D. led the U.S. during the Mexican-American War
3. Independent Learning: Thirteen Colonies Map
4. Guided Instruction: The Chesapeake Colonies
5. Reflection Question: What motivated the founding and settlement of the Chesapeake colonies?

Homework: The English Colonies Reading