An Investigation into a Disappearance

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BWXeIUoqhpVhZu2fxz-d3HeIPjpBIlpfY-Am5MYD7n8/edit?usp=sharing

The English, the Powhatans, and the Beginnings of Virginia

For Period 2:

1.  Complete Questions 3 and 4 by class time on Tuesday, October 29th.

2.  Read Taylor's "Virginia", pages 117-127.  Take notes.

Answer the following questions:

a. Analyze the document on p. 117. What event is depicted? What does this tell us about early English interactions with Native Americans?
b. Who seized the opportunity to lay claim to the mid-Atlantic seaboard of North America? Explain.
c. Describe sixteenth century (Elizabethan) England. What changes were shaping society and the
economy and how do the developments relate to colonial conquest?
d. Where is Roanoke and what happened there?


Due: Wednesday, October 30


For Period 8:

   Read the Foner text book, pages 54-69.  Take notes.

   Answer Review Question #2 found on page 90.

Due:  Wednesday, October 30

Why did European powers colonize the New World?

Assignment here:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c7fo484rrx0iAlrZC4XFw9Mtpi-sYxlz/view?usp=sharing


TEXT TO USE:

        a. Taylor's "New Spain", pages 51-66
 
        b. Foner, pages 34-48 (Period 8)

        c. Taylor, "Canada and Iroquoia" (Period 2)

        d. Primary sources on New Spain, New France, and the New Netherlands 

Life in New Spain, New France, New Netherlands

1.  A tour of Mexico City:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mNmDBkAbmzWvcv0ytWFGjK0rOx5OkDgg/view?usp=sharing

Read pages 1-4

      a. What do you learn about the social life of Mexico City?  What references are there to the social hierarchy?

      b. How is the city itself described?


2.  Letters from New Spain to Spain:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DBLunDg0d1pMnPq-bTe9ucgtN_Cqdij-/view?usp=sharing

     Read the letters of the farmer, priest, and troubadour, and one other of your choosing.

     a. How is life in New Spain described?  In what ways are the writers positive?

     b.  What are some of the common characteristics of the letters?


3. Use these to compare and contrast the French and Dutch ventures in the New World with Spain:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CNw-DuAzPydU0xxmwtUWHafYuqWguCBO/view?usp=sharing
(pages 4-6)


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iRTiNDXsx209eAk1AQzJQfJ20XFAFfDM/view?usp=sharing


Remember:  quote or paraphrase the texts in your responses   

Canada and Iroquoia

For Period 2:

Read pages 92-113 of Taylor's American Colonies.

For each page, you must show a minimum of three separate notes (bullet points).  Put the page number next to each note or bullet point.

Complete in your notebook.

Due:  Tuesday, October 22


For Period 8:

Use the textbook, Give Me Liberty,  (digital version to the right of this post) to complete the following:

     A.  Read pages 34-48.  Take notes.  Indicate the page number next to each note.  You must be able to show notes from all of the pages.

     B.  Answer Review Questions 7, 8 and 9 (found on page 50).

Complete in your notebook.

Due:  Tuesday, October 22
  

Impeachment!?

Do research to answer the questions here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fZvdiMSulLplJ2qS2qJwetfpckcHe0FFWWGnYtWeAxQ/edit?usp=sharing

Use only valid sources!  (include links)

New Spain cont'd

1.  Read pages 61-66 of Taylor's chapter.  Take notes.

2.  Answer the following:
 
           a. Define casta.  What kind of societies did the Spanish create in the New World?
           b. Define audiencia. What was the relationship of the Spanish colonies and Spain itself?
           c. Summarize the key points of the section entitled "Gold and Silver".  How was the generation of wealth from gold in the New World become a problem for Spain?

Complete in your notebook.


Due:  Monday, October 14

New Spain

1.  Read pages 51-60 of "New Spain" in Taylor's American Colonies.

    (pdf version here:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ND5Lf0Pu7ima--KOYO9KLqPSg0egwIZl/view?usp=sharing)

2.  Take notes.

3.  Answer the following:
         a.  Identify five key events in the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
         b.  Define requerimiento, encomienda, hidalgo.
         c.   How did the Spanish consolidate their conquest into a colony?

Due:  Tuesday, October 8

Culture and Columbus, Las Casas, et al--FOR PERIOD 8 ONLY

Answer the following questions in your notebook:

1.  In reviewing the texts of Columbus, Las Casas, and de Sepulveda, create a list of cultural traits for them.  Keep in mind our definition of culture as something "in the head".
2.  If our outward behavior is a manifestation of culture, how might the shared culture of the three men have influenced their different behaviors and outlooks?

Cite the texts to support your responses.


Due:  Friday, October 4