North American Colonies Project
Part 1: Native American Resources
Access and review the Early Native Peoples interactive map link available through the HIS 110 resource page. Study the map identifying the regional distribution of Native Americans (also located in Ch. 1). Using the grid, identify the seven regions. Then indicate how each of the native tribes within the regions supported themselves prior to the arrival of European civilizations.
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Region:
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Principle Basis of Subsistence:
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Arctic
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Fish, shellfish, and sea mamals
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Sub-Arctic
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Large Game, and fish
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Northeast
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Large Game, Agriculture, and fish
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Southeast
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Agriculture
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Great Plains
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Agriculture, and Big Game
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Southwest
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Seeds, nuts, roots, and small game, and agriculture
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Great Plateau
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Seeds, Nuts, Roots, and Small game
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Part 2: Contributions Grid
Complete the Contributions Grid by describing the contributions of the three groups of peoples, Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans, to the creation of the British North American Colonies. List the aspects of each of these peoples-Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans-that contributed to the development of the British Colonies.
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NATIVE AMERICANS:
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EUROPEAN
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AFRICANS
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Economic Structure
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Political Structure
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Social System
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Cultural Values
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Religion
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Part 3: North American Colonies Response
Using the Readings found on the resource page, prepare a 350- to 700-word response in which you compare and contrast the early British North American colonies; for example, the Virginia colony and the Massachusetts Bay colony: in terms of their goals, government, social structure, and religion. In your response be sure to address the ways in which they were similar and different, and why.
Be sure to properly cite any references.