Colonial+America

Response to Video:

I think the students got their facts correct, they correctly stated that the colonists were not getting the money and the English prevented that, and there needed to be Englishmen on the ships to trade.

Partner: ﻿I think that the students got most of it right they said England wanted more power and money over the colonies and how the lumber business increased. I think they should say how the navigation acts were made because the colonists were getting rich for England. 9/22/10- pg;s 78-79 Comment- I don't agree with the trading of many furs of animals because it is making the animals population go down and its cruel to animals. Connection- We still use lumber mills today and export wood used for fires, etc. We still fish and use it for food and export it to restaurants,etc. Question- Why did everyone want Animal furs? Why were they more popular than the things they truly needed to sustain life? Main idea- Fur and Wood were the most wanted resource. English goods were far too expensive so colonists started their own small businesses and making things / growing things on their own.

Jessica's- Aggriculture was the main economic activity. Many colonists practiced substistence farming. For early colonists North Americas most valuable resources were Fur and Timber. Calum: Hard for famers to grow crops in New England because of climate/weather changes were unpredictable. The soil was rocky and barren so no growth could happen.

WE NEED CROPS FOR MONEY.!!
Southern colonies-

9-24-10

WHAT ** DID ** ** YOU LEARN? **

**1. What did crew members do to Africans who refused to eat? Why do you think they**

**did this?**

**They refused to eat because they did not care whether they survived or not, death was a better option to them than misery.**

**2. Why did so many Africans on the ship die?**

**Malnutrition, Suicide, And the uncleanly conditions.**

**3. How were the Africans treated? Why do you think they were treated this way?**

**They were treated like crap, Because the white people didnt care, they just wanted money and work done.**



**C-I think that this is horrible the way that they treat the slaves, its inhumane.**

**C-I've been on a ship.**

**Q-Why did they abuse the slaves when they didn't eat, i mean its more food for them to eat if the slaves don't eat it?** **Dan/ Me discussion**

** Why does it matter if it were a lie or not ? **
It doesnt matter because he was still able to read and write, despite being an African American slave. He could of still explained his trip as a slave going somewhere else, and not the middle passage. He could of wrote for another slave because he knows how to write/read and the other slave did not, but took credit for it. The fact that He was a slave trader himself kind of changed my opinion, He was a person who was ** AGAINST ** slavery, yet he was so selfish to ** BUY AND SELL SLAVES? ** just to gain his freedom? Thats stupid and messed up. hw - summarize thoughts on ecwiano, for a 5 look him up online, add more we havent learned