Colonial cities were either created around a harbor town or a seat of government. In every city there was a church, where, obviously, the people would go for church services. There was always some form of government building in a city, regardless of whether it was a harbor or not. There was at least one …
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History 7 #135 Blaise Pascal
Pascal was the inventor of the calculator. He also contributed to science and physics a lot. Pascal was one of the most influential Frenchmen of his time. Blaise Pascal was born in 1623. When he was a young boy, Pascal’s family moved from the country where they lived before to Paris. There, his father bought …
History 7 #130: Settlers of America (Off Brand Settlers of Catan)
The London Company was the company that founded Jamestown. Like the British West India company, it was designated to colonize a certain region (in this case America rather than India). The London Company appointed three ships to sail to America and establish a colony. The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery were chosen for …
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History 7 #75: Hundred Years War
Introduction The Hundred Years War lasted from 1337 through 1453, over a century. The war lasted several generations. The causes of the war were quite complicated. Edward II thought he was the rightful king of France, and the French King disagreed. There was also a region called Aquitaine that was ruled by the English, although …
History 7 #70: John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe was born in a small town on a sheep farm 200 miles from London. Not much is known about what year he was born, but the convention is 1324. We don’t know when he arrived at Oxford University, but we know that we was there in 1345. Wycliffe was heavily involved in Oxford …
History 7 Final Essay: #180
My favorite lesson in Grade 7 History has probably got to be one during week 12 when we talked about Marco Polo, Kublai Khan, and the Mongolian Empire. I chose these lessons specifically because I’ve read a couple of books about the topics and so it was really interesting to learn more of the context …
History Lesson #175: Egypt
Africa’s most famous continent is Egypt, and was one of the strongest ancient forces. It had two time periods: Kingdom periods, which was when the kingdom was well organized and prospered, and the Intermediate period, which was a period when Egypt was on its decline. There were 6 stages of Ancient Egypt before it became …
History 170: The Atlantic Slave Trade
Portugal began the first wave of the Atlantic slave trade when they began to to take slaves from Africa to Brazil to work on plantations. The first wave did not last very long at all before the second wave began. The second wave of the slave trade began when other countries began to take slaves …
History 7 #155: Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was born in 1663 in Boston, Massachusetts. Cotton Mather, his father, and his grandfather were all Puritan ministers at a church in Boston. Witchcraft was very prominent in the 17th century. People would blame many events on supernatural causes and on witches. All Cotton Mather wanted was for the colonies to return to …
History Lesson #150: 13 Colonies
Virginia was the first colony, founded in 1607. It was the location of Jamestown, the first English settlement in America New York was the second colony to be founded, in 1626. New York supported itself with the fur trade, and was originally owned by the dutch, before it surrendered to England. Massachusetts was founded in …