Colony Project
Due date October 10th
Directions.
The year is 1750 and your group has been granted a charter to form a colony in the British controlled region of North America. You can name and locate your colony anywhere you want, but your “fictional” colony must be located between two actual colonies. Once you have picked the location of your colony you should create a physical map of the “14” British colonies. The next step will be to create an advertisement to try and entice people to come to your colony. More people means more potential for money for your group. You must also create a system of rule in your colony, you must be able to keep the people happy or they might leave for another colony. Finally you will use the data provided to graph the population of the original colonies and include your colony’s population as well.
Criteria for the four parts to the project:
1. Map
a. Create an outline physical map of the 13 colonies and include your colony, make sure you use color and a key.
b. Highlight the physical barriers that stopped the expansion of the colonies.
c. Identify the geography of your colony (example-what kind of soil is present).
d. Identify the climate of your colony.
2. Advertisement
a. Create an advertisement to attract people to your colony (be sure to include how they can make money).
b. Highlight two things your colony offers along with two examples of what each neighboring colony offers. (yours should be different from theirs, but still realistic)
3. System of Rule
a. Give examples of how the two colonies on both side of yours are ruled and then create a compact for your colony (be sure to include a preamble).
b. Your examples should include how law-makers and a leader is chosen and what they are called, how laws are created, and how often the law-makers meet.
4. Graph
a. Chart the population of the colonies in 1750.
Colony Population
New Hampshire 27,500
Massachusetts 188,000
Rhode Island 33,200
Connecticut 111, 300
New York 76,700
New Jersey 71,400
Pennsylvania 119,700
Delaware 28,700
Maryland 141,100
Virginia 231,000
North Carolina 73,000
South Carolina 64,000
Georgia 5,200
Grading
CATEGORY / 15 / 12 / 7 / 3All components completed / All components are completed and all information is displayed in the directed manner. / Three components are completed and all information is displayed in the directed manner. / Two components are completed and most information is displayed in the directed manner. / Two or more components were not addressed.
Quality of Information / Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. / Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
Mechanics / No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. / Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors / A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors. / Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Map and Graph / Map and Graphs are neat, accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic. / Map and Graphs are accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic. / Map and Graphs are neat and accurate and somewhat add to the reader's understanding of the topic. / Map and Graphs are not accurate OR do not add to the reader's understanding of the topic.
Advertisement / The advertisement includes two examples of what your colony offers along with two examples of what each neighboring colony offers. / The advertisement includes two examples of what your colony offers along with some examples of what one neighboring colony offers. / The advertisement includes one example of what your colony offers along with an example from a neighboring colony. / The advertisement includes one example of what your colony offers along with no examples of what each neighboring colony offers.
Your Compact / Your Compact includes a preamble (introduction), clear explanations or details of how the government runs, and a conclusion. / Your Compact includes a preamble (introduction), explanations or details of how the government runs, and a conclusion. / Your Compact has no preamble, but some details of how the government runs, and a conclusion. / Your Compact is missing more than two components.
There is a total of 90 points possible on this project.
Reminder the assignment is due October 10th.