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I feel like I just took a deep dive into the American colonies. The history of America is so fascinating, there’s just so much to learn. This time period in history is my favorite because there’s so much to learn about how this country came to be. In the videos we learned about the middle passage and the beginning of the colonies. The Middle Passage was known as such because it was the middle step in the slavery process. But before they board the ship, they would march to the coast in conditions that were almost as bad as the ships conditions. They were’n’t given enough food, no blacnkets and they were chained together like animals. And on the ship, they would be crammed together so tight, often times you would find slaves in tweet eachother’s legs. The air was hot and thick and when sickness spread, it was disastrous. Some rebellious Africans would starve themselves or throw themselves overboard, but losing lives meant losing money so the crew would find brutal ways to stop them. The trip through the middle passage often took 21-90 days or even 4-6 months. I’ve never gotten this much detail about slavery and what it was like. We also learned about Bcon’s rebellion and how the Dutch bought modern day New York. Then the English took it from them and built what became America today.  I think that the middle passage and what it was like is the idea that adults need to know about America’s beginnings. I think these facts are important for adults to know because we need to know how america began but more importantly who suffered along the way, who paid the price for what we found. The slaves did. They had to manage our crops and cotton fields, factories, etc... they did so much and how did we repay them? So I think that is what is important for adults to know.

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This is my first exposure to this extent to the African slave trade. Its honestly hard to focus on the historical aspects as I better understand what these slaves encountered and endured. I did gain a better understanding of the motivation of the western Europeans, not justified,. I think it gives adults and everyone really historical perspective. I find it unbelievable that anyone would treat another human being like that. Historical perspective when factual, gets us a better understanding of our current condition. Dates and places we can always find in a library, its how these stores move us and form our opinions.

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Some new knowledge that I have built from the colonies were not all colonies were bad and the reason why people moved was to try and escape persecution or just to get away from there old life. The one thing that I get but despise is slavery. I understand why these men and women would do this but it is unrealistic to do this, you know what I mean? This next part is probably going to be my favorite thing as a student, learning history. I know you might think I am crazy for this but what ever, back to work.. This section in history is my first history class that actually explains what George Washington’s first battle was The French and Indian war!!! I thought I’d never learn it and that would be it but here we are. In the mist and coming out of the mist on a ship finding the America’s again what a wonderful day. After finding it was insane, 200 years later growing crops and still nothing has changed. Wellll besides all of the colonies, and the wars, and the other so called things of history. Of all of the things I have learned in my opinion is knowing that the slave trade is pretty much gone.It is nothing like being a servant,  you were  provided with less food than you should been given and was a catastrophe alone.  This is also important for adults to know since it happened and should be studied so it does not happen again.

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ANSWER The QUESTIONS BELOW:

Be sure that your response provides details, references the videos, and shares your thinking.

1. What new ideas did you learn from the videos that  added to your understanding of America's early colonies?

2. Of the ideas that were shared in the videos, which facts do you think are most important in helping adults today have a better idea of the history of America’s beginnings? Why do you think these facts are the most important for adults to know?

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I learned a lot of things about America's Early Colonies and it was very interesting to me. For example the first thing I learned about the American Colonies is that the first colony was founded in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Many people who settled in the New World managed to escape religious persecution. Pilgrims, the founders of Plymouth, Massachusetts, arrived in 1620. In Virginia and Massachusetts, colonists flourished with some help from Native Americans. European settlers came from various social and religious groups, including adventurers, farmers, hired servants, merchants, and several members of the aristocracy. Among the settlers were Dutch from New Holland, Swedes and Finns from New Sweden, English Quakers from Pennsylvania, English Puritans from New England, English settlers from Jamestown, Virginia, English Catholics and Protestant nonconformists Maryland Province, “worthy poor” of Georgia, Germans who settled the Mid-Atlantic colonies, and the Scots from Ulster Appalachian.

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In the text, the main thing that was focused on were the Colonies of Britain, England, and France. It focused on the rise of these colonies and how they maintained them. Another thing that I learned from the text is the French and Indian war. I found this part particularly interesting because of the fact that Britain mainly benefited from the war. While watching the videos the most important thing that I learned was the Middle passage and the Triangular Trade Route. In the video, the Middle Passage is described as every slave's nightmare. The conditions were terrible and they were treated like cargo. This fact by itself is very horrifying and terrible to think about. If adults were to learn this it would help them remember what the colonists did, they might strive to be better people. They might think about what they say and who they say it to. It might also benefit them in the future to learn from the past.

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I learned a BUNCH of new things in this unit. The main thing that I learned from the videos was that the slave trade was one of the most horrendous and awful things that have happened in history. the worst part is that their people traded them for guns! The second thing I learned was how awful the ship conditions were. The fact that you couldn't move would have been the worst part for me. The sickness and rotting bodies, plus the feces must have created a horrible stench. Imagine being a child on that ship!? It must have been the absolute worst. I think one specific thing that needs to be shared now with adults is how badly and we used to treat people that have different ideas or even look different from us. we as a society are falling back into this. Instead of choosing a political leader for the way he or she looks choose based on the things that they are doing are they protecting our human rights? are they keeping America safe and helping us move forward? Are they acknowledging that the environment needs some saving? This is what we should be focused on. NOT if they are a man or a woman or anything else for that matter.

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I always little bits and pieces of American History, so I knew the basics, but I didn’t know all the important details. Some details that I learned from the videos were the conditions of the slave ships, the middle passage, and the rise and fall of colonies. I also learned more about how different countries claimed territory and went back and forth on power. Of all the ideas that were shared in the videos, I think that somme of the most important were the slave ships and the conditions they were in. There is always a lot of controversy in politics but some of the things that are happening right now are almost as bad as slaves. I think that this might open the eyes of a lot of adults, for them to see what happened so long ago, and is sadly kind of continuing to happen.
(Scout Rath)