The Colonial
Times
News about the American Thirteen Original Colonies
Written by the Seabury Navigators, March 2014
This is a sampling of our recently published newspaper,
"The Colonial Times."
The Navigators enjoyed writing non-fiction reports
using a who, what, why, when, where format
and fiction accounts of what it would be like
to emigrate to the New World.
Some of the stories are only an excerpt!
K.Going to Georgia
Hello my name is K. I am 21 years old. I live in Europe. I want to live in Georgia. I want to move to Georgia because I will grow tobacco and I will get rich. I think it will be better in the Georgia colony because I will enjoy the sun. What scares me the most about going to the colony is there are skeletons that eat you but I think that it is fake. I am afraid that people will try to talk me out of going by telling me that there are monsters in the sea. My best response to that is ‘’I am not afraid of “anything.”
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Massachusetts
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Massachusetts
was a New
England Colony. It was located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The
Wampanoag’s lived there before the Puritans. Giovanni
Verrazano explored it. The Pilgrims founded it. The Puritans lived there.
It was founded it in 1620. They wanted
freedom of religion. It
was named after a Massachusetts lndian word meaning ‘’on the long tidal
river.’’ The people lived by fishing, shipbuilding and lumbering.
S. in Virginia
My name is
S. I’m 21 years old. I live in England. I want to live in Virginia. The
king is getting mean and unpleasant. I want a new life and adventure. I like
to explore new places and rock climb and farm and fish and hunt. I am hoping
to do these things in Virginia. Nothing scares me about travelling. I am very
brave. People are going to try to talk me out of it. My response would be to
flex my muscles and say, “I don’t care.”
New York
My colony is New
York. It is located east of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a middle colony south
of Pennsylvania, north of Georgia. The Iroquois tribe was in New York way
before Europeans settled. They relied on hunting and farming. The Europeans
explored New York in 1500s. The Europeans and Iroquois made a fur trading
company for trading fur and some food. Henry Hudson's ship was called the HALF
MOON.
S. Goes to Rhode Island
My name is S.
I am 22 years old. I now live in England. I want to go to Rhode Island. I get
bossed around by the King and I want freedom. I want to be a silversmith and
own my own shop so people will come and buy everything silver. My friends want me to stay but I say no.
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Teresa’s Diary [an excerpt of a much longer account]
An historical fiction account
by S. G.
Dear Diary,
we are leaving to go to some place called North Carolina. I don’t know
exactly why, but Ma and Pa talk about it behind my back. I think we’re
leaving for religious freedom. I can’t quite make it out. I don’t want to
leave everything behind, but Marie doesn’t care as long as she has April, her
plush fox. (It’s just the thing with 6-year-olds. It can’t be helped.)
May 12th, 1681.
Dear Diary,
Ma does not want to leave our snug little cottage behind. I feel better to
know someone is on my side, sort of. Marie is getting mad. She says I’m
fibbing when I tell her we’re moving. Pa tells me not to tell anyone who
works for the king. It’s supposed to be a secret that we’re leaving. But,
being a child, I absolutely have to tell somebody.
So I tell Rebecca. May 17th,
1681.
Dear Diary,
a couple days later, Rebecca tells me she does not want me to leave. She
tells me the moment you step on the sand, you’ll turn to dust. Now I’m
scared. Who knows? A Harpy could swoop out of the sky and steel the mast!
Really, truly, I think my parents are insane! (Of course, I would never tell
anybody in the world that. I’m so glad this book has a lock on it.) May 19th, 1681.
Journey [an excerpt of a much longer account]
by A.
Book 1
Dear diary, my name is Arissa [name made up]. I’m nineteen years old. I
know you might think that it’s weird for a nineteen year old to be writing in
a diary. My parents made me swear that when they died I would start a diary…
So here I am now writing in a diary. Right now I live in Britain. I want to
go to Pennsylvania because I don’t like how I have to practice the Christian
religion. I think it will be better in Pennsylvania because I don’t have to
go to one specific church. What scares me about going to Pennsylvania is I
might encounter a sea serpent. I also fear the Indians will kill me. I also
fear (this is the last thing) that people will try to talk me out of it by
saying everyone there is savage. They might even say the Indians are the most
savage. They might also say; if you go, you’ll die, you belong here, and I’ll
play with you always. My response to all of those things would be NO! I’m
going anyway and you can’t talk me out of it. Now leave me alone.
Dear diary, I’m just talking to a shipbuilder and seeing if
he’ll give me a ship. On my first act he said “I’ll give you my best ship.”
Whenever I ask something or give a command I get it. Here’s the thing to it—my
mom was the queen. So that makes me the princess.
Dear diary, I thought you might want to know what I look
like so I gave you a picture of me.
The day after tomorrow I’m leaving for my journey. I’m
going to see if someone will come with me.
South Carolina
The South Carolina colony was a southern colony. It
was located between North Carolina and Georgia. The Cherokee lived there but
many died from small pox. Francisco
Gordillo explored it. King Charles I founded the colony. It was founded in 1618. It was named after
King Charles I. The farmers grew indigo, rice and tobacco.
The Trip to
Virginia
An historical
fiction story by S. TS
Hello
my name is Sarah [name made up]. I want to go to Virginia. I want to move to Virginia
because I want to visit my friends A., A., C., K., S. S. and S. I also want to move
to Virginia because it is warm and it is cold up here in England. I am scared
to go because… people… say…are… sea monsters! I think something that will not
scare me is … I WILL HAVE A HAPPY LIFE! I forgot to mention that I’m 11 years
old.
Sarah
you can’t go. Yes I can I’m old enough to tack care of myself. It’s way over 10 thousand miles away from home. I know. Well I did not know. He thinks I’m 5 but
I’m not because I’m 11. Mom dad I’m sort of scared but I feel
like should go because I need to get a better life. So my mother said I could
go in 2 weeks. I was so happy. The reason she said that is because she will
have a child in exactly 1 week. And she’s going too and so are my little brother
and my baby sister and maybe my dad. I need to go to bed now good night.
2
weeks have passed. My sister, brother and my mom are coming to Virginia. I
have a friend who is going to take me to Virginia. Let’s pack up!
We
arrived at Virginia! Yay! I’m so happy!
To
be continued. J
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