Avoca School District 37 Student Blog

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Zakaria Abbasi

History

Massachusetts bay Colony was discovered in 1620. Massachusetts was sailed in the May Flower compact and the Speedwell. When the Speedwell broke down all the passengers had to board the Mayflower. The way the Massachusetts was settled was by accident the Mayflower was intended for much farther south but because of the dangerous water they had to land in Cape Cod. They moved to which was the Plymouth to protect them selves from Nausets Indians. The Wamponag made a treaty with the pilgrims against the Nauset Indians . An Indian man named Squanto came to meet the colonists and show them how to make crops and where to hunt. Squanto was a very important man in the colony Massachusetts because he helped them survive during the winter by making food and crops. The Pilgrims moved south because the England church forced them to belong to the England church so thy set sail to south which is now known as the Massachusetts bay Colony.

Geography

The Massachusetts colony had suitable waters and good forests for hunting and getting lumber. That is one of why the Pilgrims moved to Massachusetts. In 1636 was when Harvard college was made to support the colonies education needs. Massachusetts was a well educated colony. the pilgrims came up with a charter called the New land of Massachusetts bay. The people used to pick government until James the second took that power and ruled it himself but the colonists already felt freedom and did not want it to be taken away from them want it to be taken away from them.

Government

The people used to pick government until James the second took that power and ruled it himself but the colonists already felt freedom and did not want it to be taken away from them.The Massachusetts colony had suitable waters and good forests for hunting and getting lumber. That is one of why the Pilgrims moved to Massachusetts. In 1636 was when Harvard college was made to support the colonies education needs. Massachusetts was a well educated colony. The  Government came up with a charter called the New land of Massachusetts bay.

People and Culture

Also another reason why most men and women wanted to move to Massachusetts Bay was because they wanted to have there religious freedom. During the time 1630-1640 300 ships came and went and dropped of twenty one thousand men women and children. Massachusetts men and women mostly all followed the Puritan beliefs. Massachusetts was a really high in education wise most were well educated almost everyone knew how to write and read. Harvard was also made and then more people wanted to learn and go to Harvard. The Puritans were also were very smart puritan wise and education. When more and more people joined in the puritan group they made laws that it was illegal to talk bad against god and beliefs of the Puritan they men and women dress accordingly on a dress nothing fancy or anything with jewelry. The men only wore pants and a plain shirt nothing else. Everyone were supposed to meet at church every sunday even though it was far walk everyone.

Economics

The colonists made fur and timber and traded with the indians and other colonies. The colonists of Massachusetts made squash and corn along all the others vegetables. They traded with New England and the thirteen colonies for other stuff like cotton. When the craftsmen arrived they helped teach other people crafts. When the crafts started to build the furniture and other woods out of wood they gave it to there neighbors and the thirteen colonies. The colonies had a good system of importing and exporting fairly. They made there living by farming and planting and trading with the other colonies.

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If you want religious freedom and soils then come down to Massachusetts.

By: Zakaria

My math proportions project was on proportions and we got to chose which options we wanted to do out of fifteen we had to pick three. The one I like the best was is buying bigger better? Buying bigger is better from my research. I did a gatorade bottle a small one cost 1.49 and a big one cost 2.49 so I divided 1.49 by 20 0z which is how many there  is in the bottle and got 7.4 cents per ounce. For $2.49 I did it divided by 40 oz and got 6.2 cents for one ounce and buying bigger is better.

This graph shows how many jeans people own. The graph is a j shaped graph. There are a lot of people with 0-4 because most people do not really have fifteen to twenty jeans. Only one person has twenty to twenty four. There is a big cluster in the zero to four because the average amount of jeans people have is usually zero to four, not really twenty to twenty four. The number of Jeans I own is 4 jean. I have an average amount of jeans because very few people have more than 4 jeans. The least common is 20 -24.

As a concluding activity for our study of the Scientific Method, students worked through a variety of bacteria investigations. Students were provided a lab template which provided them with a six-step outline of the scientific method for problem solving. Using those steps and sterile nutrient agar plates, students collected bacteria in an attempt to answer their original question. Bacterial growth was documented through qualitative and quantitative observations as well as digital photographs. The following lab report is this student’s attempt at a bacterial investigation.   (Mr. Peter Ogden: Sixth Grade Science Teacher)

Please click the link below to view this student’s bacteria lab investigation.

Bacterial Growth Lab

Holes

Book by: Louis Sachar

Book blurb by: Zakaria

It was mostly about a kid named Stanley Yelnats the third the cool thing is that if your read Stanley backwards it spells Yelnats and Stanley spelled backward is Yelnats. Stanley is innocent of the thing they say he did which was he stole a pair of shoes the famous baseball players shoes sweet feet. He has a choice of going to jail or a camp to dig holes to find character in there self. I would recommend this book because it is something that would really happen.

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book blurb specchThe book I am blurbing about is Mixed up Files

Book by: E.L Konisburg

Blurb by: Zakaria

In mixed up files is a very good book. The main character a lot from the adventures they have especially Claudia also Jamie but not as much as Claudia. Claudia first purpose of running away is to make her parents to learn a lesson, but in the end Claudia realizes that now she has different purpose it is to solve the mystery of Michelangelo now she does whatever she can and would do to solve even go mars. Basil E Frankweliler. Claudia now knows that she is different from other people. Jamie just gets really homesick.

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The book I am blurbing about is mixed up files

BY: E.l Kongsberg

Blurb by: Zakaria

It was mostly about Claudia and Jamie running away because of the constant working and no fun for Claudia only. Claudia takes Jamie with her because she thinks he is the smartest but the youngest also he is richest from any of the children. One thing you should know about is that the children want to solve the mystery of angel. I would recommend this book because it is very realistic.

“Among the Hidden.”

Blurb by: Zakaria

Book by: Maragaret Peterson Haddix

It is mostly about a third child named Luke Garner he can never come out of hiding or even go to school. One thing you should know about this book is that one day another third child moves next to Luke’s house. I would recommend this book because the intense and also the sad parts along with the happy parts in the book.