U.S. History
Fall 2010
Unit 1: Colonial America
Core tasks and questions:
1. Identify the economic, political, social, and religious factors in Europe in the 1500s and 1600s that spurred English colonization of North America.
2. Describe Jamestown and explain how geography influenced the nature of the settlement.
3. Compare and contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies in terms of economic, social, political, and religious characteristics.
4. Identify the main figures in the founding of the English colonies.
5. Explain the development of the institution of slavery in the plantation colonies.
6. Discuss how English colonists interacted with other groups in North America, particularly Native Americans.
7. Compare and contrast the English colonies to New France and New Spain.
8. Why did the nations of Europe constantly fight with one another during the colonial period?
9. What caused the final showdown between France and Britain over possession North America?
10. How did Britain prevail in the French & Indian War and what impact did the victory have in the American colonies?
Identifications:
Sir Francis Drake Sir Walter Raleigh Roanoke Island joint-stock company
Jamestown John Smith House of Burgesses Puritans
Separatists Pilgrims William Bradford Mayflower Compact
John Winthrop Great Migration Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson
Pequot Wars King Philips War patroons proprietary colony
Peter Stuyvesant Society of Friends William Penn Maryland
Bacon’s Rebellion James Oglethorpe New France New Spain
triangular trade Middle Passage cash crops Tidewater
backcountry slave codes mercantilism Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards apprentices Benjamin Franklin Iroquois Confederacy
Fort Necessity Albany Plan Fort Duquesne Edward Braddock
French and Indian War William Pitt Treaty of Paris 1763 Pontiac’s Rebellion
Proclamation of 1763
Reading:
- The American Journey Chapters 3 & 4
- Discovering the American Past, “The Threat of Anne Hutchinson”
Assessment:
Autobiography
CPS MC quizzes
ID quiz
Unit Test
Fall 2010
Unit 1: Colonial America
Core tasks and questions:
1. Identify the economic, political, social, and religious factors in Europe in the 1500s and 1600s that spurred English colonization of North America.
2. Describe Jamestown and explain how geography influenced the nature of the settlement.
3. Compare and contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies in terms of economic, social, political, and religious characteristics.
4. Identify the main figures in the founding of the English colonies.
5. Explain the development of the institution of slavery in the plantation colonies.
6. Discuss how English colonists interacted with other groups in North America, particularly Native Americans.
7. Compare and contrast the English colonies to New France and New Spain.
8. Why did the nations of Europe constantly fight with one another during the colonial period?
9. What caused the final showdown between France and Britain over possession North America?
10. How did Britain prevail in the French & Indian War and what impact did the victory have in the American colonies?
Identifications:
Sir Francis Drake Sir Walter Raleigh Roanoke Island joint-stock company
Jamestown John Smith House of Burgesses Puritans
Separatists Pilgrims William Bradford Mayflower Compact
John Winthrop Great Migration Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson
Pequot Wars King Philips War patroons proprietary colony
Peter Stuyvesant Society of Friends William Penn Maryland
Bacon’s Rebellion James Oglethorpe New France New Spain
triangular trade Middle Passage cash crops Tidewater
backcountry slave codes mercantilism Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards apprentices Benjamin Franklin Iroquois Confederacy
Fort Necessity Albany Plan Fort Duquesne Edward Braddock
French and Indian War William Pitt Treaty of Paris 1763 Pontiac’s Rebellion
Proclamation of 1763
Reading:
- The American Journey Chapters 3 & 4
- Discovering the American Past, “The Threat of Anne Hutchinson”
Assessment:
Autobiography
CPS MC quizzes
ID quiz
Unit Test
