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Exploration and Colonization
8.1A
[R]
Identify the major eras and events in U.S. history through
1877, including colonization, and describe their causes and
effects.
Exploration and Colonization:
Establishment of the 13 colonies:
Representative Democracy:
Mercantilism:
Religious Freedom:
8.1C
[S]
Explain the significance of the following dates: 1607 &
1620
1607:
1620:
8.2A
[R]
Identify reasons for European exploration and colonization
of North America.
European Exploration (7 Motivations):
European Colonization:
Religious freedom
Political freedom
Economic opportunity (mercantilism)
Social mobility
A better way of life
8.2B
[S]
Compare political, economic, religious, and social reasons
for the establishment of the 13 English colonies.
Political:
Economic:
Religious:
Social:
8.3A
[R]
8.3B
[S]
Explain the reasons for the growth of representative
government and institutions during the colonial period.
Analyze the importance of the Mayflower Compact, the
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and the Virginia House
of Burgesses to the growth of representative government.
The distance from England created a need for colonists to make their own laws and keep peace and
order. Colonists were accustomed to English traditions and structures (Parliament). Most colonies
were self-governing, electing members of their community to a general assembly, which made their
laws.
Mayflower Compact:
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut:
Virginia House of Burgesses:
Growth of Representative Government:
8.3C
[S]
Describe how religion and virtue contributed to the growth
of representative government in the American colonies.
Religious freedom was a cause for the establishment of the American colonies. Religious groups
(Pilgrims, Puritans, Quakers, etc.) creating communities that were self-governed. Penn Colony
(Pennsylvania) was an experiment in the possibility of equality and citizens involved in the government.
8.7B
[S]
Compare the effects of political, economic, and social
factors on slaves and free blacks.
SlavesPolitical:
Economic:
Social:
Free BlacksPolitical:
Economic:
Social:
8.7C
[R]
8.10A
[S]
Analyze the impact of slavery on different sections of the
United States
Locate regions of importance in the United States during
the 17th & 18th century.
8.10B
[R]
Compare places and regions of the United States in
terms of physical and human characteristics.
Economic factor: Slaves viewed and property and labor supply
Aided in development of plantation system and agrarian South
Jamestown:
Region: ______________
Region: ______________
Region: ______________
New England- Physical Characteristics:
New England- Human Characteristics:
-Economic:
-Political:
-Social:
-Religious:
Middle Colonies- Physical Characteristics:
Middle Colonies- Human Characteristics:
-Economic:
-Political:
-Social:
-Religious:
Exploration and Colonization
Southern Colonies- Physical Characteristics:
Southern Colonies- Human Characteristics:
-Economic:
-Political:
-Social:
-Religious:
8.10C
[R]
Analyze the effects of physical and human geographic
factors on major historical and contemporary events in the
United States.
Physical geographic factors – proximity to Atlantic coastline determined where settlements/colonies
were created. Human geographic factors – removal of the Native Americans, disease and conflict (e.g.,
Georgia as a buffer between the other British colonies and Spanish Florida)
8.11A
[R]
Analyze how physical characteristics of the environment
influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and
economic activities in the United States during the 17th &
18th centuries.
New England and Middle Colonies:
8.11C
[S]
Describe how different immigrant groups interacted with
the environment in the United States during the 17th, 18th,
and 19th centuries.
8.12A
[S]
Identify economic differences among different regions of
the United States.
French: ___________________________
British: ___________________________
Dutch: ____________________________
Spanish: __________________________
African Americans: _________________
New England:
Southern Colonies:
Middle Colonies:
Southern Colonies:
Explain reasons for the development of the plantation
system, the transatlantic slave trade, and the spread of
slavery.
Analyze the causes and effects of economic differences
among different regions of the United States at selected
times in U.S. history.
Plantation System: Large amount of land available in the Southern colonies, rich soil, almost year-round
growing season, ideal for plantation crops (tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton), with enough labor they could
be grown as cash crops.
New England: Cause – long winters, rocky soil, and forests
Effects – Subsistence farming, shipbuilding, fishing
Middle Colonies: Cause – shorter winters, fertile soil, good ports, and natural resources
Effect – farming (“breadbasket”), trade, large immigrant population
Southern Colonies: Cause – warm Climate and good soil
Effects – plantation system (rice, indigo, cotton, tobacco) and large slave system
8.20A
[S]
Explain the role of significant individuals such as Thomas
Hooker, Charles de Montesquieu, John Locke, William
Blackstone, and William Penn in the development of selfgovernment in colonial America.
Thomas Hooker:
Charles de Montesquieu:
John Locke:
William Blackstone:
William Penn:
8.23A
[R]
Identify selected racial, ethnic, and religious groups that
settled in the United States and explain their reasons for
immigration.
8.23C
[C]
8.23E
[S]
Identify ways conflicts between people from various racial,
ethnic, and religious groups were resolved.
Identify the political, social, and economic contributions of
women to American society.
Racial Groups – Europeans and Africans (enslaved)
Ethnic GroupsDutch (New York) – economic reasons
Swedes (Delaware) – economic reasons
English- religious and political freedom
Religious Groups – immigrated to flee religious persecution
Separatists/ Pilgrims (Massachusetts)
Puritans (Massachusetts)
Quakers (Pennsylvania)
Catholics (Maryland)
Native American – Treaty system and reservation system set aside areas for them to live.
8.12B
[R]
8.12D
[R]
Political – Pocahontas:
Social – Anne Hutchinson:
8.25A
[S]
8.25B
[S]
Trace the development of religious freedom in the United
States.
Describe religious motivation for immigration and influence
on social movements, including the impact of the first and
second Great Awakenings.
Key Vocabulary:
Exploration –
Colonize –
Charter –
Mercantilism –
See timeline in ISN
Protestant Revolution in Europe brought many religious groups to the colonies, especially the New
England and middle colonies
First Great Awakening: