Unit 1- The Age of Exploration: Exploration & Colonization
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Big Ideas
Organizing Principle
- Between 1607 and 1754 the British explored and colonized the eastern coastline of North America. During this time the British would compete against the French and the Spanish for control of North America.
- Between 1607 and 1754, the British North American colonies developed experience in, and the expectation of self-government in the political, religious, economic, and social aspects of life.
Essential Questions
Students will consider
- How did change or the possibilities of change motivate exploration & colonization?
- How did European efforts to colonize North America create both conflict and compromise among various groups of people?
- To what extent were English colonies developing a sense of identity, self-rule and independence over time?
Understandings
Students will understand how, why, and/or to what extent
- Various economic, political, social, militaristic and religious factors may influence the motivation for exploration and colonization.
- Conflict among populations is frequently a direct result of the persistent need or desire for resources.
- Geographic regions are a reflection of their physical and cultural diversity.
- Different groups experience exploration/colonization from different perspectives.
- English ideas about freedom, equality, and power shaped the political, economic, and social development of the United States.
- Changes in Britain's political and economic policies led to tensions between Britain and its colonies.
Knowledge
Students will know
* Europeans & Natives
* Europeans & African Slaves
* Landowners & Indentured Servants
4. Salutary neglect and other changes in Britain's political and economic policies led to tensions between Britain and its colonies.
5. Geographic differences between the English colonial regions of North America (New England, Middle, Southern)
- The economic policy of Mercantilism encouraged European exploration and the development of trade networks across the Atlantic.
- Push and pull factors that encouraged European settlement in the North American colonies
- Cultural characteristics shaped the experiences of and relationships between groups during European exploration & colonization:
* Europeans & Natives
* Europeans & African Slaves
* Landowners & Indentured Servants
4. Salutary neglect and other changes in Britain's political and economic policies led to tensions between Britain and its colonies.
5. Geographic differences between the English colonial regions of North America (New England, Middle, Southern)
Skills
Students will be able to
- Use Historical Comprehension to analyze how trade routes influenced regional development and connect America, Europe, and Africa.
- Use Historical Comprehension to explain how the topography of the different regions of the 13 English colonies and the reasons people immigrated influence the economic development of the different regions
- Use Historical Analysis and Interpretation to analyze how the social, cultural, and political ideologies of the various people living in the colonies contribute to the development of regional differences of the 13 English colonies.
- Use Historical Analysis and Interpretation to determine how and why various individuals and groups chose to explore and settle North America during the 16th and 17th Centuries.
- Use Chronological Thinking to identify the historical narrative for Exploration and Colonization (1607-1754).