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Pre Revolutionary War Unit
State standards are in red Test questions are in blue Green is also a color. You will be graded on all of these in History **  Pre-revolutionary US Unit standards   ** Compare and contrast the different cultural and social influences that emerged in the North American colonies · Native American worldview · English worldview · Spanish worldview · Puritans and separatists · How do these views merge or contrast, and what problems arose? Explain the motives and consequences for the voluntary and involuntary immigration to North America · What brought the English to the New World? · How did indentured servitude start? · How did the African slave trade undermine the indentured servants, and what resulted? · What brought the Puritans and separatists to the New World? How do you think their legacy affected the character of the establishment of the United States? Describe the economic characteristics of colonialism · What was the purpose of the Virginia company and how did the English plantation system work? · What economic activities did landless whites compete with Native Americans for? How did these interactions lead to conflict? Identify significant countries and their roles and motives in the European exploration of the Americas. · Spain, France, England, Denmark/Holland Analyze and describe the interactions between native peoples and the European explorers. · What roles did the following play in the European expansion into the New World: o How did disease, technology, and ideas of property define the interactions of Europeans with the Native Americans? o       Summarize the major events in the European settlement of North America from Jamestown to the end of the 18th century. · Include: Jamestown, the House of Burgesses, war with Native Americans, the Mayflower compact, the New England colonies, the Restoration colonies, Bacon’s rebellion, population increase, African slave trade and the laws enshrining it       Explain ways in which people responded to their physical environment in the early national history of the United States. · How did the English adapt to the physical environment over time? Trace the development of constitutional democracy in the United States, such as the Mayflower Compact, colonial assemblies, Bacon’s Rebellion · What legacy of rights came from the Magna Carta. How does the idea of property fit into how the English worldview? · What does Bacon’s rebellion show about social tensions in the colonies among European immigrants? How did the French and Indian war affect the relationship between Britain and the colonies? Describe the ‘road to revolution’. Include reference to at least three acts of Parliament in your answer, and be sure to describe the colonists response. What was the American revolution about? Briefly tackle the question: What do you think? Was the American revolution inevitable? ||
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