Lesson 1What influenced where Europeans settled in North America?
Understand the influence of location and physical setting on the founding of the original 13 colonies, and identify on a map the locations of the colonies and the American Indian nations already inhabiting these areas. |
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Lesson 2Who founded the colonies and why?
Identify the major individuals and groups responsible for the founding of various colonies and the reason for their founding. |
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Lesson 3How did religion affect the founding of the colonies?
Describe the religious aspects of the earliest colonies. |
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Lesson 4How did the First Great Awakening affect the colonies?
Identify the significance and leaders of the First Great Awakening, which marked a shift in religious ideas, practices, and allegiances in colonial period, the growth of religious toleration, and the free exercise of religion. |
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Lesson 5What systems developed in the colonies?
Understand how the British colonial period created the basis for the development of political government and a free-market economic system and the differences between the British, Spanish, and French colonial systems. |
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Lesson 6What was the role of slavery in colonial America?
Describe the introduction of slavery into America, the response of slave families to their conditions, the ongoing struggle between proponents and opponents of slavery, and the gradual institutionalization of slavery in the South. |
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