Unit 1-Colonization

Standards: ACT EOC B.1.A-B.1.E

• Identify the reasons for colonization, evaluate its impacts, and analyze the success or failure of settlements in North America.
• Analyze religious development and its significance in colonial America.
• Describe significant aspects of the variety of social structures in colonial America.
• Compare the economies of the various colonies, and analyze the development and impact of indentured servitude and African slavery in North America.
• Explain the origins and development of colonial governments.

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Vocabulary

Mesoamerica
Olmec
Maya
Toltec
Aztec
Anasazi
Mississippian
Algonquian
Iroquois
Astrolabe
Caravel
Circumnavigate
Conquistador
Prince Henry
Vasco da Gama
Columbus
Montezuma
New Spain
New France
New Netherland
Protestant Reformation
Joint-Stock Company
Jamestown
Plymouth
English Civil War
Indentured Servants
Triangular Trade
Mercantlism
Navigation Acts
Hobbes
Locke
Rousseau
Social Contract
Enlightenment
Great Awakening

Assignments

Start of Year Vocab
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1-A Native Americans
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1-C First Colonies
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1-E Colonial Comparisons
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1-G Mercantilism
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Big Ideas

Colombian Exchange
Conquistador
Encomienda
Jamestown
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Puritans
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
William Penn
Quakers
Cash Crop
Slave Trade
Triangular Trade
Mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Glorious Revolution
John Locke
Enlightenment
Great Awakening