Colonial America Learning Targets

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1 Colonial America Learning Targets Topic: History I can explain the significance of the following dates: 1607 and Jamestown Plymouth Hunger for resources I can compare the reasons for the establishment of the 13 colonies: Virginia Company Joint-stock company Land ownership Economic reasons Headright system Indentured servitude Political reasons Religious reasons Charter Religious freedom Religious tolerance A better life Social reasons Debtors Buffer zone Topic: Social Studies Skills I can define and give examples of different types of historical sources. Primary Source Secondary Source

2 Topic: Culture Protestant Pilgrims Puritans I can identify selected racial, ethnic, and religious groups that settled in the United States and explain their reasons for immigration. Great Migration Catholics Maryland Toleration Act Jews Quakers Pacifists Topic: Citizenship William Penn I can explain the role of significant individuals and groups in the colonial era. Quakers James Oglethorpe Calvert family / Lord Baltimore Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson

3 Separation of church and state Thomas Hooker John Rolfe I can explain the role of significant individuals and groups in the colonial era. John Smith Pocahontas John Winthrop William Bradford Nathanial Bacon Bacon s Rebellion Topic: Geography Learning Target Academic Vocabulary Got It Academic Vocabulary Got It Massachusetts Delaware New Hampshire Maryland I can locate places and regions of importance in the United States during the 17 th century. Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Pennsylvania

4 Topic: History Representative government I can explain the reasons for the growth of representative government and institutions during the colonial period. Distance from Great Britain Town hall meetings Need for lawmaking structure Traditional rights of Englishmen I can analyze the importance of the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, and the Virginia House of Burgesses to the growth of representative gov. Mayflower Compact Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Virginia House of Burgesses Topic: Government Democracy I can identify the influence of ideas from historical documents such as the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Mayflower Compact. Magna Carta Limited government English Bill of Rights Protected rights

5 I can identify the influence of ideas from historical documents such as the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Mayflower Compact. Mayflower Compact Majority rule Self-government Social Contract Topic: Geography Physical characteristics of New England Colonies Physical characteristics of Middle Colonies I can analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the 17 th and 18 th centuries. Physical characteristics of Southern Colonies Subsistence farming Bread Basket Cash Crops Slavery Port Cities

6 Topic: Economics I can identify economic differences among different regions of the United States. I can explain the reasons for the development of the plantation system, the transatlantic slave trade, and the spread of slavery. New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Plantation system Slavery Middle Passage Transatlantic slave trade Mercantilism Raw materials I can explain the difference between the economic system of mercantilism and the free enterprise system of economics. Manufactured goods Profit for mother country Triangular Trade Navigation Acts Lack of free trade