Unit #1: Colonization
I Can Statements
PreCheck
I Can Statement
I can describe Spain’s economic and religious motive
for colonizing the “New World”
I can describe France’s economic and religious
motive for colonizing the “New World”
I can describe the common motivation for settlement
between England, France, and Spain.
I can describe the religious motivation for the
Pilgrim settlement in Plymouth.
I can describe the religious motivation for the Puritan
settlement in Massachusetts Bay.
I can describe the religious motivation for Catholics
settling in Maryland.
I can describe the religious motivation for Quakers
settling in Pennsylvania.
I can describe the economic motivation for the
establishment of Jamestown, Virginia and how
tobacco played an important role in the colony’s
success.
I can describe the Interactions between Native
Americans varied from cooperative (Pilgrims &
Squanto, Pocahontas & John Smith/Rolfe) to hostile
(Powhatan & starving time in Jamestown, King
Phillip).
I can describe that the above interactions include
alliances, exchanges of agriculture (corn,
fertilization, etc), culture (religion, language,
customs, etc) and disease.
I can describe that in order to provide needed labor
in the colonies the Europeans created the concept of
indentured servitude.
I can describe the reasons why the system of
indentured servitude was replaced by slavery.
I can describe the reasons why cash crops and
slavery flourished in the south rather than in the
north.
I can describe that the institution of slavery was
sustained by the economic need for labor. In turn,
slaves were considered to be valuable pieces of
property.
PostCheck
Notes
Unit #1: Colonization
I Can Statements
I can describe the methods in which Slaves
attempted to resist slavery, how effective these
attempts were, and the punishments that were
imposed as a result of these attempts.
I can describe the specific types of governments that
were created on a colonial level that promoted
democratic ideals. (Representative Democracy and
Direct Democracy).
I can describe that the French and Indian war was a
territorial conflict between France and Britain and
the corresponding results of Britain’s victory.
I can analyze based upon geographic influences, the
economic differences between the New England
colonies the Middle Colonies, and the Southern
colonies.
I can describe how the colonies began to establish
and recognize the rights and responsibilities of it’s
citizens (Voting).