Unit 2-- Founding the Thirteen English Colonies
Important Concepts
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I can compare the political, economic, religious, and social reasons for the establishment of the 13 English
colonies (especially Southern vs. New England) 10B, 12A, 12D
I can list the 13 English colonies and identify them on a map.2B, 10A
I can identify the founders of these colonies and describe the circumstances under which each was
founded: Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and
Georgia.2B
I can compare and contrast the physical and human characteristics as well as economic conditions of the
four colonial regions (New England, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies and the Backcountry). I can
explain how geographic factors influenced these conditions. 4C, 10C
I can explain why early settlers lived near rivers and bodies of water 11A
I can explain why major cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia formed where they did and why
people moved there. 11A
I can describe how the Scotch-Irish interacted with the environment during the colonial period.11C
I can explain the reasons for the development of the plantation system. 12B
I can describe the workings of the transatlantic slave trade and explain why it started. 12B
I can explain the role of Thomas Hooker and William Penn in the development of self-government in
colonial America. 20A
I can explain forced migration and explain how it applied to African Slaves and criminals who were sent to
America 23A
I can analyze how the Puritan concept of a town meeting helped shape the development of democracy 23D
I can describe representative government and direct democracy and give examples of each from the
colonial period.3A
I can analyze the importance of the Virginia House of Burgesses by describing its influence on our current
representative government and the growth of representative government in the colonies. (3B)
I can describe how religion and virtue contributed to colonial government by examining Puritan laws and
analyzing the causes and effects of the Salem Witch Crisis 3C
Important Events, People and Places
 New England Colonies
 Middle Colonies
 Southern Colonies
 Backcountry
 Virginia House of Burgesses
 Puritans
The Great Migration
 New England town meetings
Salem Witch Trials
 Founding of Rhode Island
 Founding of Connecticut
 Founding of Pennsylvania
 Founding of Maryland
 Founding of New York
 Founding of Georgia
 Founding of Massachusetts
 Founding of Virginia
 Roger Williams
 Anne Hutchinson
 Thomas Hooker
 Quakers (beliefs)
 William Penn
 Lord Baltimore
 James Oglethorpe
 Scotch-Irish
Important Vocabulary
 Mercantilism
 Charter
 Cash Crop
 Representative Government
 Direct Democracy
 Persecute
 Majority Rule
 Separation of Church and State
 Religious Toleration
 Middle Passage
 Transatlantic Slave Trade
 Plantation
 Subsistence farming
 Indentured Servant
 Slave
 Indigo
 Theocracy
 Debtor
 Forced Migration