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CHAPTER 1: New World Beginnings 33,000 BC – AD 1769
Peopling of the Americas pp. _____ ways in which people may have reached the North American continent
The Earliest Americans pp. _____
How did the cultivation of corn (maize) influence the lives of all Native American
Civilizations?
Why were the native peoples of North America (NA) easier to overpower than the civilizations of South America? describe the style of living for the majority of natives in NA prior to European arrival
Indirect Discoverers of the New World pp. _____ list the various indirect discoverers and the cause for their accidental discovery
Europeans Enter Africa pp. _____ influence of Marco Polo on exploration
What events in Spain allowed for entry into the race for trade routes and riches?
Columbus Comes upon a New World pp. _____ list the events that set the stage for a new era in history legend of Christopher Columbus

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When Worlds Collide pp. _____
The Columbian Exchange
New
World consequences of the Columbian Exchange
The Spanish Conquistadores pp. _____ terms and outcome of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) early attempts in exploration explain the Spanish encomienda system
Old
World
Africa
New
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The Conquest of Mexico pp. _____ explain how Hernan Cortez was able to conquer the Aztec empire lasting influence of Cortez in Mexico
The Spread of Spanish America pp. _____ explain the impact of Spanish possessions in North America
CHAPTER 2: The Planting of English America 1500- 1733
England’s Imperial Stirrings pp. _____ consequence for the New World caused by the struggle between Protestants and Catholics
Elizabeth Energizes England pp. _____
England’s futile and feeble attempts at colonization during Spanish supremacy
1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada and resulting significance for colonization
England on the Eve of Empire pp. _____ list the factors that led to the eventual migration of Englishmen to North America in the
1600s

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England Plants the Jamestown Seedling pp. _____ how and why was Jamestown established (note: joint stock company) what/who saved Virginia from collapse and how?
Cultural Class in the Chesapeake pp. _____
Describe the relations between the Indians and settlers in Virginia (including the Anglo-
Powhatan Wars) the three D’s:
The Indians’ New World
pp. _____ effects of European contact on the Indian way of life
Virginia: Child of Tobacco pp. _____ impact of tobacco on early Virginia (note: cash crop)
Maryland: Catholic Haven pp. _____ explain the establishment of Maryland (why and how) (note: proprietorship)
The West Indies: Way Station to Mainland America pp. _____
How did the sugar-plantation system affect the relationship between the West Indies and the North American colonies?

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Colonizing the Carolinas pp. _____ explain the establishment of South Carolina (why and how)
Indian relations
The Emergence of North Carolina pp. _____ explain the establishment of North Carolina (why and how)
“the quintessence of Virginia’s discontent”
Late-Coming Georgia: The Buffer Colony pp. _____ explain the establishment of Georgia (why and how)
The Plantation Colonies pp. _____ describe the overall nature of the plantation colonies
CHAPTER 3: Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700
The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism pp. _____
Describe the Protestant Reformation’s creation of the Puritan church and the resulting religious and political tension within England
The Pilgrims End Their Pilgrimage at Plymouth pp. _____
Pilgrims, Plymouth, and the Mayflower Compact

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The Bay Colony Bible Commonwealth pp. _____
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (why and how)
Building the Bay Colony pp. _____ characteristics of Puritan way of life (theocracy – its intentions and impact)
Trouble in the Bible Commonwealth pp. _____ emergence of dissent and its impact
Anne Hutchinson (antinomianism)
Roger Williams
The Rhode Island “Sewer” pp. _____ freedoms in Rhode Island
New England Spreads Out pp. _____ satellite colony of Connecticut satellite colony of New Hampshire
Puritans Versus Indians pp. _____ king Philip’s War

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Seeds of Colonial Unity and Independence pp. _____
New England Confederation (1643)
British “benign neglect” restoration of the English throne and its impact (note: proprietorships increased)
Andros Promotes the First American Revolution pp. _____ the short lived Dominion of New England (purpose and impact) (note: mercantilism and the Navigation Laws)
England’s Glorious Revolution and its impact on the colonies (salutary neglect)
Old Netherlanders at New Netherland pp. _____
New Netherland “acquired” in 1624
Friction with English and Swedish Neighbors pp. _____ never important New Sweden
Dutch Residues in New York pp. _____
New Amsterdam becomes New York
Penn’s Holy Experiment in Pennsylvania
pp. _____
The Quakers and the establishment of Pennsylvania (why and how) (note: liberal attitudes/toleration)

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Quaker Pennsylvania and Its Neighbors pp. _____ establishment of New Jersey and Delaware
The Middle Way in the Middle Colonies pp. _____
The Middle Colonies (geographic/economic/social nature) (note: “…most American part of
America”)
CHAPTER 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century1607-1692
The Unhealthy Chesapeake pp. _____ hardships
The Tobacco Economy pp. _____ tobacco cultivation and trade sources of labor (there are several)
Frustrated Freemen and Bacon’s Rebellion pp. _____
Bacon’s Rebellion (note: frontier/backwoods vs. Costal/tidewater)
Colonial Slavery pp. _____ social changes that led to the rise in slave trade slave trade

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“slave codes”
Africans in America pp. _____ slave culture
Southern Society pp. _____ southern social ladder
The New England Family pp. _____ family orientation
Life in the New England Towns pp. _____ town life/town meetings emphasis on education
The Half-Way Covenant and the Salem Witch Trials pp. _____ the Half-Way Covenant (what was it and why did it come about) witchcraft hysteria

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The New England Way of Life pp. ____ geography and economy ethnic homogeneity
The Early Settlers’ Days and Ways pp. _____
NOTE: Last four paragraphs of this section
CHAPTER 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution 1700-1775
Conquest by the Cradle pp. _____ population growth (map on pp. 85) consequences of the growth
A Mingling of the Races pp. _____ ethnic diversity (chart on pp. 86)
The Structure of Colonial Society pp. _____ socioeconomic realities of the colonies
“Europeanization” of America

Clerics, Physicians, and Jurists pp. _____ social status epidemics and inoculations
Workday America pp. _____ farming fishing lumber naval stores shipping (note: triangle trade)
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Horsepower and Sailpower pp. _____ modes of transportation (problems)
Dominant Denominations pp. _____ number and nature of growing number of congregations/churches (note: chart pg. 95)
The Great Awakening pp. _____ roots
Jonathan Edwards

George Whitefield
Schools and Colleges pp. _____ religious reasons for education note chart on page 98 subjects emphasized
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A Provincial Culture pp. _____ colonial art/architecture/intellectual life as a byproduct of Europe with the first small steps towards indigenous American intellectual identity
Charles Willson Peale
Benjamin West
John Singleton Copley
Phillis Wheatley
Benjamin Franklin
Pioneer Presses pp. _____
Colonial Newspapers
The Zenger Trial
The Great Game of Politics pp. _____ colonial assemblies (role and power)

Royal Governors (relationships to assemblies) degree of democracy
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Colonial Folkways pp. _____ general overview
NOTE: last paragraph of the summary
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