Colonization
Essential Questions
- Why did Native American societies develop different cultural traditions in different regions?
- What cultural traditions did Africans bring with them to America?
- How did the Reformation deepen rivalries between European nations?
- What impact did the Columbian Exchange have on people’s lives throughout the world?
- How did Mexican culture develop out of both Spanish and Native American elements?
- How did John Rolfe transform the Virginia colony?
- What conditions caused tension and warfare between settlers and Native Americans in Virginia?
- What was the role of religion in the lives of Puritans living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
- What caused conflicts between New England colonists and Native Americans?
- Why did New Netherland develop a reputation for diversity?
- How did Pennsylvania reflect William Penn’s Quaker ideals?
- How did the policy of salutary neglect benefit both England and its colonies?
- Which social class came to control the economy as well as the political and social institutions of the South?
- Why did large, single-crop plantations not develop in the North?
- How did the goals of the French colonists differ from those of the English colonists?
- What problems were brought about for Britain by its victory in the French and Indian War?
Key Terms
Digital History Textbook
Exploration and Discovery
The encounter that began in 1492 among the peoples of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres was one of the truly epochal events in world history. This cultural collision not only produced an extraordinary transformation of the natural environment and human cultures in the New World, it also initiated far-reaching changes in the Old World as well.
17th Century
The economic, religious, and social developments that led Europeans to colonize new lands; the differences between Spanish, French, and English colonization; and the difficulties they encountered as a result of the varied climates and topographies.
18th Century
England's efforts to create an empire based on mercantilist principles and the conflicts that these efforts to assert control produce. You will also learn about the forces that transformed colonial life, including an expanding population, economic stratification, the Enlightenment, and the Great Awakening.
The encounter that began in 1492 among the peoples of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres was one of the truly epochal events in world history. This cultural collision not only produced an extraordinary transformation of the natural environment and human cultures in the New World, it also initiated far-reaching changes in the Old World as well.
- The Significance of 1492
- European Commercial and Financial Expansion
- Slavery and Spanish Colonization
- The Meaning of America
- The Black Legend
17th Century
The economic, religious, and social developments that led Europeans to colonize new lands; the differences between Spanish, French, and English colonization; and the difficulties they encountered as a result of the varied climates and topographies.
- European Colonization North of Mexico
- Spanish Colonization
- English Colonization Begins
- Life in Early Virginia
- Slavery Takes Root in Colonial Virginia
- Founding New England
- The Puritans
- The Puritan Idea of the Covenant
- Regional Contrasts
- Dimensions of Change in Colonial New England
- The Salem Witch Scare
- Slavery in the Colonial North
- Struggles for Power in Colonial America
- Diversity in Colonial America
- The Middle Colonies: New York
- Slave Revolts
- The Middle Colonies: William Penn’s Holy Commonwealth
- The Southernmost Colonies: The Carolinas and Georgia
18th Century
England's efforts to create an empire based on mercantilist principles and the conflicts that these efforts to assert control produce. You will also learn about the forces that transformed colonial life, including an expanding population, economic stratification, the Enlightenment, and the Great Awakening.
Assignments and Readings
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