Unit 1: Founding a New Nation
Learning Targets
I can identify the reasons for colonization, evaluate its impacts, and analyze the success or failure of settlements in North America.
I can analyze religious development and its significance in colonial America (e.g., religious settlements, the Great Awakening).
I can describe significant aspects of the variety of social structures of colonial America.
I can compare the economies of the various colonies, and analyze the development and impact of indentured servitude and African slavery in North America (e.g., social, political, and economic).
I can explain the origins and development of colonial governments.
I can evaluate the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the development of American government as embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
I can identify and evaluate the ideas and events that contributed to the outbreak of the American Revolution, and determine the key turning points of the war.
I can analyze religious development and its significance in colonial America (e.g., religious settlements, the Great Awakening).
I can describe significant aspects of the variety of social structures of colonial America.
I can compare the economies of the various colonies, and analyze the development and impact of indentured servitude and African slavery in North America (e.g., social, political, and economic).
I can explain the origins and development of colonial governments.
I can evaluate the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the development of American government as embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
I can identify and evaluate the ideas and events that contributed to the outbreak of the American Revolution, and determine the key turning points of the war.