Unit One Standards
SS.8.A.2.1: Compare the relationships among the British, French, Spanish, & Dutch in their struggle for the colonization of N. America.
SS.8.A.2.2: Compare the characteristics of the New England, Middle, & Southern colonies.
SS.8.A.2.3: Differentiate economic systems of New England, Middle, & Southern colonies, including indentured servants and slaves as sources of labor.
SS.8.A.2.4: Identify the impact of key colonial figures on the economic, political, and social development of the colonies.
SS.8.A.2.5 Discuss the impact of colonial settlement on Native American populations.
SS.8.A.2.6: Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the French & Indian War.
SS. 8.A.2.7: Describe the contributions of key groups (Africans, Native Americans, women, & children) to the society & culture of the colonies.
SS.8.A.3.1: Explain the consequences of the French & Indian War in British policies for the American colonies from 1763-1774.
SS.8.G.2.1: Identify the physical & human elements that define & differentiate regions as relevant to American history.
Unit One Understandings
Students will understand that…
• the movement of people, goods, and ideas causes societies to change over time.
• People, places, and ideas change over time.
Unit One Essential Questions
• Why do people trade?
• What are the consequences when cultures interact?
• How does geography influence the way people live?
• How do new ideas change the way people live?
Unit One Words & Phrases to Know
Christopher Columbus, Columbian Exchange, Protestant Reformation, fur trade, plantations, Joint Stock Company, Jamestown
Pilgrims, Plymouth, Puritans, Massachusetts Bay, John Winthrop, Pocahontas, Squanto, First Thanksgiving, King Phillip’s War
Metacomet, New England colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies, Headright System, Burgesses, Mayflower Compact,
New York, William Penn, Quakers, Representative government, English Bill of Rights, The Enlightenment,
The (First) Great Awakening, George Whitfield, mercantilism, indentured servants, Bacon’s Rebellion, subsistence farming
cash crops, tobacco, rice, triangular trade, Middle Passage, slave codes
SS.8.A.2.1: Compare the relationships among the British, French, Spanish, & Dutch in their struggle for the colonization of N. America.
SS.8.A.2.2: Compare the characteristics of the New England, Middle, & Southern colonies.
SS.8.A.2.3: Differentiate economic systems of New England, Middle, & Southern colonies, including indentured servants and slaves as sources of labor.
SS.8.A.2.4: Identify the impact of key colonial figures on the economic, political, and social development of the colonies.
SS.8.A.2.5 Discuss the impact of colonial settlement on Native American populations.
SS.8.A.2.6: Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the French & Indian War.
SS. 8.A.2.7: Describe the contributions of key groups (Africans, Native Americans, women, & children) to the society & culture of the colonies.
SS.8.A.3.1: Explain the consequences of the French & Indian War in British policies for the American colonies from 1763-1774.
SS.8.G.2.1: Identify the physical & human elements that define & differentiate regions as relevant to American history.
Unit One Understandings
Students will understand that…
• the movement of people, goods, and ideas causes societies to change over time.
• People, places, and ideas change over time.
Unit One Essential Questions
• Why do people trade?
• What are the consequences when cultures interact?
• How does geography influence the way people live?
• How do new ideas change the way people live?
Unit One Words & Phrases to Know
Christopher Columbus, Columbian Exchange, Protestant Reformation, fur trade, plantations, Joint Stock Company, Jamestown
Pilgrims, Plymouth, Puritans, Massachusetts Bay, John Winthrop, Pocahontas, Squanto, First Thanksgiving, King Phillip’s War
Metacomet, New England colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies, Headright System, Burgesses, Mayflower Compact,
New York, William Penn, Quakers, Representative government, English Bill of Rights, The Enlightenment,
The (First) Great Awakening, George Whitfield, mercantilism, indentured servants, Bacon’s Rebellion, subsistence farming
cash crops, tobacco, rice, triangular trade, Middle Passage, slave codes