UNIT 1: Colonization – The French and Indian War

Investigate how mercantilism and trans-Atlantic trade led to the development of the colonies.

  1. What is mercantilism? Who benefits from mercantilism? What was sent to the colonies from Europe?
  2. What is trans-Atlantic trade? What did Europeans trade to Africa? What was shipped from Africa to the colonies? What raw materials were shipped from North America to Europe?
  3. What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts? What were the three most important parts of the Navigation Acts? How did the navigation acts hurt the colonies? How did they benefit the colonies?
  4. Who were indentured servants? What did they do once they reached the colonies? What did they receive at the end of their time of service?

Explain the development of the Southern Colonies

  1. What type of economy did the Southern Colonies develop? Why was this possible? What types of crops were they able to grow? Where were subsistence farms in relation to the fall line? What types of farms developed south of the fall line?
  2. When was the colony of Jamestown founded? Who founded it? Why was it founded?
  3. What were some problems the settlers of Jamestown faced? How did these problems affect the settlers?
  4. How did tobacco cultivation “save” the colony of Jamestown?
  5. Who was Powhatan? What did he have to do with Jamestown?

Explain the development of the New England Colonies

  1. What type of economy did the New England colonies develop? Why?
  2. What religious groups settled in New England? Where did they settle? What were their reasons for settlement?
  3. What is the Mayflower Compact?
  4. Who founded Rhode Island and why?
  5. What was King Phillip’s War? When did it occur? Why is King Phillip’s war significant?
  6. How did town meetings and legislatures develop in New England? Who could participate?
  7. Were Puritans tolerant of other religions?
  8. Why did Massachusetts lose its charter? What did the Colonists demand of the new governor? What is this a prelude to?

Explain the development of the mid-Atlantic Colonies

  1. What type of economy did the Middle Colonies develop?
  2. What country and ethnic group settled in New York first? How did New Amsterdam become New York?
  3. Who settled Pennsylvania? Why? How did the settlers of Pennsylvania treat Native Indians?
  4. Why were the Middle Colonies more diverse than either the Southern or New England colonies?

Describe European cultural diversity including the contributions of different ethnic and religious groups.

  1. What countries did people immigrate from? What were the “push” factors for immigrating? What were the “pull” factors?

Describe the Middle Passage, growth of the African population and their contributions.

  1. Describe conditions on ships for enslaved Africans being shipped to North America.
  2. How did slavery change from the early 1600s to the late 1700s?
  3. Where did most slaves settle? Why?
  4. How did African American culture develop? What crop was introduced by West African and West Indian slaves? What contribution did Africans make to architecture?

Describe different methods of colonial self-governance in the period of Salutary Neglect.

  1. What is salutary neglect? How long did this last?
  2. What is the House of Burgesses? Why is the House of Burgesses significant? What group of people were allowed to vote?
  3. What was Bacon’s Rebellion? Who was involved? Why did he start a rebellion? What did the government of Virginia do to end the rebellion? What is the significance of Bacon’s Rebellion?

Explain the role of the Great Awakening in creating unity in the colonies and challenging traditional authority.

  1. What is the Great Awakening? What did Great Awakening preachers urge people to do?What new idea regarding government arose from the Great Awakening?

Explain how the end of Anglo-French competition, as seen in the French-Indian War and the Proclamation of 1763, led to the American Revolution.

  1. Who fought in the French-Indian War? On whose side did the Native Americans fight? Why?
  2. Who won the French-Indian War? What economic problem did winning cause for them?
  3. What were three results of the French-Indian War?

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