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8TH GRADE US HISTORY
(8.1A)Can you identify major eras in U.S. History through 1877 and give their
causes and effects?
1. In 1-3 sentences, describe the eras of exploration and colonization, including
the causes and effects.
(Must include following terms: Columbian Exchange, Christianity, empire,
culture, impact)
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( 8.1 B)Can you use timelines and chronology for individuals, events and
time periods?
2. Draw a timeline on your paper and place the following events in
chronological order.
 Native American began raising crops and becoming sedentary
(staying in one place)
 Jamestown is founded
 Columbus claims island for Spain
 Pilgrims sign Mayflower Compact
 Roanoke colony fails
 Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay
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(8.1C) Can you explain the significance of the following dates: 1607, 1620?
3. Complete the following sentences.
 1607 is important because. . .
 In 1620 . . . .
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(8.2A) Can you give reasons for European exploration and colonization in North
America?
4. Fill the chart.
Reasons for exploration
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(8.2B) Can you give and compare political, economic, religious and social
reasons for why the 13 colonies were formed?
5. What were the political reasons for colonization? Economic reasons?
Religious reasons? Social reasons?
 Give two (2) examples of each
o Politicalo Socialo Religiouso Economic-
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(8.10A) Can you locate places and regions that are important in the U.S. during
the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries?
6. Draw the following map and label the following places:
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Atlantic Ocean
Roanoke (1585)
Jamestown (1607)
Plymouth (1620)
Massachusetts Bay(1630)
What conclusion can you make about most early English settlers based on the
map?
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(8.10B) Can you compare places and regions of the U.S. with human and
physical characteristics?
7. Read each step carefully and complete.
Step 1: Study the following table.
Step 2: Create a Venn diagram and fill in the similarities or things in
common, FIRST. Next, include the differences.
Step 3: Now write a complete sentence comparing Massachusetts and
Virginia. Write a complete sentence contrasting Massachusetts and
Virginia.
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COLONY
VIRGINIA
MASSACHUSETTS
SETTLEMENTS
Jamestown (First
permanent English
settlement in America)
1607
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Bay
Coastal Plains, near water
Swampy peninsula,
harbors fertile soil
Mild winters, hot humid
summers, mild (not that
cold) winters
English, merchants,
craftsmen
To make money, find
gold
Self-government; House
of Burgesses (1st
representative
government in America)
Coastal Plains, near water
Sandy coast, harbors,
pastures, rocky soil,
forests
Cold, harsh winters; mild
(not that hot) summers
English, Pilgrims, Puritans
DATE
GEOGRAPHY:
CLIMATE:
SETTLERS
REASONS FOUNDED
GOVERNMENT
1620, 1630
To escape persecution and
have religious freedom
Self-government,
Mayflower Compact
(signed by Pilgrims in
1620), religious influence
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(8.11C) Can you describe the consequences of how humans affected the
physical environment of the U.S?
8. Answer in complete sentences.
 How were the settlers at Jamestown affected by their environment?
(HINT: The Starving Time)
 How did the settlers at Jamestown affect their environment? (HINT:
Survival)
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(8.23A) Can you identify racial, ethnic and religious groups and tell why they
immigrated here?
9. Name and DESCRIBE four religious groups and tell why they left England
(push factor) and immigrated to the colonies (pull factor).
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(8.23D) Can you tell you the contributions of people of different racial, ethnic
and religious groups to our national identity?
10. Using complete sentences, explain how each individual below influenced
colonial America.
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John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
William Penn
Cecil Calvert
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(8.23C) Can you identify ways conflicts between people from various racial,
ethnic and religious groups were resolved AND (8.25A) trace how religious
freedom developed in the U.S.?
11. Draw the following diagram and fill it with the correct statements.
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Statements:
 Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson are expelled from
Massachusetts Bay for rejecting Puritan practices.
 Pilgrims, Puritans, Quakers and Catholics immigrate to the colonies
to find religious freedom.
 Church of England (Anglican Church) becomes official religion in
England. Dissenters are persecuted.
 Rhode Island is founded as the first colony based on true religious
freedom.
12. How did religious groups resolve their conflicts?
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(8.25B) Can you describe how religion influenced social movements including
the impact of the first and second Great Awakenings?
13. Read the following first hand account (primary source) from the First Great
Awakening and the passage that follows. Draw a picture depicting the Great
Awakening.
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The God that holds you
over the pit of hell…his
wrath towards you burns
like fire…Oh sinner!
Consider the fearful danger
you are in..
-Jonathan Edwards
These words had a devastating effect. The congregation began to wail and beg for
mercy; “shrieks and cries were piercing”, wrote one witness.
The importance of religion to the colonists was illustrated by the Great
Awakening of the 1740s. During the great Awakening, preachers like Jonathan
Edwards and George Whitefield often addressed large crowds in open fields.
They told listeners that God was merciful and that people could save
themselves from hell by repenting for their sins. Colonists were told to study
the Bible for themselves and many became more emotionally engaged in
religion.