Vocabulary
1. Bacon’s Rebellion
SSUSH1 The student will describe European settlement in North
America during the 17th century.
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Explain Virginia’s development, including the Virginia Company,
tobacco cultivation, relationships with Native Americans such as
Powhatan, development of the House of Burgesses, Bacon’s
Rebellion, and the development of slavery. (45-48; 68-69)
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Describe the settlement of New England including religious reasons,
relations with Native Americans including King Phillip’s War, the
establishment of town meetings and development of a legislature,
religious tensions that led to colonies such as Rhode Island, the halfway covenant, Salem Witch Trials, and the loss of Massachusetts
charter. (51-54)
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8. Joint stock
company
Explain the development of the mid-Atlantic colonies, including the
Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and subsequent English
takeover, and the settlement of Pennsylvania. (55-59)
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Explain the reasons for French settlement of Quebec. (41)
9. King Philip’s War
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Analyze the impact of location and place on colonial settlement,
transportation, and economic development; include the southern,
middle and New England colonies.
2. Cash Crop
3. Charter
4. Great Awakening
5. Half-way
Covenant
6. House of
Burgesses
7. Indentured
Servant
10. Mayflower
Compact
11. Mercantilism
12. Middle Passage
SSUSH2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and
society of British North America developed.
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Explain the development of mercantilism and the trans-Atlantic trade.
(75-76)
14. Pilgrim
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15. Proprietary
Colony
Describe the Middle Passage, growth of the African population and
African-American culture. (68-71)
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Identify Benjamin Franklin as a symbol of social mobility and
individualism. (78,124)
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Explain the significance of the Great Awakening. (79)
13. Navigation Acts
16. Puritans
17. Quakers
18. Royal Colony
19. Salutary
Neglect
20. Staple Crop
People
John Smith
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Williams
George Whitfield
Anne Hutchinson
James Oglethorpe
William Penn
Lord Baltimore
Phillis Wheatley
John Winthrop
SSUSH1: THE STUDENT WILL DESCRIBE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE 17TH
CENTURY
Explain Virginia’s development
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When was the colony of Jamestown founded? Who founded it? Why was it founded?
What were some problems the settlers of Jamestown faced? How did these problems affect the settlers?
How did tobacco cultivation “save” the colony of Jamestown?
Who was Powhatan? What did he have to do with Jamestown?
What is the House of Burgesses? Why is the House of Burgesses significant?
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?
Describe the settlement of New England
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What religious groups settled in New England? Where did they settle? What were their reasons for settlement?
Who founded Pennsylvania and why?
Who founded Rhode Island and why?
What was King Phillip’s War? When did it occur? Why is King Phillip’s war significant?
How did town meetings and legislatures develop in New England? Who could participate?
What was the Half-way Covenant? Why was it necessary?
What were the Salem Witch Trials? What role did religion play in the Salem Witch Trials?
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
15. What country settled in New York first? How did New Amsterdam become New York?
16. Who settled Pennsylvania? Why? How did the settlers of Pennsylvania treat Native Indians?
17. Why were the Middle Colonies more diverse than either the Southern or New England colonies?
Explain the reasons for French settlement of Quebec
18. Why did the French settle Quebec? On what river did Quebec develop?
19. How did French colonization differ from English colonization?
Analyze the impact of location and place on colonial settlement, transportation, and economic development
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How
How
How
How
How
did geography impact the success or failure of Jamestown?
did the geography of the South impact the development of its economy? (Trade v. Farming)
did the geography of New England impact the development of its economy? (Trade v. Farming)
did the geography of the Middle Colonies impact the development of its economy? (Trade v. Farming)
did geography effect transportation in colonial times?
SSUSH2: THE STUDENT WILL TRACE THE WAYS THAT THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
DEVELOPED
Explain the development of mercantilism and the trans-Atlantic trade.
25. What is mercantilism? What are the benefits of mercantilism? Who benefits of mercantilism? What is the negative
impact of mercantilism?
26. How did trans-Atlantic trade develop? What raw materials were shipped from North America to Europe? America?
Describe the Middle Passage, growth of the African population and African-American culture.
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Describe conditions on ships for enslaved Africans being shipped to North America.
How did slavery change from the early 1600s to the late 1700s?
How did slavery in the New England and Middle colonies differ from slavery in the Southern colonies?
Where did most slaves settle? Why?
Identify Benjamin Franklin as a symbol of social mobility and individualism.
31. Why is Ben Franklin so important he’s on the cover of our textbook?
Explain the significance of the Great Awakening.
32. What is the Great Awakening? How did it impact democracy and society in America?