Unit 1: From New World
to New Empires - the 16th Century to 1763 Possible Essay Questions for This Unit and for the
Practice Essay (History Changes Essay) 3 Parts of the Unit, Resources and Check Your
Knowledge Quizzes A, B, and C |
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Possible Essay Questions for This Unit and for the
Practice Essay (History Changes Essay)
The
Practice Essay introduces you to essential content for your understanding of
United States History. With this essay, I provide a table to help you see how
events changed and I list the specific pages for you to read for each possible
question. I provide an overview and I encourage you to ask questions.
Click here for the possible essay questions for the Practice
Essay (History Changes Essay)
The
possible essay questions for the Unit tell you all possible essay questions on
the Unit exam. They show you what combinations of facts to examine so you can
notice how history changed during the Unit.
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here for the Possible Essay
Questions for the exam that ends Unit 1.
3 Parts of the Unit, Resources, and Check
Your Knowledge Quizzes
A, B, and C
Parts in the Unit and Chapter #s |
Check Your
Knowledge Quizzes for Tips or Recording |
Seeing How History
Changes Over Time, Over Space, and Sometimes Both Simultaneously at One Time
(The purpose says what you look for in the link.) |
Part
A: Foundations (Where We Began) and Colonization: Spain, France, England, and
the Netherlands Chapters
1, 2 |
·
Quiz A - Check Your Knowledge – Has tips for locating information ·
Quiz A for Recording – Is printable for
recording such things as what you missed and why, textbook page numbers where
you found the answer, and what quiz questions are also part of essays
questions. Optional Reference: Native Americans (North and
South) and African States: How European Colonization Differed . |
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Without answers for self-testing: What Were the Broad Patterns in Religion with
Consequences on the English Colonies? Purpose: § Notice the differences between the religions on their
Major Beliefs and on their Organization. § Which religious groups go to the English colonies and to
what part of those English colonies? ·
Background for colonization: Click here for sections of our textbook that
cover attempts to establish feudalism and serfdom in the colonies. ·
Without answers for self-testing: Major Issues in
Colonization: Comparing Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands Purpose: We are not covering all of these things. You
are looking for these patterns: § Notice how feudalism is attempted by these nations. § Notice the role of religion in some of their relationships
with the Native Americans (such as the Spanish and the French, but not so
much with the English). § Notice the wars of religion. |
Part B: Comparing the English
Colonies: Examining Events in the 3 Sections Chapters
2, 3 |
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Quiz B - Check Your Knowledge Optional Reference: ·
Summary: Land,
Indians, Laborers, and Political Development |
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Comparisons
of Events in the 3 Sections of the English Colonies – This focuses on
the events in the 3 sections and lets you see what is going on in these areas
at the same time periods. The link contains scanned files of hand-written
transparencies. Optional
Reference that Shows How history Changes: ·
Summary of English Rulers from 1485 to 1820 – Notice that in
the era of colonization, the changing religions of the English rulers
repeatedly provide different religious groups with motivation to leave
England. ·
Summary of Religious
Groups in the Colonies during the 1600s and 1700s |
Part C: Comparing the English
Colonies: Examining Traits of the 3 Sections; Examining Empire and the
Colonies (1-page summary) Chapters
3,4 |
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Comparison Tables for Provincial America (the provinces
of Great Britain) (PDF) §
What are the differences in the sections? Except for
common issues in government, which two of the three sections are most alike
in this period from the late 1600s to about 1763? §
What sections will fight in the Civil War in the 1860s? ·
Examining Empire and the Colonies Without
answers for self-testing: Why Do the Wars for Empire Matter? §
Notice how the
colonists feel about these wars: what do their name for the wars tell you. §
Notice how the wars end: how will the colonists feel about
the results. §
Finally, notice the frequency of the wars: what is
distracting the English government at home and the English government in the
colonies (a government that will need support from the colonial assemblies) |
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