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Unit 1: From New World to New Empires - the 16th Century
to 1763 |
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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.
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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.
Click here for the Possible Essay Questions for the exam that ends Unit 1.
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Topic and Chapter #s |
Links to the Quiz for the Topic, Resources
to Help You See the Facts As Part of the Whole, and Optional References |
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Part A: Foundations (Where We
Began) and Colonization: Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands Chapters 1, 2 |
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Quiz A - Check Your Knowledge with Tips and Links – Quiz A Printable ·
Without answers for
self-testing: What Were the Broad Patterns in Religion with
Consequences on the English Colonies? What are you looking for?
§ 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:
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 § Notice how feudalism is
attempted by these nations. § Notice the role of
religion in some of their relationships with the Native Americans, but not so
much with the English. § Notice the wars of
religion. Reference
Information If You Have a Specific Question: ·
Native
Americans (North and South) and African States: How European Colonization
Differed . |
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Part
B: Comparing the English Colonies: Examining Events in the 3 Sections Chapters 2, 3 |
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Quiz B -
Check Your Knowledge with Tips and Links –
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to use to record your answers ·
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. Reference
Information If You Have a Specific Question: ·
Summary
of Religious Groups in the Colonies during the 1600s and 1700s ·
Summary: Land, Indians, Laborers, and
Political Development ·
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. |
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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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Quiz C -
Check Your Knowledge with Tips and Links –
Form
to use to record your answers ·
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 is in Bringing It
All Together and also here. 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) |
§ 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)
>>> Where You Will Find the Temporary Link: Answers for the current quiz – Caution: All files with answers have the same name for Unit 1. If you download this file to your computer or flashdrive, be sure you use Save As to change its name.
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