US Era Two
Era 2: Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
Standard 1
Why the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies, and how Europeans struggled for control of North America and the Caribbean
Standard 1A: The student understands how diverse immigrants affected the formation of European colonies.
Standard 1B: The student understands the European struggle for control of North America.
Teaching Unit: Early Jamestown
Standard 2
How political, religious, and social institutions emerged in the English colonies.
Standard 2A: The student understands the roots of representative government and how political rights were defined.
Standard 2B: The student understands religious diversity in the colonies and how ideas about religious freedom evolved.
Standard 2C: The student understands social and cultural change in British America.
Standard 3
How the values and institutions of European economic life took root in the colonies, and how slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas.
Standard 3A: The student understands colonial economic life and labor systems in the Americas.
Standard 3B: The student understands economic life and the development of labor systems in the English colonies.
Standard 3C: The student understands African life under slavery.
