Unit 21400s – 1750s
Colonial Developments
What you are expected to learn
Standards & I Can Statements
Mastery by standard
The same colours as your packet. Pick a standard to practice just the words you are still learning in it.
Standard 7.2a — The Age of Exploration
0 / 11 Mastered
Standard 7.2a — The Age of Exploration: 0 of 11 terms mastered.Standard 7.2c — The Three Colonial Regions
0 / 14 Mastered
Standard 7.2c — The Three Colonial Regions: 0 of 14 terms mastered.Standard 7.2e — Colonial Economic Practices
0 / 12 Mastered
Standard 7.2e — Colonial Economic Practices: 0 of 12 terms mastered.
- 7.2a
The Age of Exploration
11 termsColour code: BlueBetter ships, better tools and new ideas gave European countries the means to start exploring the world by sea.
How the standard says it
Social, economic, and scientific improvements helped European nations launch an Age of Exploration
I Can Statements
- I can explain factors that contributed to the Age of Exploration.
- I can identify where and why European countries colonized North and South America.
- I can analyze the impacts of the Columbian Exchange.
- 7.2c
The Three Colonial Regions
14 termsColour code: GreenEngland’s American colonies grew into three different regions — New England, the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies — because the climate, the land, the water and the sources of labour were different in each one.
How the standard says it
England’s colonies in America developed into 3 distinct regions based on variations in climate, physical features, access to water, and sources of labor.
I Can Statements
- I can describe the settlements of Roanoke, Jamestown on the Atlantic coast of North America.
- I can locate & label the New England, Middle and Southern colonial regions.
- I can describe the geographic, social, economic and political differences of the three English colonial regions.
- 7.2e
Colonial Economic Practices
12 termsColour code: GoldDuring the 1600s and 1700s, new ways of making money gave some people more power and control while doing serious harm to others.
How the standard says it
Over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries, economic practices developed that expanded control for some, while harming others.
I Can Statements
- I can reflect on the conditions endured by the enslaved Africans on the Middle Passage, and during their lives as slaves.
- I can explain the difference between indentured servitude and slavery.
- I can explain Mercantilism and the Navigation Acts and the impact of these practices.