Chapter 1: The World in 1500 - Barrington High School



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Chapters 1-5

1: The World in 1500

2: European Exploration of the Americas

3: The English Establish 13 Colonies

4: The Colonies Develop

5: Beginnings of an American Identity

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Chapter 1: The World in 1500 Pages 49-53

Section 5: Early European Explorers

Chapter 2: European Exploration of the Americas

Section 1: European Competition in America

1. How did Columbus’s voyages change the way Europeans looked at the world? (53: A.E.H.)

2. Give me 2 positive and 2 negative results of Columbus’s voyages. (52/53: R.t.A./ A.E.H.)

3. Why did Spain and Portugal want to control territories in the Americas? (61: S.a.P.C.)

4. How did the Conquistadors rule the Native Americans they conquered? (64/65: T.C.o.t.I.E. / R.f.S.V.)

5. What 3 reasons would make you want to join a voyage of exploration?

5. What 3 reasons would keep you from joining a voyage of exploration?

6. What might be two different things societies could gain from one another?

6. What might be one positive and one negative thing that may happen when different cultures first meet?

7. Have you ever taken a long trip to a new place you’ve never been before? Why did you go? What expectations

and questions did you have before you went (at least 2 of them)?

7. Explain how you think the Taino (natives where Columbus first landed) would have described Columbus’s

visit and what he accomplished with his “visit.”

8. Explorers had to balance the costs against the benefits of their expeditions. What’s another time you may

have had to weigh the costs vs. the benefits of something?

8. Was Columbus a good leader or a bad leader? Give at least 3 details to explain why.

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Chapter 2: European Exploration of the Americas Pages 71-81

Section 3: The Spanish and Native Americans

Section 4: Beginnings of Slavery in the Americas

Before Starting:

1. I think Spanish rule was positive / negative for Native Americans (main idea on page 71)

2. Page 76- main idea: Slavery in the Americas began as a way to get _______________________

3. Before even reading this section, one way I predict slavery will affect America later in history is:

______________________________________________________________________________________

4. How did the “plantation system” affect Native Americans? (73/74: S.P.D. / T.A.o.N.A.)

5. What were 2 positive and 2 negative effects of the Columbian exchange? (74/75: T.C.E.)

6. Why did the Spanish and Portuguese enslave Africans? (76/77: T.O.o.A.S.)

7. What was the reason why plantation owners began using Africans as slaves? (76/77: T.O.o.A.S.)

8. How does the picture on page 73 help explain why the Spanish used Native Americans for the sugar plantations?

8. What might have happened if Native Americans had been immune (or had medicines) for European diseases?

9. The number of slaves increased sharply in the 1600’s and 1700’s. What changes in the Americas might

cause such a huge rise in the number of Africans imported to the colonies?

9. What problems might a historian have in trying to calculate the number of Africans sent as slaves

to the Americas?

10. What do slave ship conditions suggest about the attitude of the traders toward the Africans (picture –P. 78)?

10. What could have caused slave traders to treat other humans with such cruelty?

11. What were the long tern effects of slavery in the Americas? Are there any people still affected

by slavery in the US today?

11. What might be one of the effects slavery had on people who still lived in / are still living in Africa?

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Chapter 3: The English Establish 13 Colonies Pages 82- 94

Section 1: Early Colonies Have Mixed Success

Section 2: New England Colonies

Before Reading

1. Two things I think I already know about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower are:

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2. I think that one of the main dangers I might face as an immigrant settler in America (in the 1600’s) would be:

__________________________________________________________________________________

3. The Main Idea of this section (on page 85) is that some colonists did survive, partly through individual

_________________ and _____________________________________

4. What was the main reason for the arrangements by the English Colonists & the Virginia Company for

their plans to bring people to settle in the Americas? (85/86: T.E.P.C.)

5. What were 2 main reasons Jamestown survived & prospered? (after starving time, think tobacco) (87/88: J.G.)

6. What were the causes of conflicts between English colonists and the Powhatan? (88: C.w.t.P.)

7. What is the Mayflower Compact? (92/93: T.V.o.t.M.)

8. What would be at least 3 of the security/survival needs of the settlers? (regarding Native Americans, Hostile

European Nations, animals, the environment, etc…)

8. How would the natural resources be a factor in the type of settlement you’d build?

9. These colonies had good, strong leaders. What would some (2 or more) of their characteristics been?

9. What type of a person would have been willing to give up their total life, leave their native country,

cross a dangerous ocean, and settle in a new land?

10. One of our 6 essential questions this year is: How is American life influence by economic forces?

What is one positive economic result of Pilgrims coming to America, and what might be one

negative economic result they had to deal with?

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Chapter 3: The English Establish 13 Colonies Pages 92 - 103

Section 2: New England Colonies

Section 3: Founding the Middle and Southern Colonies

Before Reading

1. The reason why this section might matter to me now (top of p. 92) is because: ________________________

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2. One reason I may someday finally decide to leave my home and move to a new one is when:

________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. What did the first Thanksgiving symbolize for the Puritans? (93/94: T. P. F. P.)

4. What was “the New England Way?” (94/95: T.N.E.W.)

5. What economic activities were important in the Middle Colonies? (101/102: N.N.B.N.Y. and N.J.P.a.D)

6. What were the main business activities of the Southern colonies? (102/103: M.a.t.C. / G.)

7. Why might the Native Americans want to help the colonists

7. How did individual efforts affect people living in each of the colonies?

8. What impact did the arrival of the English in New England have on the Native Americans?

8. How did Native Americans and Europeans differ in their views of land ownership?

9. What was the most successful colony in the Americas – and why?

9. Name three of the basic factors which led to founding some of the colonies in the Americas

10. One of our 6 essential questions this year is: Is the American dream available to everyone? To me,

living in _________________________ would be/ would not be part of my “American Dream” because:

(pick a colony)

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Chapter 4: The Colonies Develop Pages 107-118

Section 1: New England: Commerce and Religion

Section 2: The Middle Colonies: Farms and Cities

Before Reading:

1. Two of the vocabulary words from today that I should be able to compare at the end of this section are ____________________________ and ______________________________.

2. Right now I think the difference between them is: ____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What was life like in New England farms and towns in colonial times? (110/111/: T.F.a.T.o.N.E. / A.T.)

4. How did the way land was used in New England affect the way people lived? (110/111/: T.F.a.T.o.N.E. / A.T.)

5. What is an example of the triangular trade? (111/112: A.T.)

6. How did cultural diversity affect the middle colonies? (116.117: A.D.R. / A.C.o.T.)

7. What would be two factors that might help you decide where to settle – in town or on a farm?

7. What advantages might there be in living near other people in small towns, such as those in New England?

8. If you’ve ever moved very far, what might be two similarities (good and/or bad) of doing that now

and in colonial times?

8. What do you feel all these colonial immigrants contributed to the American colonies?

9. What might be two factors that would cause the large and rapid growth of a city (at any time in history)?

One of our 6 essential questions this year is: Why is “where” important? Where would you have wanted

to settle during colonial times and why there?

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Chapter 4: The Colonies Develop Pages 119-129

Section 3: The Southern Colonies: Plantations and Slavery

Section 4: The Backcountry

Before Reading:

1. It’s okay to look ahead once in a while in a history book and see what’s going to happen. In the last paragraph on page 123, the first line says the Southern Colonies plantation economy and widespread use of slaves set the region ______________________________________________________________________________________

2. The last page of Section 4 says different groups continued to _________________ - and sometimes

___________ with one another in America in the 1700’s.

3. How was the South’s labor system different from the North’s? (124: D.A.t.C.)

4. What was the effect of the plantation system on the culture of the enslaved people? (119-121: T.P.E. / T.T.t.S.)

5. How did enslaved Africans fight against their enslavement? (122/123: R.t.S.)

6. What caused conflict between the colonists and Native Americans? (128-129: O.P.i.N.A.)

7-10. On page 130 – on the left: briefly describe each of the reasons for development of the 4 colonial regions”

7. New England:

8. The Middle Colonies:

9. The Southern Colonies:

10. The Backcountry:

11. What would be 4 words that might describe plantation life for enslaved African-Americans?

11. If you were a slave, what would be one effective way you might fight against your enslavement?

12. As England’s colonies expanded farther west, what problems would they face?

12. If people today move to a new place, what specifically might be two new struggles they

might have with things they encounter at their new home?

13. One of our 6 essential questions this year is: Is the American dream available to everyone? Is there any

way this idea of “the American Dream” works for anyone in this time period of slavery? Why or why not?

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Chapter 5: Beginnings of an American Identity Pages 132-140

Section 1: Early American Culture

Before Reading

1. In the picture on pages 132 and 133, I’d like to be there – or – I’d not want to be there because it looks like… _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Please write a sentence with the same idea as above for the picture on page 137:

3. How did land ownership affect a colonists place in society? (135/136: L.R.a.W.)

4. What were some common colonial attitudes about the importance of an education? (137/138: C.S. / N.a.B.)

5. How did “the Great Awakening” affect the colonies? (139/140: T.G.A.)

6. How did the Enlightenment affect the colonies? (140: T.E.)

7. What are 2 things you have in common with all other high school students in the United States?

7. What are two ways you may be different than high school students in another part of the country?

8. What would be one thing that influences you to get an education today? (Why are you here? What do you

really hope to get out of being here?)

8. What are two beliefs you feel are unique and special to Americans? Other peoples may not have the same as us.

9. If you would be publishing an almanac today – for all your friends and the things they’re interested in

and may need information about - what would be the first 5 things you’d make sure to include?

10. One of our 6 essential questions is: How is American life influence by economic forces? How were these

colonial women’s lives influenced by economic forces?

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Chapter 5: Beginnings of an American Identity Pages 141-151

Section 2: Roots of Representative Government

Section 3: The French and Indian War

Before Reading

1. The main idea of section 2 is that the colonists expected their government to preserve their

_________________________________ as English subjects.

2. I think the two sides in the French and Indian War were: the __________________ fighting against the

_____________________________________.

3. Today – I want you to make 1 prediction. Make a prediction about what might happen later in history,

based on what we’ve been reading/covering.

4. What happened in England during the Glorious Revolution? (143/144: E.G.R.)

Under the English Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta

|5. The King/Queen could not cancel | | | |

|laws or impose _______ unless |6. ___________ elections must be |7. Excessive ________ |8. People had the right to |

|Parliament agreed |held |and cruel punishment was forbidden|__________________ without being arrested |

|Also established the important principle that: |

|Government was to be based on laws made by (9)________________________ and not by the (10)______________________________________________ |

11. Why did the Native Americans form alliances with the colonists? (147: N.A.A.)

12. What are two significant results of the French and Indian War? (150: T.T.o.P.)

13. What cruel tactic did British troops use on Native Americans who had attacked them? (151: P.R.)

14. What are 2 rights from the Magna Carta that are still guaranteed American citizens today?

14. Name 3 rights guaranteed in the English Bill of Rights.

15. In the United States we vote for most government positions. Are there any you can think of that we shouldn’t

vote for – where people could just be “appointed to certain positions?

15. What’s a good reason that all citizens should have to be responsible for doing jury duty at times?

16. One of our 6 essential questions this year is: Why is “where” important? Pick one of the areas of land in

colonial America and tell me why it was important that it was settled by that European nation.

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Since this is the first time we’re using this book,

let’s start with looking at the book and this section a little:

1. The title of this section (P. 58) is: __________________________________________________

Three of the many bolder faced headings in this section (main ideas) are:

2. ____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________

The start of every section (like on the top of page 61) has three things highlighted in yellow. Two of them are:

5. The M_________________ I___________ of the section

6. And, W_________________ I_____ M______________________ N____________

7. There are some historically good pictures in this book. I think the main picture on pages 58 and 59 shows:

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8. If I was one of the people in this picture, I’d probably be feeling: ___________________________ because

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9. I can also see that the first page of every chapter as a ______________________________ on the bottom.

10. The top of that timeline shows events happening in the __________________________________________

11. The bottom of that timeline shows events which are happening in the _________________________________

12. If I was interested in knowing what was going to be in Chapter 4, I would look: ______________________

_______________on page ________ and find Chapter 4 is about: _________________________________

13. If I didn’t know what the term “push-pull factor” meant, I could find that out by looking on page__________

14. If my teacher asked me to use my book to find some information on the “The Great Awakening” I’d look in

the __I______________ on page ______ and see that I could find that information on page ______________

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The only state sponsored portrait of

Christopher Columbus

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