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United States History Standards for Grades 5-12
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.
| Grade Level |
Therefore, the student is able to |
| 5-12 |
Analyze the religious, political, and economic motives of
free immigrants from different parts of Europe who came to North
America and the Caribbean. [Consider multiple causation] |
| 5-12 |
Explain why so many European indentured servants risked the
hardships of bound labor overseas. [Consider multiple perspectives] |
Standard 1B
The student understands the European struggle for control of North
America.
| Grade Level |
Therefore, the student is able to |
| 7-12 |
Analyze how various Native American societies changed as a
result of the expanding European settlements and how they influenced
European societies. [Examine the influence of ideas and interests] |
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.
| Grade Level |
Therefore, the student is able to |
| 7-12 |
Explain mercantilism and evaluate how it influenced patterns
of economic activity. [Analyze cause-and-effect relationships] |
| 5-12 |
Identify the major economic regions in the Americas and explain
how labor systems shaped them. [Utilize visual and mathematical
data] |
Standard 3B
The student understands economic life and the development of labor
systems in the English colonies.
| Grade Level |
Therefore, the student is able to |
| 5-12 |
Explain how environmental and human factors accounted for
differences in the economies that developed in the colonies
of New England, mid-Atlantic, Chesapeake, and lower South. [Compare
and contrast different sets of ideas] |
| 7-12 |
Analyze how the early Navigation Acts affected economic life
in the colonies. [Marshal evidence of antecedent circumstances] |
Standard 3C
The student understands African life under slavery.
| Grade Level |
Therefore, the student is able to |
| 9-12 |
Assess the contribution of enslaved and free Africans to economic
development in different regions of the American colonies. [Interrogate
historical data] |
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