TOPIC 2.1
Contextualizing
Period 2
Learning Objective A
Explain the context for the colonization of North America from 1607 to 1754.
KC-2.1
Europeans developed a variety of colonization and migration patterns, influenced by different imperial goals, cultures, and the varied North American environments where they settled, and they competed with each other and American Indians for resources.
KC-2.1.I
Spanish, French, Dutch, and British colonizers had different economic and imperial goals involving land and labor
that shaped the social and political development of their colonies as well as their relationships
with native populations.
KC-2.1.II
In the 17th century, early British colonies developed along the Atlantic coast, with regional differences
that reflected various environmental, economic, cultural, and demographic factors.
KC-2.1.III
Competition over resources between European rivals and American Indians encouraged industry and trade and
led to conflict in the Americas.
KC-2.2
The British colonies participated in political, social, cultural, and economic exchanges with Great Britain that encouraged both stronger bonds with Britain and resistance to Britain’s control.
KC-2.2.I
Transatlantic commercial, religious, philosophical, and political exchanges led residents of the British
colonies to evolve in their political and cultural attitudes as they became increasingly tied to Britain and
one another.
KC-2.2.II
Like other European empires in the Americas that participated in the Atlantic slave trade,
the English colonies developed a system of slavery that reflected the specific economic, demographic,
and geographic characteristics of those colonies.
Explain the context for the colonization of North America from 1607 to 1754.
KC-2.1
Europeans developed a variety of colonization and migration patterns, influenced by different imperial goals, cultures, and the varied North American environments where they settled, and they competed with each other and American Indians for resources.
KC-2.1.I
Spanish, French, Dutch, and British colonizers had different economic and imperial goals involving land and labor
that shaped the social and political development of their colonies as well as their relationships
with native populations.
KC-2.1.II
In the 17th century, early British colonies developed along the Atlantic coast, with regional differences
that reflected various environmental, economic, cultural, and demographic factors.
KC-2.1.III
Competition over resources between European rivals and American Indians encouraged industry and trade and
led to conflict in the Americas.
KC-2.2
The British colonies participated in political, social, cultural, and economic exchanges with Great Britain that encouraged both stronger bonds with Britain and resistance to Britain’s control.
KC-2.2.I
Transatlantic commercial, religious, philosophical, and political exchanges led residents of the British
colonies to evolve in their political and cultural attitudes as they became increasingly tied to Britain and
one another.
KC-2.2.II
Like other European empires in the Americas that participated in the Atlantic slave trade,
the English colonies developed a system of slavery that reflected the specific economic, demographic,
and geographic characteristics of those colonies.