Essential Questions:
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Unit 1: What is an American?
Review of Colonial America (1700-1763)
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Unit 2: You say you want a Revolution?
American Revolution (1763-1783)
The
study of the colonial era in American history
is essential because the foundations for many
of the most critical developments in our
subsequent national history were established
in those years. The long duration of the
nation's colonial period--nearly two
centuries--requires that teachers establish
clear themes. A continental and Caribbean
approach best serves a full understanding of
this era because North America and the closely
linked West Indies were an international
theater of colonial development.
One
theme involves the intermingling of Native
Americans, Europeans, and Africans. Students
first need to understand what induced hundreds
of thousands of free and indentured immigrants
to leave their homelands in many parts of
Europe. Why did they risk the hardships of
resettlement overseas, and how well did they
succeed?
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