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Chapter 2: 1607-1763 Inquiry Organizer

What religious, political, and social movements and events fostered a sense of autonomy from Great Britain among the American colonists between 1607 and 1763?

Topic
Slavery, African American History, Communities, Native Americans, Religious Freedom, Treaty, War
Resources
33
Published
Nov 15, 2020
A historical document listing names, payments, and details from a record book.

In this organizer

  • Lesson4
  • Narrative14
  • Primary Source5
  • Point-Counterpoint2

Compelling question

What religious, political, and social movements and events fostered a sense of autonomy from Great Britain among the American colonists between 1607 and 1763?

Chapter objectives

  • Students will be able to identify characteristics of and evaluate changes and continuities in colonial life for various groups in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
  • Students will be able to compare colonies in North America to evaluate regional differences.
  • Students will be able to analyze the conflicts between colonists and the native populations as well as between European powers on the continent.

Supporting questions and resources

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Supporting question 1

What cultures, groups, and empires created the American colonies?

Supporting question 2

How did the emerging national identity of the American colonies cause conflict with other nations and cultures?

Supporting question 3

What is a nation, and what defined colonial national identity in North America?

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Bacon vs. Berkeley on Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676

Penn’s Letter Recruiting Colonists, 1683

Germantown Friends’ Antislavery Petition, 1688

Washington’s Journal: Expeditions to Disputed Ohio Territory, 1753–1754

Maps Showing the Evolution of Settlement, 1624–1755

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