1. Unit 1 Exploration and Colonization

2. What impact did Columbus voyage have on European exploration? Why did European countries explore in the Americas? Where did the different groups settle? Exploration

3. Jamestown What important events occurred in 1607 and 1619? Why did the English establish colonies? What was an effect of the marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahontas?

4. Jamestown What are the differences between settlement of Jamestown and Plymouth? What hardships did the colony of Jamestown endure? What helped the colony of Jamestown survive?

5. Plymouth and MA Bay Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans come to the Americas? What is the major difference between these two groups? What was the Puritan way of life? Why did Winthrop refer to MA Bay as being the “City Upon a Hill”? What a cause and effect of the Salem Witch Trials?

6. Colonial America How did geography influence economy? Why was slave labor used more in the south than north? What are the geographical boundaries for the colonies?

7. Colonial America Why were the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland established? What were early forms of representative government in the colonies? What was the Maryland Act of Toleration?