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Unit One:

 * 1492-1690 Trans-Atlantic Encounters, 1690-1754 Colonial America & **** Road to Independence **** (Chapters 1-8) ** Aug 18 ~ Sept 10

Chapter 1: New World Beginnings Chapter 2: The Planting of English America Chapter 3: Settling the Northern Colonies Chapter 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution Chapter 6: The Duel for North America Chapter 7: The Road to Revolution Chapter 8: America Secedes from the Empire

Essential Questions/Exam Questions: (These questions are from past AP exams and may be on your unit test)

 * 1) Analyze the similarities and differences between the Spanish Southwest, New French and New England in the 17th century in regards to one of the following politics, economics or religion, and relations with American Indians.
 * 2) Although the thirteen American colonies were founded at different times by people with different motives and with different forms of colonial charters and political organization, the Revolution the thirteen colonies had become remarkably similar. Assess the validity of this statement.
 * 3) The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775. Land Acquisition, Politics, Economics.
 * 4) Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican value.

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