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New Empires in the Americas
CHAPTER 2
Essential Question:
How did Europeans change life in the Americas?
Expectations for Learning
#2. Explain the economic and religious reasons for the exploration and colonization of North America by Europeans.
#3. Explain how competition for control of territory and resources in North America led to conflicts among colonizing powers.
#4A. Explain how the practice of race-based slavery led to the forced migration of Africans to the American colonies.
#4B. Describe the contributions of enslaved and free Africans to cultural and economic development in different regions of the American colonies.
All Units Include:
#1. Primary and secondary sources are used to examine events from multiple perspectives and to present and defend a position.
#13. Modern and historical maps and other geographic tools are used to analyze how historic events are shaped by geography. Analyze the ways in which historical events are shaped by geography using modern and historical maps and other geographic tools.
#22. Choices made by individuals, businesses and governments have both present and future consequences. Analyze how choices made by individuals, businesses and governments have both present and future consequences.
Section 1: Europeans Set Sail
Section 2: Europeans Reach the Americas
Section 3: Spain Builds an Empire
Section 4: The Race for Empires
Section 5: Beginnings of Slavery in the Americas
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