This Lesson will provide additional context for the Colonial Identity: English or American? Point-Counterpoint.

This Lesson should follow the Colonial Identity: English or American? Point-Counterpoint.

This Lesson should come at the end of Unit 1 as a preview of the problems in the British colonies leading up to the American Revolution.

This Lesson should be used near the end of Unit 1 to review the significance of constitutional principles in the context of the events students have studied.

Students will be able to construct an AP-Style Long Essay using resources from Unit 1 of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness to practice constructing a historical argument.

Two scholars debate this question.

Two scholars debate this question.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Investigate British, French, and Spanish colonial policies in North America.

How did the English colonies in America develop over time?

What caused war between the English and Powhatan people?

Why did Maryland become a haven of religious freedom?

How did Anne Hutchinson contribute to religious liberty?

How did William Penn treat others with justice and equality?

How did the fur trade shape North American societies?

How did Bacon's Rebellion affect Virginian society in the 1600s?

What fueled the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials?

What caused the largest slave revolt in British North America?

What were the impacts of the Great Awakening on the colonies?

How did Benjamin Franklin contribute to his community?

How did the Albany Plan of Union create colonial unity?

What were the causes and effects of the French and Indian War?

How did the British win the French and Indian War?

By the end of this section, you will explain how and why various European colonies developed and expanded from 1607 to 1754 and explain how and why environmental and other factors shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies that developed and expanded from 1607 to 1754.

In this section, you will explain causes of the Columbian Exchange and its effect on Europe and the Americas during the period after 1492.

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

Answer Key for Chapter 2 of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness