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.

• Pilgrims to the New World Decision Point
• A City Upon a Hill: Winthrop’s “Modell of Christian Charity,” 1630 Primary Source
• The English Come to America Narrative
• William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania Narrative
• Penn’s Letter Recruiting Colonists, 1683 Primary Source
• The Founding of Maryland Narrative
• Anne Hutchinson and Religious Dissent Narrative

• The Anglo-Powhatan War of 1622 Narrative
• King Philip’s War Decision Point
• Germantown Friends’ Antislavery Petition, 1688 Primary Source
• The Stono Rebellion Narrative
• Maps Showing the Evolution of Settlement, 1624-1755 Primary Source
• A Clash of Empires: The French and Indian War Narrative
• Wolfe at Quebec and the Peace of 1763 Narrative
• Washington’s Journal: Expeditions to Disputed Ohio Territory, 1753-1754 Primary Source

• Mercantilism Lesson
• Colonial Comparison: The Rights of Englishmen Lesson
• Civics Connection: The Colonial Origins of American Republicanism Lesson
• Bacon’s Rebellion Narrative
• Bacon vs. Berkeley on Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676 Primary Source
• The Great Awakening Narrative
• What Was the Great Awakening? Point-Counterpoint
• Albany Plan of Union Narrative
• Benjamin Franklin and the American Enlightenment Narrative
• Benjamin Franklin Mini DBQ Lesson
• Colonial Identity: English or American? Point-Counterpoint

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 2 Introductory Essay: 1607-1763
• The Salem Witch Trials Narrative
• The Fur Trade Narrative
• BRI Homework Help Video: The Colonization of America
• BRI Homework Help Video: Colonial Culture
• BRI Homework Help Video: Mercantilism & The Colonial American Economy
• BRI Homework Help Video: Development of Slavery in North America

• What religious, political, and social movements and events fostered a sense of autonomy from Great Britain among the American colonists between 1607 and 1763? Compare and contrast the impact of TWO of the following on colonial North American development between 1607 and 1763: Puritanism, the Enlightenment, the First Great Awakening.

Through this inquiry, students will evaluate primary and secondary sources to explain the factors that contributed to the emergence of a burgeoning autonomous identity in the colonial period. Assess students’ progress in understanding the compelling question for this chapter by assigning the Unit 1 Essay Activity.