Unit 2-- Founding the Thirteen English Colonies

Important Concepts
I can compare the political, economic, religious, and social reasons for the establishment of the 13 English
colonies (especially Southern vs. New England) 10B, 12A, 12D
I can list the 13 English colonies and identify them on a map.2B, 10A
I can identify the founders of these colonies and describe the circumstances under which each was
founded: Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and
Georgia.2B
I can compare and contrast the physical and human characteristics as well as economic conditions of the
four colonial regions (New England, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies and the Backcountry). I can
explain how geographic factors influenced these conditions. 4C, 10C
I can explain why early settlers lived near rivers and bodies of water 11A
I can explain why major cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia formed where they did and why
people moved there. 11A
I can describe how the Scotch-Irish interacted with the environment during the colonial period.11C
I can explain the reasons for the development of the plantation system. 12B
I can describe the workings of the transatlantic slave trade and explain why it started. 12B
I can explain the role of Thomas Hooker and William Penn in the development of self-government in
colonial America. 20A
I can explain forced migration and explain how it applied to African Slaves and criminals who were sent to
America 23A
I can analyze how the Puritan concept of a town meeting helped shape the development of democracy 23D
I can describe representative government and direct democracy and give examples of each from the
colonial period.3A
I can analyze the importance of the Virginia House of Burgesses by describing its influence on our current
representative government and the growth of representative government in the colonies. (3B)
I can describe how religion and virtue contributed to colonial government by examining Puritan laws and
analyzing the causes and effects of the Salem Witch Crisis 3C

Important Events, People and Places
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Backcountry
Virginia House of Burgesses
Puritans
The Great Migration
New England town meetings
Salem Witch Trials
Founding of Rhode Island
Founding of Connecticut
Founding of Pennsylvania
Founding of Maryland
Founding of New York
Founding of Georgia
Founding of Massachusetts
Founding of Virginia
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
Thomas Hooker
Quakers (beliefs)
William Penn
Lord Baltimore
James Oglethorpe
Scotch-Irish
Important Vocabulary
Mercantilism
Charter
Cash Crop
Representative Government
Direct Democracy
Persecute
Majority Rule
Separation of Church and State
Religious Toleration
Middle Passage
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Plantation
Subsistence farming
Indentured Servant
Slave
Indigo
Theocracy
Debtor
Forced Migration