HIS 315K UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE
Colonial Times
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This study guide is designed to help guide your learning for this unit. Use this structure to generate and
organize terms, ideas, questions, and y
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HIS 315K UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE
Colonial Times
HOW TO USE THE STUDY GUIDE
This study guide is designed to help guide your learning for this unit. Use this structure to generate and
organize terms, ideas, questions, and your own key insights from each lesson.
As you read, discover, and learn from your course materials, you should continue to add information and
evidence from each lesson and to record your responses to each unit question. By the end of the unit, the
work you do in this guide will become a thorough review sheet that you can use to develop strong and wellsupported exam essays.
PART 1: ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Before you start your reading for this unit, take a look at the following questions. These questions are
important because they are the broad questions that summarize each day’s lesson. As you read, try to identify
information and evidence that can help you answer each question. When you find key passages, note the page
numbers and sources, so that you can access this information easily later for studying and assessments.
Questions Citation
Directions: Preview these questions before reading. Directions: Note page
numbers and sources from
your readings or the Crash
Course videos.
Which are the most dominant colonies—and why? How do the colonies compare to
one another?
The most dominant colonies were the middle and New Amsterdamn. These colonies
seem to have more control of trade, economy and government structure than other
colonies
Pg 24-25 of Outline
How was slavery in colonial America connected to culture, economy, and social
class/race?
How did the creation of representative democracy in colonial America contribute to
the institutionalization of slavery?
In this democracy, people can speak out more about their beliefs and make it known
and possibly grow how many people share those beliefs. Sadly some of that beleifs
were about slavery.
Pg. 34
Religion played a central role in the settlers of New England, specifically the Puritans.
How did the belief in covenant help the Puritans to face the adversity of establishing a
colony?
One big factor was literacy in the colonies they had. Books, news and the bible brought
them together more than any government could.
Pg. 27 of the outline
Exploring the past requires investigations into multiple perspectives and connecting
causes to effects. Why were twenty people were executed in Salem during this time
period and what does this reveal about our society?
These people were executed in Salem for no good reason except for people in power
giving into hysteria. The message here is that just because the majority gives into a
Pg.35 of Outline
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