Unit 1: ​Founding the New Nation

​Critical Vocabulary: Age of Exploration, Columbian Exchange, Requerimiento, Encomienda System, Mission System, Pueblo Revolt, Joint Stock Company, Starving Time, Headright System, Indentured Servant, House of Burgesses, Bacon's Rebellion, Triangular Trade, Middle Passage, Slave Codes, Stono Rebellion, Nat Turner's Rebellion, Plymouth Colony, Mayflower Compact, Great Migration, Massachusetts Bay Colony, "City Upon a Hill," Pequot War, King Philip's War, Great Awakening, Enlightenment, Social Contract, Natural Rights​, Mercantilism, Albany Plan of Union, French & Indian War, Treaty of Paris of 1763, Proclamation of 1763, Pontiac's Rebellion, Salutary Neglect, Writs of Assistance, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Committees of Correspondence, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Battles of Lexington & Concord, Second Continental Congress, Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Fort Ticonderoga, Olive Branch Petition, Loyalist, Patriot, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, Battle of Long Island, American Crisis, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Yorktown, Treaty of Paris of 1783, Republican Motherhood, Articles of Confederation, Newburgh Address, Shays' Rebellion, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Constitutional Convention, Separation of Powers, Federalism, Great Compromise, Bicameral Legislature, 3/5 Compromise, Electoral College, Federalists, Federalist Papers, Anti-Federalists

Lesson 1: New World Beginnings ​

We will explain the context for European encounters in the Americas from 1491-1607.
  • This means we will describe the diverse societies that developed in North America as Native American populations adapted to & transformed their environments.
  • It also means that we will explain the causes of exploration & conquest of the New World by various European nations, & we will explain the impact this had on the Native American populations they encountered.
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​Lesson 2: The English Colonies

We will explain the factors that shaped the development & expansion of the English colonies from 1607 to 1754.
  • This means we will trace the history of the Chesapeake colonies, & we will describe the labor system that emerged as a result.
  • It also means we will trace the history of the New England colonies, & we will describe the religious institutions that emerged as a result.
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Lesson 3: Revolutionary America

We will summarize the social, political and economic factors that drove the American colonies to independence.​
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Lesson 4: The American Revolution

We will discuss the key military and political turning points of the American Revolution.​
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Lesson 5: The Critical Period


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We will evaluate the degree to which the Articles of Confederation & the U.S. Constitution embodied the principles of the American Revolution.
  • This means we will summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, & we will evaluate the degree to which they were a reaction to the colonists' experiences with Great Britain.
  • ​It also means we will summarize the issues debated at the Constitutional Convention, & we will analyze their impact on the new nation.
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