French and Indian War
* What are the reasons the war starts and spreads to become a world war?
*What are the reasons the French lost?
*How does the British turn the tide of the War?
* What are the results of the war?
* How did the war begin?
*What was George Washington's role in the war and how did it prepare him for the Revolution?
* Why were the following people important:
Edward Braddock, Half-King, Marquis de Montcalm, James Wolfe, General Forbes, William Pitt.
* Discuss the Native Indians role and importance in the war. What battles did they fight in? How did they change the power structure? What agenda did they have?
* The French and Indian war begin over what area of land?
* Why did the Native Americans take captives? Was this an effective practice?
Early Colonial Period
Discuss the importance of the following in helping create America.
John Peter Zenger
Salem Witch Trials
Jonathan Edwards and The Great Awakening
King Phillips War
The Massacre at Mystic
Iroquois Confederacy
How does Benjamin Franklin symbolize early America?
How does religious freedom, slavery and self-government shape the 13 colonies.
Be able to list the colonies in order of their establishment with their dates.
How did the Southern colonies differ from the Northern colonies (think origin, economic differences, religion)
How did tobacco change the course of America?
Discuss the rise of self-government (think in particular the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut). How is this self-government seen during the French and Indian War? How does it affect the war?
Discuss the following people: John Smith, John Rolfe, William Bradford, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, William Penn, John Winthrop, John Wheelwright.
Pre-Colonial War
How did the crusades change Europe and lead to the exploration of the new world?
How did Columbus change America?
Discuss the following people: Ferdinand Magellan, Hernan Cortes, Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson, Francis Drake, Jacques Cartier.
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