Unit 1 Introduction Critical Questions
1. Name 4 explorers who helped open the North American continent to Europeans. Judging by their names, which country was especially active in sending out explorers?
2. How many years elapsed between the first European encounter with Native Americans and the first permanent settlement? What might account for the time span?
3. Name three key developments in colonial life. Show how each indicates that life in the colonies was steadily improving.
4. In the period 1646-1698, what event resulted in executions? What does this event suggest about life in the colonies?
5. What occurred in the field of health and medicine in the period 1698-1750? What does it reveal?
6. In the picture of Columbus landing (1492), what does his pose indicate?
7. What does the picture of the pilgrims; ship (1620) suggest about the experience of voyaging from Europe to North America?
8. How would a press like the one established in 1640 affect life in the colonies?
9. What do the pictures of King Philip’s raid (1675) and Nat Bacon’s rebellion (1676) suggest about life in the colonies?
10. What does the picture accompanying the Great Awakening (1741) disclose about the style of Puritan preachers?
Unit 1 Introduction Critical Questions
1. Name 4 explorers who helped open the North American continent to Europeans. Judging by their names, which country was especially active in sending out explorers?
2. How many years elapsed between the first European encounter with Native Americans and the first permanent settlement? What might account for the time span?
3. Name three key developments in colonial life. Show how each indicates that life in the colonies was steadily improving.
4. In the period 1646-1698, what event resulted in executions? What does this event suggest about life in the colonies?
5. What occurred in the field of health and medicine in the period 1698-1750? What does it reveal?
6. In the picture of Columbus landing (1492), what does his pose indicate?
7. What does the picture of the pilgrims; ship (1620) suggest about the experience of voyaging from Europe to North America?
8. How would a press like the one established in 1640 affect life in the colonies?
9. What do the pictures of King Philip’s raid (1675) and Nat Bacon’s rebellion (1676) suggest about life in the colonies?
10. What does the picture accompanying the Great Awakening (1741) disclose about the style of Puritan preachers?