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Exploration Motives and Push-Pull Factors of Colonization

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Goal

Analyze the primary push and pull factors, economic incentives, religious motivations, and involuntary migrations that drove European colonization of North America.

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  5. Indentured Servants: Signing Contracts for PassageNot started yet
  6. The Middle Passage and Forced Enslavement of AfricansNot started yet
  7. Chartered Companies and Joint-Stock VenturesNot started yet
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us-ut5.1.3Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Use maps and primary/secondary sources to evaluate the push and pull factors that led to exploration and colonization of North America (for example, fleeing persecution, enslavement, economic advancement, indentured servitude, religious freedom/isolationism).