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Early European Colonization and the Jamestown Settlement

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-OK-SS

10 lessons

Goal

Understand European motivations for colonizing North America and analyze the successes, hardships, and turning points of the Jamestown settlement.

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  6. The Starving Time and Colonial SurvivalNot started yet
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  8. Indigenous Farming and the Three SistersNot started yet
  9. The House of Burgesses and Private Land OwnershipNot started yet
  10. The Year 1619: Arrival of Africans and Women at JamestownNot started yet
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us-ut5.1.4Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe how conflicts over land, trade, and alliances sometimes arose during colonization in North America (for example, Bacon’s Rebellion, King Philip’s War, the French and Indian War).