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New England Colonies: Geography, Towns, and Commerce
Explain how rocky soil, ocean access, and Puritan civic structures created an economy centered on shipbuilding, fishing, and trade.
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Early Contact, Settlement, and the Thirteen Colonies
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Examine pre-contact Indigenous societies, European colonization, distinct regional economies across the Thirteen Colonies, and the growth of the transatlantic slave trade.
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Learning standards covered
SS.8.2.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesUse geographic tools to research and analyze patterns in human and physical systems in the United States.
SS.8.3.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesInvestigate how economic freedom, including free trade, was important for economic growth in early American history.