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Indigenous Nations and Early European Encounters

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

10 lessons

Goal

Analyze the diverse cultures of Indigenous nations and evaluate the multifaceted impacts of European contact and colonization.

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  6. Rising Tensions and the Pequot War of 1637Not started yet
  7. Metacom and King Philip's War (1675–1676)Not started yet
  8. European Rivalries: Spain, France, the Netherlands, and EnglandNot started yet
  9. Why English Institutions Dominated North American ColoniesNot started yet
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us-ma5.T1.1Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Explain the early relationships of English settlers to Native Peoples in the 1600s and 1700s, including the impact of diseases introduced by Europeans in severely reducing Native populations, the differing views on land ownership or use, property rights, and the conflicts between the two groups (e.g., the Pequot and King Philip’s Wars in New England).