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Colonial Conflicts: Land, Trade, and Shifting Alliances

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

8 lessons

Goal

Explain how competing claims over land, the fur trade, and shifting alliances between European powers and Native American nations sparked major colonial wars.

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  4. Bacon's Rebellion: Frontier Grievances and Virginia ElitesNot started yet
  5. The Fur Trade Rivalry: Beaver Wars and AlliancesNot started yet
  6. The French and Indian War in North AmericaNot started yet
  7. Native American Alliances: Haudenosaunee and Algonquian DiplomacyNot started yet
  8. Pontiac's War and the Proclamation Line of 1763Not 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).