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The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Middle Passage
Examine the forced transport of enslaved Africans, the brutal conditions of the Middle Passage, and the institutionalization of chattel slavery.
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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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SS.8.1.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesInvestigate and evaluate primary and secondary sources from multiple diverse perspectives about United States history from the American Revolution through Reconstruction to formulate and defend claims with textual evidence and logical reasoning.
SS.8.1.2Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesDevelop a contextual understanding of the historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes from the origins of the American Revolution through Reconstruction.