MJ US History OP 2

Organizing Principle 2: Europeans explored and colonized the Americas in the 15th & 16th centuries. They September – 2.5 weeks by September 15th
encountered multiple Native American societies leading to what historians refer to as the Columbian Exchange. Celebrate Freedom Week: Last full week in
September

Measurement Topics Curriculum Standards Benchmarks Content Language
Exploring the Americas
Compare the relationships among the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch in their SS.8.A.2.1 charter
struggle for colonization of North America. SS.8.A.2.5 circumnavigate
Columbian Exchange
• Discuss the impact of the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch on economic, compass
political, cultural, and religious principles in colonial America. conquistador
encomienda system
• Examine the competition between the colonial powers to expand and Line of Demarcation
control their claims in North America through economic, diplomatic, and mission
military means. Northwest passage
pueblo
• Identify the French, British, and Dutch roles in the fur trade. presidio
• Examples: studying ways that economic, political, cultural, and religious plantation
Protestants
competition between these Atlantic powers shaped early colonial America Protestant Reformation
Spanish Armada
Discuss the impact of colonial settlement on Native American populations. strait
• Compare and contrast life for the Native Americans before and after Treaty of Tordesillas
European colonial settlement.
• Examples: war, disease, loss of land, westward displacement of tribes
causing increased conflict between tribes, and dependence on trade for
European goods, including guns.

Evaluate domestic and international interdependence. SS.8.E.3.1