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Unit 1: Exploration and Settlement

1. What motivated European explorations?

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2. How did the colonists and Natives interact in the New World? What problems arose?

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3. How were the different regions in the colonies alike & different?

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4. What struggles occurred during early settlement?

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5. How did religion vary in the New World? Why did many of these groups leave their home countries?

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6. How did economic conditions of the triangular trade contribute to the expansion of slavery in America?

Essential Questions

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