1.) Describe the diversity of indigenous cultures present in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans.
2.) What were some of the motivations that led to European exploration and colonization?
3.) Explain what is meant by the Columbian exchange, and how it changed both Europe and the Americas.
4.) Describe the different approaches taken by the Spanish and French missionaries in the Americas. How did these different approaches affect life in their colonial empires?
5.) What were some of the motivations that led England to create colonies in North America?
6.) How did the British colonies in Virginia and New England differ from each other?
7.) Describe the economics behind the Atlantic slave trade.
8.) How did the experience of enslaved people differ in the various colonies of North America?
9.) Why did the British colonies in North America declare independence from Great Britain? What were the causes of the American Revolution?
10.) How did the British colonies in North America manage to win their independence from the British Empire?