- Analyze the role of geography in the organization, settlement, and
diffusion of the Jamestown colony.
- Compare and contrast the motivations of competing European
powers--namely Spain, England, and France-- for colonial settlement,
activity and expansion.
- Compare and contrast the institutions, social framework, and
colonial relationships of competing European powers.
- Describe life and society in Virginia before 1607, as well as it's
subsequent transformation upon arrival of the Europeans.
- Assess the influence of European colonization on indigenous tribes
in Virginia and the New World.
- Identify distinguishing characteristics of colonies in the New World
founded by various European powers.
- Describe the founding, struggles, life and successes of the
colonists attempting to establish and develop the Jamestown colony.
- Theorize on the importance of Jamestown within the English colonial
framework.
- Identify major historical figures involved in the development of
Jamestown, and estimate their relative significance in the founding,
establishment, and success of the colony.
- Compare popular myths held about Jamestown with primary source
accounts and historical scholarship.
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