Indicators Compare the motives for exploration and colonization by England, Spain, France and Holland. Benchmark Compare the colonial development of Virginia with that of the other colonies. Indicators Analyze colonization in terms of motivation of ethnic, religious, and other immigrants and their influences on settlement. Examine the relationship between English colonists, Native Americans and Africans. Indicators Analyze ideas and motives which led to the colonists decision to declare their independence.
Indicators Analyze the colonial debate about separation from Britain.
Discuss issues, policies and events affecting relations among existing and future states which led to the creation of and ratification of the United States Constitution. Analyze important debates at the Constitutional Convention, compromise in the struggle for ratification between Federalists and Anti-Federalists, the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution and the leadership of James Madison and George Washington. Indicators Discuss causes and results of the French and Indian War that necessitated changes in British colonial policy. Discuss the economic weakness of the Articles of Confederation and the attempts to strengthen them. Benchmark Analyze reform movements and immigration during the period.