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Objective 1-A: Puritan colonists, like many other North American colonists, had a desire for land and the
only way to get more land was to take it from Natives.
Thematic Objective WOR-1: When Puritans defeated the Narragansett tribes leader Metacom, his head
was paraded around on a stake to show other Native tribes what would happen to enemies of the Puritans.
20.) Pequot War (pg 73)
Key Concept 1.2: The Pequot War was an attack on the Pequot tribe by Puritans and their Narragansett
allies in an attempt to gain more land.
Objective 1-A: Since Puritans thought that the Pequot land wasnt being used, they thought that they could
simply take it for themselves.
Thematic Objective WOR-1: As with everything that the Puritans did, war was justified by their religion so
amidst the horrors of the attack on the Pequot tribe, the Puritans justified their actions by claiming it was
Gods will.
21.) Great Awakening (pg 153-156)
Key Concept 2.1: The Great Awakening was a rise in the belief that one did not have to have a conversion
experience in order to be a member of the church.
Objective 1-C: The Great Awakening attracted Christians of all denominations to hear fiery and emotional
sermons from Great Awakening preachers like George Whitefield and William Tennent.
Thematic Objective WOR-1: The Great Awakening promoted national unity by providing everyone in
British North America with a common experience.
22.) Salem Witch Trials (pg 75)
Key Concept 2.1: The Salem Witch Trials were a period in which numerous false accusations of witchcraft
were made against people perceived as outsiders to Puritan society.
Objective 2-B: Puritan society was strictly patriarchal, so independent women were usually accused
because they broke the unspoken rules of Puritan society.
Thematic Objective NAT-1.0: The Salem Witch Trials revealed tensions between the more conservative
Puritans and progressive Puritans.
23.) Colonial women (pg 74-75)
Key Concept 2.1: Colonial women traveled with their husbands to the New World, but since married
couples settled almost entirely in the New England area, there were few women in the Chesapeake and
Southern colonies.
Objective 1-C: Colonial women that were primarily in New England spent most of their time caring for
children; women rarely worked outside the home.
Thematic Objective WOR-1.0: Colonial women had almost no property rights and their property was
essentially given up to their husbands when they got married.
24.) Slavery as a labor system (pg 101-104)
Key Concept 2.1: Slavery replaced indentured servitude as the primary source of labor in the Chesapeake
and Southern colonies.
Objective 3-A: Slavery was not only a source of labor, but it also brought money to people who traded
slaves for other goods through trade networks linking Africa, the New World, and South America.
Thematic Objective WOR-1.0: Slavery displaced hundreds of thousands of Africans that had to acclimate
themselves with a new language, a new environment, and the harsh treatment of slaves.
25.) Indentured Servitude (pg 101)
Key Concept 2.1: Since many immigrants to the Chesapeake were too poor to afford passage to the new
world, indentured servitude in exchange for passage was a common way for Englishmen to travel to the
New World.
Objective 2-A: Indentured servants were the main labor face in the early colonial era Chesapeake.
Thematic Objective NAT-1.0: Indentured servants became less popular after Bacons Rebellion, which
revealed that discontent among former indentured servants could be dangerous.