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1 st Nine Weeks Study Guide Answers

1 st Nine Weeks Study Guide Answers. Primary and Secondary Sources Historical Interpretations Exploration, Jamestown, and Plymouth. What is History? Why should we study it?. PRIMARY SOURCE: Pieces of first hand information from people who actually witnessed an event.

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1 st Nine Weeks Study Guide Answers

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  1. 1st Nine Weeks Study Guide Answers Primary and Secondary Sources Historical Interpretations Exploration, Jamestown, and Plymouth

  2. What is History? Why should we study it? • PRIMARY SOURCE: Pieces of first hand information from people who actually witnessed an event. •  EXAMPLES: photographs, journals, official documents • SECONDARY SOURCE: An account provided after the fact by people who did not witness the event. • EXAMPLES: Encyclopedias, textbooks, Historical fiction

  3. What is History? Why should we study it? • HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION: A process of finding meaning of historical events. Historians collect information and add their analysis of events to facts they have judged to be true. • EXAMPLE: • Quotations from historians on a particular subject

  4. What is History? Why should we study it? •  KEY TERMS • Conquistador- A Spanish conqueror seeking fortune in the New World. • Colony- A group of people who settle in a distant land. • Charter- A legal document issued by a king or queen giving certain rights to a person or company. • Established church- The religion of a state or country established by a monarch.

  5. EXPLORATION • What was the major motivation for European exploration? • PROFIT. They wanted land, riches, and wealth. • Describe the relationship between the French and the Native Americans. • They were business partners. The French and the Native Americans were allies, they trusted one another.

  6. EXPLORATION • What was the goal of the Conquistadors? • To conquer a large empire for Spain. • What was an effect of Christopher Columbus’ voyages to the Americas? • A transfer of foods between Europe and the Americas.

  7. JAMESTOWN AND PLYMOUTH • What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact? • To establish laws for the general good of the colony. • What was the historical significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses? • To begin a tradition of representative government in the English colonies.

  8. JAMESTOWN AND PLYMOUTH • Explain how Plymouth colony succeeded. • Squanto taught them how to grow native crops • He also showed the Pilgrims how to find food sources in rivers such as eel. • What were the origins of representative government in the English colonies? • They were influenced by English traditions such as the MAGNA CARTA and PARLIAMENT.

  9. JAMESTOWN AND PLYMOUTH • Why did many religious groups in Europe face religious persecution? • Most European rulers believed in order to have control, they must support a particular religion. Those who were persecuted did not follow the established church of the country. • How did the Mayflower Compact solve future problems among Plymouth settlers? • The Mayflower Compact was a plan of government that outlined specific roles and responsibilities of all colonists, everyone worked for the common good of the colonies.

  10. ANALYZING SOURCES • Key words describing your task: • Observe- What you see. To note for a specific purpose. • Infer- To guess, speculate, or suggest. • Conclude- To determine by reasoning. • Explain- To make known in detail.

  11. ANALYZING SOURCES • Your response should… • Have complete sentences. • Express an complete thought. • Be descriptive. • Connect to the source being used. • Have correct grammar, spelling, punctuation.

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