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Unit Guide

AGE OF DISCOVERY
Europe takes to the seas in search of a new route to the riches of Asia.  Their search leads them to a new land full of riches and potential that will shape the world. 
KEY TOPICS
  • Reasons for Exploration
  • Discovering the New World
  • ​Search for the Northwest Passage
  • Spanish conquest of America
  • Columbian Exchange
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RELIGIOUS TURMOIL
Religious conflict in Europe caused by the Protestant Reformation pushes England to the breaking point, setting the stage for hundreds to flee religious persecution.
KEY TOPICS
  • ​Problems with the Catholic Church and Martin Luther's response
  • Henry VIII breaks from the Catholic Church
  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada
  • English Civil War
  • Glorious Revolution
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SUCCESS IN THE NEW WORLD
England follows the Spanish lead in settling parts of the New World.  These first English settlements in North America attempt to reap profit for those daring enough to risk travel to the New World. 
KEY TOPICS
  • ​Introduction of mercantilism​
  • Jamestown,VA founded
  • other European colonization
  • House of Burgesses founded
  • Bacon's Rebellion
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