Early America through the Founding of the New Nation
Virginia SOL VUS.1
Describe early North America, including Indigenous cultures, exploration, and transatlantic trade.
What students need to be able to do
- Distinguish how different Indigenous peoples of North America used available resources to develop their culture, language, skills, and perspectives.
- Describe the entrepreneurial characteristics of early explorers and the technological developments that enabled nautical exploration.
- Connect the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments of key expeditions to the Spanish Reconquista, Protestant Reformation, and Counter-Reformation.
- Examine trade routes, resources, and products that linked Africa, the West Indies, the American colonies, and Europe.