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Colonial America and the American Revolution

Virginia SOL USI.5

Explain social, political, religious, economic, and geographic factors that shaped colonial America.

Study USI.5 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 5 - United States History to 1865

What students need to be able to do

  • Describe characteristics and differences among the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies.
  • Explain Virginia's importance as one of the most populous and wealthiest colonies.
  • Compare life from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, clergy, merchants, women, indentured servants, and enslaved and free Blacks.
  • Explain the specialization and interdependence of the colonial regions.
  • Explain changing political and economic relationships between the colonies and Great Britain, including representative government and self-rule.