American Colonies By Alan Taylor: History Of North America
Identify five (5) important people, places, events, or specific things that you read about in the Taylor, American Colonies textbook. All five items you choose must come from the assigned readings for the week that you are submitting the Timeline.
Each Timeline entry should be a 100-150 word paragraph that:
identifies the specific time-period in which the person, place, event, or thing existed
describes what the person, place, event, or thing is
explains the significance of the person, place, or thing
The five entries must be in chronological order from earliest to latest.
NOTE: The items you choose must be SPECIFIC people, places, events, or things.YOU SHOULD NOT CHOOSE VAGUE IDEAS OR GENERAL HISTORICAL ERAS. For example, DO NOT choose things like "Colonies begin to grow (1620s)" or "First European Settlements (Early 17th Century)." See below for correct examples.
Objectives:
Identify important historical people, places, events, and concepts from the readings
Identify the specific time period in which these people, places, events and concepts lived or occurred.
Summarize the basic historical facts about these people, places, events, and concepts
Analyze and explain the significance of historical people, places, events, and concepts
Develop written skills
Length: 500 - 750 words total (Five 100-150 - word paragraphs)