SS.5.A.4.1

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Identify the economic, political and socio-cultural motivation for colonial settlement.

Remarks

Examples may include, but are not limited to,  Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics  fleeing from religious persecution, debtor settlements in Georgia, military stronghold and protection of trade routes at St. Augustine, establishment of the Jamestown colony for profit, and French and Dutch competition for the fur trade..
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Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 5
Strand: American History
Standard: Colonization of North America
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
5021070: Social Studies Grade 5 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
7721016: Access Social Studies - Grade 5 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))

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SS.5.A.4.AP.1: Recognize reasons why colonists settled in America.

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