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Describe the harsh conditions in the Virginia Colony.
Clarifications
Clarification 1: Instruction includes the failures in early Jamestown (i.e., disease, drought, conflicts with native populations, starvation, lack of clean water, education, religious expectations, lack of healthcare).
Clarification 2: Instruction includes how the Jamestown Colony did not stabilize until the introduction of women.
General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: African American History
Standard: Examine the causes, courses and consequences of the slave trade in the colonies from 1609-1776.
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/24
Status: State Board Approved
Related Courses
This benchmark is part of these courses.
2100340: African-American History (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
2100336: African-American History Honors (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
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