US History I Milestone 1.

acres of free land to all who settled here. ● C. colonists included men, women, and children who did not intend to return to England RATIONALE Recall that the Jamestown Colony was established by the Virginia Company of London, a joint-stock company. Investors in the company hoped to find gold or silver, or other potentially valuable natural resources. As a result, most settlers to Jamestown were men and boys. On the other hand, Massachusetts was settled by Puritan families, including men, women, and children, who were seeking freedom to practice their religion without state interference. CONCEPT Think About It: How Did the Experience of the English Settlers Differ? 3 Stone tools found in Canada may be evidence that humans migrated to North America much earlier than previously believed. A historian might use this example of (A) to interpret prehistoric events. A the European perspective oral history the Native American perspective archaeological evidence RATIONALE Historians must use different techniques to study prehistoric peoples or events since written sources are lacking. Ancient stone tools dug out of the earth are an example of archeology, or the study of the past using the physical evidence found in excavation. CONCEPT Think About It: What is History? 4 Classify the statements as examples of "globalization," "colonization," or "commodification." globalizatio n colonization commodific ation nations competed to claim the riches and resources of the New World for their own benefit merchants profited from turning resources from the Americas into products for European consumers trade routes across land were expensive and dangerous so alternate routes had to be found RATIONALE European nations engaged in colonization to secure the natural resources in the New World for their own gain. Merchants profited from the sale of New World goods to the Old World through commodification, or transforming something into a commodity with monetary value. The water routes established by maritime exploration and colonization efforts contributed to globalization, or greater interconnectedness of the world.