indigenous people are the original inhabitants of a specific area

a country or area under the control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country

having left one’s own country permanently and gone to live in another one

a member of any of the societies who originally inhabited North and South America and the Caribbean Islands

The colonisation of North America

History

This unit will help students to understand the nature of the British Empire and the financial benefits it provided. It will also provide a basis for understanding the relationship between Britain and the Caribbean when studying Windrush. This unit will contribute to the unit on 19th century America. 

Pupils will understand the nature of the British Empire from their study in  Year 9. Pupils will understand the nature of the transatlantic slave trade and the triangular trade from their study in Year 9. 

Migration: what caused westward migration from the 16th to the 18th centuries?

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of famine, disease, natural disasters.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which word describes a country or area under the control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country?

Which word describes having left one’s own country permanently and gone to live in another one?

Under which monarchs did exploration of the 'New World' take place?

religious persecution of Puritans and other nonconformists

high unemployment in England due to land use changes

good farmland and fishing grounds in North America

What economic reasons were there for people emigrating to North America?

What percentage of Native Americans were killed by European diseases as a result of colonial settlement?

Complete the sentence: The settlers in America forged a new American {{}} after the colonisation of North America.

the area of England in the north and east controlled by the Vikings

a member of the Scandinavian seafaring people who raided Britain

the people who settled in Normandy in the 10th century

territories in England, Wales, Ireland and France held by Henry II

Match the words to their correct definitions.

Which word describes took over a territory by force?

Complete the sentence: The invasion of the Vikings led to the merging of Viking culture and customs with _________ culture and customs.

Which of the following forged a cultural connection between England and France?

language, government, land ownership and the Church

Christianity and parts of the Anglo-Saxon language

Match the evidence from medieval Britain to whether or not it shows change or continuity as a result of migration. 

The loss of which war saw England begin to have a separate English identity?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

The colonisation of North America

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.