Early Communities
The diverse communities that developed in our region, from farming villages to trading posts to port towns. Students explore how geography, resources, and culture shaped each community.
Key Questions
- 1Why did early communities form in certain locations?
- 2How did different groups of people, including colonists, Indigenous peoples, and enslaved Africans, interact?
- 3What made some early communities grow while others disappeared?
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