The Age of Colonial America
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“The Age of Colonial America” is a 4-lesson course at Teen level, created with soclever, a personal AI teacher. Each lesson takes a few minutes and ends with a check-in question; finish the curriculum and you can take a certificate test to earn a diploma. Try the first lesson without an account — or make your own course on any topic.
What you'll learn
- Columbus and 1492: The Beginning. In 1492, Europe and Asia were connected by trade routes, but nobody from Europe had found a sea path to Asia that actually worked.
- European Colonies Take Root. After Columbus's successful Transatlantic Voyage, European powers realized the Americas held land, resources, and profit waiting to be claimed.
Questions this course answers
Why did merchants want goods from places like India and China?
Merchants wanted spices, silk, and gold which were goods worth enormous sums of money.
What did Christopher Columbus believe he could do?
Christopher Columbus believed he could sail west across the Atlantic Ocean and reach Asia in a matter of weeks.
Who funded Christopher Columbus's voyage?
The Spanish king and queen funded his voyage.
What did Spain find in the Caribbean and Central America?
Spain found gold, enslaved Indigenous peoples to mine it, and sent the riches back home.
Where did England settle along the Atlantic coast of North America?
England settled along the Atlantic coast of North America starting with Virginia in 1607.
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