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CD 2- Colonial Society 1 



COLONIAL SOCIETY 1

Meaning Clusters


Any colonist could

find a new home

on the frontier.

 

This reality deterred
the emergence
of a ruling class.

 

If the actions
of a powerful figure in a colony displeased people,

they could leave.



This forced leaders
to liberalize political policies,
land-grant requirements
and religious practices.

 

 

The foundations of

higher education emerged during the colonial period.

 

In 1636,

Harvard College

was founded 

in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Near the end of the century,
the College of William and Mary was established in Virginia.

A few years later,
the Collegiate School

of Connecticut was chartered.

 

It later became
Yale College

SOCIEDAD COLONIAL 1

SPANISH

Meaning Clusters

 

Cualquier colonizador

pudo encontrar un

nuevo hogar en la frontera.

 

Esta realidad disuadió

la salida de una

clase gobernante

 

Si las acciones

de una figura poderosa

en una colonia

desagradaba a las personas,

ellos podían irse.

 

Esto forzó a los líderes

a liberalizar las reglas de la política,

los requisitos de la entrega

de la tierra

y prácticas religiosas.

 

Las bases de la educación superior

surgieron durante el período colonial.

 

En 1636, fue  fundado

el Colegio de Harvard

en Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

 

A fines del siglo,
se estableció en Virginia
el Colegio de William y María.

 

 

Pocos años más tarde,

la Escuela Colegiada de Connecticut se transformó

en charter school.

 

Posteriormente este colegio

se denominó Colegio Yale.

MEMORY TRIGGERS TESTS

 

 

___colonist_________________

 

___________________________

 

___________deterred_________

 

___________________________

 

 

__________powerful__________

 

___________________________

 

 

___________liberalize_________

 

___________________________

 

 

________higher education______

 

___________________________

 

 

_________Harvard___________

 

___________________________

 

 

______William and Mary______

 

___________________________

 

 

_______Collegiate School______

 

___________________________

 

 

____________Yale____________

 

Source US State Department
Speed Learning format by Carl Peterson ©2005

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