NCES.AH1.H.3 - Understand the factors that led to exploration, settlement, movement, and expansion and their impact on United States development over time.
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American History I
Analyze how economic, political, social, military and religious factors influenced European exploration and American colonial settlement (e.g., Reformation, mercantilism, improvements in navigation technology, colonization, defeat of Spanish Armada, Great Awakening, etc.).