AP United States History - Terms and People – Unit 1, Chapter 2 (12th Ed.)
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The Planting of English America: 1500 - 1733
Before studying Chapter 2, read over these “Themes”:
Theme: After a late start, a proud, nationalistic England joined the race for colonies and successfully established five
colonies along the southeastern seacoast of North America. Although varying somewhat in origins and character, all these
colonies exhibited plantation agriculture, indentured and slave labor, a tendency toward strong economic and social
hierarchies, and a pattern of widely scattered, institutionally weak settlements.
Theme: The English hoped to follow Spain's example of finding great wealth in the New World, and that influenced the
financing and founding of the early southern colonies. The focus on making the southern colonies profitable shaped
colonial decisions, including choice of crops and the use of indentured and slave labor. This same focus also helped
create economic and cultural ties between the early southern colonies and English settlements in the West Indies.
Theme: The early southern colonies encounters with Indians and African slaves established the patterns of race relations
that would shape the North American experience; in particular, warfare and reservations for the Indians and lifelong slave
codes for African Americans.
After studying Chapter 2 in your textbook, you should be able to:
1. State the factors that led England to begin colonization.
2. Describe the development of Jamestown, from its disastrous beginnings to its later apparent prosperity.
3. Describe the cultural and social changes that Native American communities underwent in response to
European colonization.
4. Describe the different ways the Spanish, British and French interacted with Native Americans.
5. Describe changes in the economy and labor system in Virginia and other southern colonies.
6. Indicate the similarities and differences among the southern colonies of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia.
Know the following people and terms. Consider the historical significance of each term or person.
Also note the dates of the event if that is pertinent.
A. People
Lord De La Ware
Pocahontas
John Smith
Powhatan
Handsome Lake
John Rolfe
Lord Baltimore
Walter Raleigh
James Oglethorpe
Humphrey Gilbert
Oliver Cromwell
B. Terms:
nationalism
nation-state
joint-stock company
slavery
slave codes
House of Burgesses
Royal colony
Proprietary colony
yeoman
AP United States History - Terms and People – Unit 1, Chapter 2 (12th Ed.)
HONOR PLEDGE: I strive to uphold the vision of the North Penn School District, which is to inspire each student to reach his or her highest potential
and become a responsible citizen. Therefore, on my honor, I pledge that I have neither given nor received unauthorized assistance on this work.
longhouse
Spanish Armada
primogeniture
indentured servitude
starving time
First Anglo-Powhatan War
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
Act of Toleration
Barbados slave code
Virginia Company
Restoration
Act of Toleration
Savannah Indians
Iroquois Confederacy
Ireland
C. Map Work: Using the numbers on the map, identify the places listed below:
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