History 1301 Mini Test I – The English Colonies
Part I. Essay example (62 points)
Compare and contrast the settlement of Jamestown (Virginia) and Massachusetts (Pilgrims and
Puritans) in terms of reasons for settlement, difficulties encountered and the economy and
lifestyle of each. Your answer should include an introduction, a minimum of three body
paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Include a discussion of all of the following and please note, this list will Not be on your
exam.
Jamestown (a Chesapeake Bay Colony)
 The Virginia Company, (joint-stock company),
 Jamestown
 Problems – types of settlers, location, disease and so forth
 Powhatan Indians
 John Smith’s leadership
 John Rolfe and tobacco, how it changes the colonies
 Headright System and indentured servants
 Sir Edwin Sandys, Virginia House of Burgesses and their first set of initiatives in
1619,
 Failure of the VA company and how it was made a royal colony
 Marriage and family life.
Massachusetts Colony
 The Pilgrims (Plymouth, Massachusetts),
o Separatists, their ideology
o Extreme Calvinists
o Why they leave Holland and go to the new world
o Plymouth, the Mayflower Compact
o Leader William Bradford
o Squanto and the local Indians, how they help the colonists,
 The Puritans (Massachusetts Bay – started Salem and Boston)
o Extreme Calvinists
o Leader Jonathan Winthrop
o City “City Upon a Hill” ideology
o Cambridge agreement
o General Court
o Government, theocracy – role of church and politics
o Role of the family and women, children,
o Elected, predestination and saving faith,
o Town structure, how it fosters Puritan control – Village green, Church,
schools and so forth
o How Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams are examples of problems in
the colonies.
Part II. Colonies Chart (22 pts each)
Make a chart detailing the three groups of colonies, the colonies in each group, and 2
distinguishing characteristics for each colony group. Note some colony groups have more
colonies than others, use only the spaces needed to name the 13 colonies.
Colony Group
Name
Colony Group 1 Name
Colony Group 2 Name
Colony Group 3 Name
Colony Name
1.
1.
1.
Colony Name
2.
2.
2.
Colony Name
3.
3.
3.
Colony Name
4.
4.
4.
Colony Name
5.
5.
5.
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Colony Group
Characteristic #1
Colony Group
Characteristic #2
Part III. Colony Map (16)
Identify the 13 Colonies, the Atlantic Ocean, the Erie Canal, and Chesapeake Bay Using the map
on the next page.