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4-2.2 Settlement in North America
1.
What is mercantilism?
2.
What does mercantilism have to do with the Mother Country and New Colony?
3.
How did France, Spain and England hope to become the strongest countries in Europe?
4.
How is a colony set up in the New World?
5. Where did the Spanish first settle in North America?
6.
What were the Spanish looking for in North America?
7.
What did Spain set up In the New World/New Spain?
a. How did the Spanish spread their religion in New Spain?
b.
Where in the New World were they set up?
c. Who did the work for the Spanish in the New World/New Spain?
d. How did Spain make money off of their New Spain colony?
e. The New Spanish colonists were very _________________________________________
and did not have to depend on ____________________
f.
Who made government decisions for New Spain?
8. Where did France set up the colony of New France?
a. How was the environment of New France different?
b. How did New France build a strong economy?
c. What affected the population of New France?
d. Which religious groups were allowed to settle in New France?
e. Which religious groups were not allowed to settle in New France?
f.
Give three ways the New French interacted with Native Americans
i.
ii.
iii.
g.
9.
How was New France governed?
Why did England decide to make new settlements in North America?
a. Land=________________________
b. Where did English settlers set up new colonies in North America?
c. Why did English settlers set up new colonies in North America?
d. Why did other English settlers come to the new colonies in North America?
e. Why did the English settle in Jamestown?
f.
How did English settlers make money make in Jamestown?
i.
ii.
iii.
g. List three ways the government of New England was unique
i.
ii.
iii.
h. List the New England colonies
i.
List the middle colonies
j.
List the southern colonies
10. Why did the New England colonies not make money off of agriculture?
a. How did the New England colonies make money?
b. Why did settlers originally come to New England’s colonies?
c. How did New England colonists survive without the help of England?
d. What was the most important location in a New England colony’s city?
e. How did men make a living in a New England Colony?
11. How did England’s Middle Colonies make money for England?
a. What was the Middle Colony’s nickname?
b. How did the Middle Colonies earn this nickname?
c. Why were the Middle Colonies of England founded?
d. What was the population of the Middle Colonies like?
e. How did the Middle Colonists blend with the Native Americans?
f.
How did the Middle Colonists trade and communicate with one another?
g. How did Middle colonists survive without the help of England?
h. How did men and make a living on a Middle Colony farm?
12. How did England’s Southern Colonies make money for England?
a. How was religion different in the Southern Colonies from England’s other colonies?
b. How did most people make their living in the Southern Colonies?
c. Who did most of the work on the large farms in the Southern Colonies?
d. What did plantations have in common with large cities?
e.
13. Label the map below using New Spain, New France, and English.