Chapter 2 The English Arrive in America, 1607-1763
Ch. 2.1 England’s First Colonies
Define:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Puritan
joint-stock company
burgesses
proprietary colony
Chief Powhatan
2.
6. enclosure movement
7. privateer
8. headright
9. John Smith
10. Lord Baltimore
Answer:
1. How did the enclosure movement change English
society?
2. What caused friction in the Maryland colony?
3. Explain how tobacco saved the Jamestown colony.
4. Why were some Puritans willing to leave England for
America?
5. Why did England want to establish outposts in
America?
6. How did Captain John Smith and the Powhatan
Confederacy save Jamestown?
7. Why was Maryland founded?
Ch. 2.2 The New England Colonies
Define:
1. Separatist
2. heretic
3. Great Migration
4. Pilgrim
5. Squanto
6. Anne Hutchinson
Answer:
1. How did Thomas Hooker’s beliefs promote the idea
of separation of church and state?
2. In what ways were the causes and effects of the
Pequot War and King Philip’s War similar?
3. Explain why the Pilgrims and the Puritans migrated
0to America.
4. How did Squanto help the Pilgrims?
5. How did John Winthrop’s beliefs affect the
government of Massachusetts?
6. Why were Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
banned from Massachusetts?
7. How did Connecticut’s constitution differ from that
of Massachusetts?
8. What two colonies were established north of
Massachusetts?
9. In what way was King Philip’s War a turning point
for Native Americans?
Ch. 2.3 The Middle and Southern Colonies
Define:
1. pacifism
2. English Civil War
3. James Ogelthorpe
4. debtor
5. William Penn
Answer:
1. After Charles II became king, why did the English
government openly work to promote colonization in
North America?
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Why did England regard the Dutch and Spanish
presence in North America as a threat and how did
England respond?
Summarize how the Quakers came to have colony of
their own.
Why were the English enthusiastic about colonization
after the English Civil War?
Why did King Charles II want to seize New
Netherland from the Dutch?
Why did William Penn regard Pennsylvania as a holy
experiment?
In what ways was England permissive with its
American colonies?
Ch. 2.4 Colonial Ways of Life
Define:
1.
2.
3.
4.
cash crop
subsistence farming
entrepreneur
triangular trade
5.
6.
7.
8.
indentured servant
slave code
capitalist
Nathaniel Bacon
Answer:
1. Why did slavery become so important to the
Southern Colonies?
2. How did the slave trade develop in the Americas?
3. What led to the rise of the planter elite in colonial
Southern society?
4. What government policies caused backcountry
farmers to rebel?
5. How did the relationship between English settlers and
Africans change over time?
6. How did New England town meeting prepare the
colonists for the future?
7. What crop was most important to farmers in the
Middle Colonies?
8. What occupation made up the majority of the
wealthiest class in colonial society?
Ch. 2.5 A Diverse Society
Define:
1. mercantilism
2. revival
3. John Locke
4. Enlightenment
5. Great Awakening
Answer:
1. In what ways did the Enlightenment and the Great
Awakening contribute to the independent spirit of
American colonists?
2. How did England’s Glorious Revolution influence
the American colonies?
3. In what ways did the Navigation Acts affect trade in
the colonies?
4. What actions did William and Mary take upon
becoming the British monarchs?
5. In what ways did Africans resist their enslavement?
6. How did the Great Awakening affect the established
order?