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Chapter 2: The American Colonies Emerge
Section 2: An English Settlement at Jamestown
Terms:
Jamestown
head right system
joint-stock company
John Smith
indentured servant
Powhatan
joint-stock company
royal colony
Roanoke
Questions:
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How did England fund its exploration/colonization attempts?
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What are the five hardships that the early settlers of Jamestown faced?
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Why and what types of tobacco are so important to the Jamestown Colony?
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What factors led to the importation of African slaves to Virginia?
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Why were the colonists in conflict with the Powhatan?
Section 3: Puritan New England
Terms:
Puritan
Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Metacom
Separatists
Anne Hutchinson
King Phillips War
Plymouth Colony
Pequot War
Questions:
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How were separatist different from other English Puritans, what are they known as today, and where did their
travels lead them?
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Why did other Puritans leave England, how and what was different about the colony they started?
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Based on its founding and the rule you have read about how could the Massachusetts Bay Colony be
considered both democratic and not democratic?
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Identify and explain another dissenting Puritan you read about, where and when did they set up a colony?
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What was the philosophical difference between the settlers and the Native Americans when it came to the land
in New England, how and what issues did this lead to?
Section 4: Settlement of the Middle Colonies
Terms:
William Penn
New Netherlands
Proprietor
Quakers
Questions:
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What was the first colony set up by the Dutch in North America, how did it differ from British colonies, and what
eventually happens to it?
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How do Quaker beliefs differ from to Puritan beliefs and how did this manifest in William Penn’s “Holy
Experiment”?
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How did Penn attract people to his new colony, who did he look to attract and how did this benefit the colony?
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What other British colonies where established in N. America, when and by whom?
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What are the geographic similarities and differences between the Southern, Middle, and New England
colonies?