Beginnings of English America: 1607-1660
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 Each Chapter of Give Me Liberty is divided into sections, which you will see
in bold print.
 Each section is subdivided into topics, which you will see in italicized print.
 Each section of the reading has vocabulary that will be bulleted, which you
will define and use in your answer of the questions provided.
o Example: old world (reference to Europe in comparison to the
Americas)
o The definition is in parenthesis
 The entire format will be written in Cornell note style. Questions and
vocabulary on the left divided by section. The answers on the right.
INTRODUCTION
Why was Jamestown colony created?
What role did merchants play in colonizing the New World?
What were the hopes and dreams of early immigrants to America?
What did freedom mean to English settlers?
 Hierarchy
 Joint-stock company
 Social structure
 Merchant class
1ST SECTION: ENGLAND AND THE NEW WORLD
UNIFYING THE ENGLISH NATION
Why were the English the last to begin colonizing the New World?
 Reformation
 Henry VIII
 Elizabeth I
ENGLAND AND IRELAND
Why did the English conquer Ireland?
What practices were established to subdue the Irish?
Were the same methods used to subdue the Native Americans? Explain.
 Plantations
ENGLAND AND NORTH AMERICA
Why did Raleighs’ attempt at establishing a colony fail?
 Roanoke Island
SPREADING PROTESTANTISM
What role did religion play in English colonization?
 Atrocities
 Catholicism
 Protestantism
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MOTIVES FOR COLONIZATION
What were the various motives for English colonization?
THE SOCIAL CRISIS
What were the social and economic factors that influenced England’s push to
colonize America?
According to Hakluyt, how would colonization solve the socio-economic crisis?
 Enclosure Movement
 Vagrants
MASTERLESS MEN
What danger did Masterless men pose to the Old World?
What hopes did they have for the New World?
 Sir Thomas More, Utopia
 Vagabonds
 Highway men
2ND SECTION : THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH
ENGLISH EMIGRANTS
What motivated immigration to the New World?
What did the different regions offer??
 Chesapeake
 New England
 Middle Colonies
INDENTURED SERVANTS
What is indentured service?
How was it similar and different to slavery?
LAND AND LIBERTY
Why was landownership important in the New World?
ENGLISHMENT AND INDIANS
How did English perceptions of landownership impact the relationship they would
create with Native Americans?
How did this perception distinguish the English colonization experience from the
Spanish experience?
THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDIAN LIFE
How did contact with Europeans change Native Americans way of life?
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CHANGES IN THE LAND
How did English settlement impact the environment?
3RD SECTION: SETTLING THE CHESAPEAKE
THE JAMESTOWN COLONY
What factor’s contributed to Columbus’ “discovery” of the new world?
FROM COMPANY TO SOCIETY
How did Jamestown become an organized society?
 The Virginia Company
 The House of Burgesses
 Headright system
POWHATAN AND POCAHANTAS
What were the major events that shaped the Chesapeake colonies experience with
Native Americans?
1622
What were the causes of the uprising?
What impact did it have upon both groups?
THE UPRISING OF
A TOBACCO COLONY
What role did tobacco play in stabilizing the Chesapeake region?
WOMAN AND THE FAMILY
What role did women play in the colony?
What rights did they have?
 Tobacco brides
 Patriarchy
 Dower rights
 Social condtioning
THE MARYLAND EXPERIMENT
How and why was Maryland created?
 Cecilius Calvert
 Feudal domain
 Quitrents
RELIGION IN MARYLAND
Was Maryland established to promote religious tolerance?
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