#1: What was the primary purpose of the English settlement of Jamestown, and how successful were the colonists in achieving that goal in the first twenty years?

• Competition with Spain

• Protestant Reformation

• Irish Uprising

• Elizabeth and Philip

• Overpopulation

• Economic Incentives *

#2: In what ways did the relationship between whites and Native Americans in Virginia establish the pattern for later relations across North America?

• Powhatan’s Confederacy

• Lord De La Warr and Irish Tactics

• First and Second Anglo-Powhatan Wars

• The Three D’s *

#3: What features were common to all of England’s southern colonies, and what features were peculiar to each one?

• Virginia – Child of Tobacco

• Maryland – Catholic Haven

• West Indies – Way Station to Mainland America

• Colonizing the Carolinas

• Georgia – Buffer Colony *

#4: Which was the most important factor shaping the development of England’s southern colonies in the 17th century?

• Indian Relations

• One-Crop Plantation Economy

• Slavery *

#5: Compare and contrast the early colonial empires of Spain and England.

• Motives for Colonization

• Economic Foundations

• Relations with Africans and Native Americans *

#1: Compare and contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.

• Motives for Founding

• Religious and Social Composition

• Economic Foundations

• Political Development *

#2: How did the Puritans’ distinctive religious outlook and church organization shape the politics, society, and culture of Massachusetts Bay and other New England colonies?

• Protestant Reformation

• Calvinism

• Henry VIII

• Puritans and Pilgrims

• Bible Commonwealth *

#3: “The dissent from Puritanism was as important in the formation of New England as Puritanism itself.” Do you agree or disagree with the statement? *

#4: Contrast Puritan New England’s policies toward the Native Americans with the initial policies of the Quaker settlers in Pennsylvania. Why was Penn’s policy ultimately unsuccessful?

• Spread of English Settlement

• Wampanoag Indians

• Pequot War

• King Philip’s War

• Penn’s Holy Experiment – Quakers *

#5: Describe and analyze the English government’s relationship with the colonies in the 17th century. Is the term benign neglect an accurate description of English colonial policy?

• New England Confederation

• Dominion of New England

• Navigation Laws

• Glorious Revolution

• Salutary “Benign” Neglect *

#6: What economic, social, and ethnic conditions typical of the early southern colonies were generally absent in the New England and middle colonies? What characteristics did the middle colonies have that were not generally present in the south? *