Unit 2
September 10
1607-1754
Brinkley, pgs. 15-19 (Biological and Cultural Exchanges), 23 (The
Arrival of the English)-25 (The Religious Incentive), 28 (The English
in Ireland)-33, 54 (Borderlands and Middle Grounds)-59 (The
Founding of Georgia) & 59 (Middle Grounds)-61
Alison Games, “Introduction, Definitions, and Historiography: What is
Atlantic History?” OAH Magazine, (2004)
September 12
Brinkley, pgs. 37-42 (The Growth of New England), 50 (The
Restoration Colonies)-54
James Horn, “The Founding of English America: Jamestown” OAH
Magazine, (2011)
September 14
Primary Source Document Analysis: Read the “Letter of John Pory”
(1619) and “A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of
Virginia” (1588) and identify as many features of English settlement
in Virginia as possible. Using the essays, the textbook and your
knowledge of the subject write a three hundred word essay analyzing
the chronology of English settlement of the Chesapeake, emphasizing
topics such as development of the tobacco culture and indentured
servitude, relations with the Native Americans, and the development
of royal colonies.
September 16
Brinkley, pgs. 21 (Africa and America)-23 (The Arrival of the English),
39-40 (Maryland and the Calvert’s), 68-69 (Birth and Death), 73-75
(Changing Sources of European Immigration) & 85 (Plantation
Slavery)-86
Philip Morgan, “The Origins of Slavery”, OAH Magazine (2005)
September 18
Brinkley, pgs. 25 (The Religious Incentive)-28 (The English in Ireland)
& 42 (The Growth of New England)-46 (The Expansion of New
England)
Edmund S. Morgan, The Puritan Dilemma, pgs. 69-83
September 21
Historical Corner: Read Lucia Silecchia’s article from the Wall Street
Journal titled “Peter Stuyvesant vs. the Quakers”. Using the historical
example set by the Quakers when they wrote the “Remonstrance of
the Inhabitants of the Town of Flushing” identify a social, political or
economic remonstrance that has taken place anytime in the United
States. Make sure to explain the problem, discuss the argument and
point-of-view of the remonstrators, describe how they remonstrated,
and the eventual outcome of their protest. What significant change in
the United States occurred as a result of their protest?
September 22
Brinkley, pgs. 46 (The Expansion of New England)-47 & 88 (The
Witchcraft Phenomenon)-89 (Cities)
September 24
Brinkley, pgs. 47 (Settlers and Natives)-50 (The Restoration Colonies)
& 57 (Masters and Slaves in the Caribbean)
September 26
Extra Credit: America: A Desolate Wilderness. Answer on Canvas
September 26
Brinkley, pgs. 91-98
September 28
History in the Making: Chapter 9, “Witchcraft in the Colonies.”
Document the key facts of the witchcraft trials and analyze how the
trials were covered in student textbooks throughout U. S. history.
Write a 300 word argumentative essay that explains how the
witchcraft trials help us understand the nature of knowledge, gender
roles, and patriarchy in the colonial era.
September 30
Brinkley, pgs. 62-65, 69 (Birth and Death)-73 (The Beginnings of
Slavery in British America), 75 (Changing Sources of European
Immigration)-85 (Plantation Slavery), & 89 (Cities)-91 (Awakenings
and Enlightenments)
October 2
Six Degrees of Separation: From Jamestown to the French and
Indian War.
Vocabulary
The Starving Time
The Headright System
Virginia Company
Proprietary Rule
Bacon’s Rebellion
The Mayflower Compact
Antinomianism
Dominion of New England
Navigation Acts
Pequot War
Theocracy
Virginia House of Burgesses
triangle trade
mercantilism
salutary neglect
Parliament
colonial governors
Glorious Revolution