#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?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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? *