Ch. 2: The Invasion and Settlement of North America (1550-1700)
Summer Reading Review
Crash Course US History #2: When is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o69TvQqyGdg
Crash Course US History #3: The Natives and the English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTYOQ05oDOI
A Biography of America #1: New World Encounters
https://www.learner.org/series/biographyofamerica/prog01/transcript/index.html
Ch. 2: The Invasion and Settlement of North America (1550-1700) Reading Response Questions
p. 49: What were the colonial goals of the Spanish, French and Dutch? How
successful were they in achieving those goals?
p. 65: Why did the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay create an established church and
persecute dissenters when they had fled from England to escape those things?
p.67: Compare the causes of the uprisings led by Popé in New Mexico and Metacom in
New England. Which rebellion was more successful? Why?
KEY TERMS
New Spain
Franciscan Missionaries
Popés Rebellion
New France
Five Nations of the Iroquois
Jesuits Missionaries
New Netherlands
Virginia Company
Jamestown & Tobacco
House of Burgesses
Anglo-Powhatan War
Lord Baltimore
Maryland Toleration Act
Indentured Servants
Chattel Slavery
Bacon’s Rebellion
Separatists & Plymouth Colony Puritans & Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mayflower Compact
John Winthrop
Roger Williams & Ann Hutchinson
English Civil War
Salem Witch Trials
Yeomen & Town Meetings
Pequot War
Praying Towns
Metacom’s War
Inner Circle (4-5 people)
Fishbowl Discussion
Guidelines
• Share thoughts and questions
regarding prompt, images and
terms on slide
• Listen to each other and allow
all to contribute
• Discussion lasts 5 minutes
Rest of class
• Listen attentively while inner
circle talks for 5 minutes
• Note taking strongly encouraged
• After 5 minutes, you may ask
questions or contribute other
ideas briefly
Describe the similarities and differences of the colonial goals of the
Spanish, French and Dutch in North America
Spain:
Conquistadors, New Spain, Franciscan Missionaries, Encomienda System
France: New France, Fur Trade, Jesuit Missionaries, Five Nations of the Iroquois
Holland (a.k.a. Netherlands or Dutch): New Netherlands, Trade Posts, Large Estates, Authoritarian Leadership
Common motivations for ALL European Exploration in New World:
Political Power, Economic Profit & Social Influence
(aka God, Gold & Glory)
But, why were British Colonies more successful in the long run?
– British naval supremacy
– Private profit motive
– Greater motivation of religious dissenters
– Political system that allowed a large measure of self government
Describe society and economy of early English colonies in
the Chesapeake region
Virginia Company, Jamestown, Tobacco, House of Burgesses, Lord Baltimore, Maryland Toleration
Act, Indentured Servants, Chattel Slavery, Bacon’s Rebellion
Describe the social and political structure of early British colonies in
the New England region
Separatists & Plymouth Colony, Puritans & Massachusetts Bay Colony, Mayflower Compact, John Winthrop,
Roger Williams & Ann Hutchinson, Salem Witch Trials, Yeomen Farmers & Town Meetings
Describe interactions between early English colonists and Native Americans
compared to relations between the Spanish colonists and natives
Pope’s Rebellion
Anglo-Powhatan War
Pequot War
Praying Towns
Metacom’s War