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)

• 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

Fishbowl Discussion

Guidelines

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 regionVirginia 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