Chapter 2: Colonization of North America

     I. Spanish Influence Wanes after 1590

     II. English Invade Virginia
          A. Economic conditions in England
          B. The Virginia Company and Jamestown
               1. tobacco
               2. slavery

     III. Fishing, Furs and Settlements in the North
          A. New France
          B. New Netherlands

     IV. Religious Exiles from England
           A. Puritans and Pilgrims
           B. Plymouth Bay Colony
           C. Massachusetts Bay Colony
                1. New England society
                2. Connecticut and Rhode Island
                3. Maryland
            D. English Civil War

     V. English Colonization after 1660
           A. Mercantilism and the Navigation Acts
           B. Carolinas
           C. New York and New Jersey

     VI. England Establishes Control

Chapter 2 Key Terms

St. Augustine
Enclosure Movement
primogeniture
joint stock companies
vacuum domicilium
headrights
John Smith
Samuel Champlain
Separatists
Mayflower Compact
Squanto
John Winthrop
theocracy
dissident
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
George Calvert, Lord Baltimore

Study Questions

1. Compare and contrast the societies of the New England colonies and Virginia in terms of who settled each and why, the makeup
of the two groups, and how the settlers in each place fared initially upon their arrival.

2. Describe the situation for women in New England's colonial society.

3. Discuss the differences among the English, French, and other European relations with Native Americans in the New World, and
show how the Europeans presence affected Native American culture.

4. Describe the ways in which the settlement of Maryland differed from that of other English colonies in the New World.