Chapter II: The Planting of English America
REVISED
- Why and how did Queen Elizabeth I of England scheme for "Spanish booty"?
- What was the first English colony, which later became part of the United States? What happened to it? What does " Croatoan" mean anyhow?
- Why was Philip II's decision to invade England such a fateful one for his country and such a lucky one for the English colonies?
- Describe the difficulties of the establishment of Jamestown? Why did it almost fail? What did John Smith and John Rolfe have to do with its ultimate success?
- How did the Powhatan Wars foreshadow the future for North American Indians?
- What surprising conclusion did Benjamin Franklin write about to his friend, Peter Collinson?
- How and why did Lord Baltimore create a colony exceptional for its times?
- Which colony referred to themselves as a "vale of humility between two mountains of conceit:? What were they talking about?
- If England established Georgia a buffer zone between South Carolina and Florida, why did anyone want to settle there?
- How were all the Southern colonies similar? Which one was the most different from the others and for what reasons?
- Identify:
- Henry VIII
- Elizabeth I
- Francis Drake
- Pocahontas
- Powhatan
- James Oglethorpes
