A.P. U.S. History
Mrs. Sanchez
Chapter 2-The Planting of English America

I. England's Imperial Stirrings
a. What prevented England from establishing a colony in the 1500's?
II. Elizabeth Energizes England
a. What were the goals of English buccaneers?
b. Who was Francis Drake and what was significant about his voyages?
c. Discuss the early attempts by the English at colonization (Gilbert and Raleigh).
d. What were the events of 1588 and why were they significant?
III. England on the Eve of Empire
a. Describe life in England in the late 1500--early 1600's.
b. What was the influence of the laws of primogeniture?
IV. England Plants the Jamestown Seedling
a. What was the Virginia Company of London and what was its purpose?
b. What was significant about the charter of the Virginia Company?
c. Discuss the early settlement of Jamestown.
d. What was the role of John Smith in the settlement of Jamestown?
e. What problems did the settlers of Jamestown face in its early years?
V. Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake
a. Describe the relationship that existed between the Indians of the Chesapeake.
b. Discuss how the relationship was between the Natives and the English in the Chesapeake region.
c. What occurred in the second Anglo-Powhatan War?
d. What were the three D's that to which the Powhatan fell victim? Describe.
VI. Virginia:  Child of Tobacco
a. How did tobacco overcome Virginia?
b. What were the problems of reliance of King Nicotine?
c. When were the seeds of the North American slave system planted?
d. How was representative government born in Virginia in 1619?
VII. Maryland:  Catholic Haven
a. When, by whom, and why was Maryland created?
b. What problems did Maryland face?
c. What was significant about the Maryland Act of Toleration in 1649?
d. What was contained in the Toleration Act?
VIII. The West Indies:  Way Station to Mainland America
a. How was England able to obtain colonies in the West Indies?
b. What was the key crop of the West Indies and how was it different from the production of tobacco in the Caribbean?
c. Discuss the slave trade to the West Indies.
d. What were the slave codes?
e. How did the plantation system of the West Indies influence North America?



IX. Colonizing the Carolinas
a. During what period was colonization by England of the Americas interrupted?
b. What were the goals in the creation of the Carolinas?
c. Describe the system established in the Carolinas what were the influences?
d. What were the effects of rice cultivation on the Carolinas?
e. Why were slaves from western Africa viewed as more desirable in the Carolinas?
X. The Emergence of North Carolina
a. Who were the settlers of North Carolina?
b. What were the traits of North Carolinians?
c. What similarities are shared between North Carolina and Rhode Island?
d. What occurred between the North Carolinians and the Tuscaroas?
e. What natives remained in the Carolinas and why?
XI. Late-Coming Georgia:  The Buffer Colony
a. When and why was Georgia founded?
b. What were the goals for Georgia?
c. In reality who settled Georgia?
d. What factors contributed to the slow growth of Georgia?
XII. The Plantation Colonies
a. What features were shared by England's southern colonies?