The Americans
Chapter 2 Outline
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The American colonies Emerge

I.	Spain's Empire in the Americas
a.	The Spanish Claim a New Empire
i.	What were the goals of a conquistador?
ii.	Who was Cortez and what did he do in the Americas?
iii.	Who were the peninsulares? Mestizos?
iv.	What were the encomiendas and what problems resulted from them?
v.	Why were the 1500's called the Golden Age of Spain?
b.	The Conquistadors Push North
i.	What settlements, explorations, and discoveries did Spain make in 
Florida?
ii.	What effect did the Spanish have in the southwest?
c.	Resistance to the Spanish
i.	How did the Spanish mistreat the Natives?
ii.	What caused Popé's rebellion, what was its long-term effect?
II.	An English Settlement at Jamestown
a.	An English Foothold in North America
i.	What two joint-stock companies did James establish and what was the 
only one to actually establish a colony?
ii.	How did the colonist at Jamestown start off in trouble?
iii.	How many colonists were still living at the beginning of the first winter?
iv.	How was Jamestown able to survive?
v.	What was the starving time?
vi.	What was "brown gold" and how was it able to save Jamestown?
vii.	What was the "headright system" and what was its purpose?
viii.	What were indentured servants?
ix.	Why did the colonists switch to using slavery?
b.	Clashes with Native Americans
i.	What was the difference between the way the Spanish and the English 
treated the Natives?
ii.	Why did Virginia lose their charter and what did it mean to be a Royal 
colony?
c.	Economic Differences Split Virginia
i.	What was the political status of indentured servants?
ii.	What were the reasons for Bacon's Rebellion?
iii.	What was the outcome of Bacon's Rebellion?
iv.	What was the significance of Bacon's Rebellion?
III.	Puritan New England
a.	Puritans Create a "New England"
i.	Who were Anne Bradstreet and John Winthrop? 
ii.	What did Puritans believe?
iii.	How were Puritans different from Separatists?
iv.	How were the Puritans able to fund the Massachusetts Bay colony?
v.	How many people came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony initially?
vi.	How successful was the MBC?
vii.	What did the Puritans believe to be their purpose in establishing this 
colony?
viii.	What was the relationship between church and state in the MBC?
ix.	How was the Puritan settlement different in terms of the types of people 
who settled in the colony?
b.	Dissent in the Puritan Community
i.	What was Roger Williams's criticism of the Puritan community?
ii.	What community did he later go on to establish?
iii.	Why was Anne Hutchinson banished?
c.	Native Americans Resist Colonial Expansion
i.	Why did the Native Americans choose to start fighting European 
expansion?
ii.	How were Native American and European views different?
iii.	What happened during the Pequot War?
iv.	What happened during King Philip's War?
IV.	Settlement of the Middle Colonies
a.	The Dutch Found New England
i.	When did the Dutch establish the colony of New Netherlands?
ii.	Why were a great many ethnic groups attracted to the Dutch colony?
iii.	How ere the English able to take over the Dutch colony?
iv.	What is a proprietor?
b.	The Quakers Settle Pennsylvania
i.	How was Penn able to acquire the land that became Pennsylvania?
ii.	What were some of the beliefs of the Quakers?
iii.	What did Penn mean when he called his colony a holy experiment?
iv.	How did Penn treat the Native Americans differently?
v.	How was Penn able to attract settlers?