Name: ______________________________________________________________Period: ______
CHAPTER 2 – THE PLANTING OF ENGLISH AMERICA, 1500-1733
KEY TERM EXPLANATION
What it is:
Spanish Armada
Why it’s important:
What it is:
Primogeniture
Why it’s important:
What it is:
Joint-Stock Company
Why it’s important:
What it is:
Charter
Why it’s important:
What it is:
Indentured Servant
Why it’s important:
EVENT DATE
England defeats the Spanish
Armada
Jamestown is founded by the
VA company
John Rolfe perfects tobacco in
Jamestown
First African slaves arrive in
Jamestown
Answer the following questions using complete sentences.
1. What international events and domestic changes prompted England to begin colonization?
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2. What was the primary purpose of the English settlement of Jamestown, and how successful were the colonists in
achieving that goal in the first twenty years?
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3. In what ways did English colonists interact with the Native Americans in Virginia? Why were Native Americans unable
to repel the English colonization of North America?
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4. What features were common to all of England’s southern colonies, and what features were peculiar to each one?
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5. Compare and contrast the early colonial empires of Spain and England in terms of motives for settlement, economies,
and relations with Africans and Indians.
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6. How did the search for a viable labor force affect the development of the southern colonies? Why did African slavery
almost immediately become the dominant labor system in South Carolina, while one slowly taking firm hold in England’s
other southern colonies?
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