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HY 1110, American History I 1

UNIT II STUDY GUIDE

Colonizing the New World

Learning Objectives Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Analyze the motives for European colonization and note key people and events associated with the establishment of these colonies.

2. List the colonies of the New World and the European powers that established each.

3. Describe the events, ideas, and people that shaped life within the colonies (particularly those of English origin).

4. Elaborate on the various conflicts occurring during this time period and determine the role (if any) of colonists, Europeans, and Natives within these conflicts and note how each conflict helped to shape the New World.

5. Identify significant events that occurred in Europe during this time period and outline any impact these events had on the American colonies.

6. Describe the methods used by European powers to remain in control of their colonial possessions.

7. Identify labor issues that plagued the colonies and address various methods employed to satisfy these issues.

8. Outline the development of the African slave trade and the evolution of slave system within the American colonies and appraise the impact both had on the social and economic lives of colonists and slaves.

9. Recognize the economic factors that defined the American colonies. 10. List the ways in which European powers, particularly England, retained

economic control of their colonial possessions.

Written Lecture Unit II is composed of Chapters 3 and 4. This unit focuses on the rise of the colonial system and the necessity of labor to sustain the newly acquired empires. Immigration was rampant during this time period and issues like religion, slavery, native relations, expansion, and freedom often clashed with the imperial desires for materials and trade. Chapter 3 focuses on the rise of colonial society from the early settlements to the rise of seemingly European cities. The chapter addresses the major European powers within the New World and the characteristics that marked the empires they built. Also addressed are the European events and ideas that influenced the New World. As each power struggled against each other and the Natives as well, a number of conflicts occurred. These conflicts are explained, and their impact on shaping the New World is addressed. Chapter 4 addresses the use of African American slave labor within the New World. The economic necessity of such labor and the role of Europe within the slave trade are discussed. The chapter takes an intimate look at the men, women, and children who composed this unwilling element of immigrants. Their

Reading Assignment Chapter 3: Planting Colonies in North America, 1588-1701 Chapter 4: Slavery and Empire, 1441- 1770

Supplemental Reading Instructions are below Written Lecture

Learning Activities (Non-Graded) Instructions are below Written Lecture

Key Terms 1. Beaver Wars 2. Coureurs de bois 3. Covenant Chain 4. Culpeper’s Rebellion 5. Enumerated goods 6. Frame of Government 7. Great Awakening 8. House of Burgesses 9. Indentured Servants 10. King George’s War 11. King Phillip’s War 12. King William’s War 13. Massachusetts Bay

Company 14. Mayflower Compact 15. Mercantilism 16. Middle Passage

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lives from the Middle Passage to the development of an African American culture are examined. As their immigration was involuntary, the chapter discusses the ways these new Americans fought their servitude from minor annoyances to major rebellions. This unit is a focus on the many cultures that embarked on new lives within the New World. Each group whether it be English, Spanish, French, or African contributed to the emerging colonial culture within the New World.

Supplemental Reading From American History I: Primary Source Documents:

 2-2: An Act Concerning Servants and Slaves

 2-5: James Oglethorpe: The Stono Rebellion (1739)

 2-6: Gottlieb Mittelberger, The Passage of Indentured Servants (1750)

 3-1: Navigation Act of September 13,1660

 3-2: Nathaniel Bacon’s Challenge to William Berkeley and the Governor’s Response (1676)

 3-6: Alexander Falconbridge, The African Slave Trade (1788)

 3-7: Olaudah Equiano, The Middle Passage (1788)

Learning Activities (Non-Graded) For a review of the Key Terms of the unit, click here to access the interactive Unit II Flashcards in PowerPoint form. (Click here to access a PDF version.)

17. Pequot War 18. Pilgrims 19. Powhatan

Confederacy 20. Proprietary Colony 21. Pueblo Revolt 22. Puritanism 23. Puritans 24. Quakers 25. Queen Anne’s War 26. Separatists 27. Seven Years’ War 28. Slave codes 29. Stono Rebellion 30. Virginia Company