Friday, Monday and Tuesday

Today - you have two things to do:

A) Watch the video on "The Middle Colonies" on Edpuzzle (if you haven't done so), and
B) Answer the study questions below - the answers are in your textbook:

1) What is the difference between the Puritans and the Separatists?
2) What did King James dislike the two groups?
3) What is the importance of the Mayflower Compact?
4) What advantages did the Massachusetts Bay Colony have on its arrival in the New World?
5) What type of government was established in Massachusetts Bay?
6) Why was Anne Hutchinson removed from Massachusetts?  Roger Williams?
7) Why was Rhode Island established?  Why was it unique?
8) What were the fundamental orders of Connecticut?
9) How were relations between New England settlers and the Native Americans?
10) What was the significance of King Phillip's War?
11) What was the New England Confederation?
12) Why did the Dutch settle in New Amsterdam?
13) How did the English come to rule New York?
14) Why did Penn establish Pennsylvania?
15) What were the similarities among the Middle Colonies?  Differences?




HW: This weekend you need to read Don't Know Much About History 20-40)

Monday/Tuesday you need to finish reading 40-60 and find answers to the questions below:

Questions for Study
Here are questions you should consider for the first quiz next week.

1) What was Columbus looking for?
2) Why was a passage to India important for European countries to find?
3) How did the crusades change European and how did it lead to the exploration of the "New World"?
4) How did tobacco change the course of America (particularly the Virginia colony)?
5) Discuss the rise of self-government in America (make sure you note the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut).
6) How did religion play an essential role in the shaping of the early colonies?
7) Discuss why early colonists came to America (the various reasons - begin to relate these to the American Dream and the American Character).
8) What was the Great Migration?
9) Why did the English want the Dutch out of New Amsterdam?
10) Where the 1st Europeans to the Americas "Explorers" or "Invaders"? Please justify your answer.
11) How did the English distance the relationship between indentured whites and black slaves? Why did they fear a relationship between the two?
12) Please to list at least six colonies and why they were formed (and by what settlers).
13) Know the following people: John Rolfe, John Smith, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, William Bradford, John Wheelright, Jacques Marquette, Samuel de Champlain, Squanto, Samoset.
14) What is the difference between the Separatists and Puritians?
15) Why were women brought to Virginia in 1619?
16) When did the 1st Africans come to the English colonies? Where? What was the purpose of importing them (be specific)?

18) What were the first 13 colonies?
19) What was important about the Spanish Armada?
20) List the first three colonies in North America, the current United States (note: two are Spanish).
21) When was Quebec founded?