Unit 1 Review
For each of the following complete a detailed fact list and thesis for each:
1. What did the French, Dutch, and Swedish colonies have in common? How were they different? Why were those colonies significant? What impact did they have on the Indian populations of North America?
2. Compare and contrast the British, French, and Spanish imperial goals in North America between 1580 and 1763.
3. Evaluate the influence of religion on the development of colonial society in TWO of the following regions:
a. The Spanish Southwest
b. New England
c. New France
4. Why were the English late in joining the European expansion that began in the 16th century? What factors eventually stimulated English expansion? How did the goals and techniques of the English differ from those of other European nations?
5. Compare the ways in which TWO of the following reflected tensions in colonial society.
a. Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
b. Pueblo Revolt (1680)
c. Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692)
6. Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society in TWO of the following regions:
a. New England
b. Chesapeake
c. Mid-Atlantic
7. Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North America before 1750.
a. British
b. French
c. Spanish
8. What did John Winthrop mean when he spoke of his "city upon a hill"? To what extent were the Puritans successful in building that city? How and why did the market economy threaten and ultimately transform their city?
9. Discuss relations between European settlers and Native Americans in the seventeenth-century English colonies. What were the points of conflict? Was conflict inevitable?
10. Compare the experiences of the first English settlements: Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth. Compare motivations for settlement, economic conditions, and race relations. What problems did the settlers face, and how, if at all, did they overcome those problems? What lessons did the English learn from their experiences in each colony?