Main Themes 1. The origins and objectives of England's first settlements in the New World. 2. How and why English colonies differed from one another in purpose and administration. 3. The problems that arose as colonies matured and expanded, and how colonists attempted to solve them. 4. The impact that events in England had on the development of colonies in British America.
| Learning Objectives A thorough study of Chapter Two should enable the student to understand: |
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The differences between the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies in terms of objectives, types of settlers, early problems, and reasons for success. |
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The causes and significance of Bacon's Rebellion. |
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The background of the Massachusetts Bay colony and its founders, the Puritans. |
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The conditions in Puritan Massachusetts Bay that spawned such dissenters as Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. |
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The expansion of the original settlements, and the influences of the New World frontier on the colonists. |
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The significance of the Caribbean colonies in the British-American colonial system. |
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How the Spanish colonies continued to flourish and the impact this had on the British-American colonial system. |
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The efforts made by the Dutch to establish a colony, and the reasons for their failure. |
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The reasons for the founding of each of the original thirteen colonies. |
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The early economic, religious, and political factors in the colonies that tended to produce sectional differences. |
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The effect of the Glorious Revolution on the development of the American colonies. |