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11th Grade USHG - Study Guide for Test 1 on Chapter 2

Names and Terms:

Review the following names and terms:


  • William Penn
  • New Netherland
  • proprietor
  • Quakers
  • Puritans
  • John Winthrop
  • Separatist
  • Plymouth Colony
  • Massachusetts

Bay Colony

  • Roger Williams
  • Anne Hutchinson
  • Pequot War
  • Metacom
  • King Philip’s War
  • John Smith
  • joint-stock

companies

  • Jamestown
  • Powhatan
  • headright system
  • indentured

servant

  • royal colony
  • Nathaniel Bacon
  • Hernándo Cortés
  • conquistador
  • New Spain
  • mestizo
  • encomienda
  • Juan Ponce de León
  • New Mexico
  • Popé

Ask students to discuss the following two questions in pairs:

  1. Why did the Spanish monarchy abolish encomienda system?
  2. What were the most serious problems of Jamestown during the first year?
  3. Why did Pueblo leader wage a war against the Spanish?
  4. Why were the First English Colonies set up in North America?
  5. What did the Puritans promote due to their views and attitudes towards life?
  6. What was involved in Pequot war?
  7. What were the Spaniards looking for when they moved to North America’s southwest?

 

Compare and contrast the patterns of colonization by the Spanish and the English

Differences between Massachusetts  and  Jamestown  Colonies.