Ch. 2 STUDY GUIDE: “Transplantations and Borderlands”

Period 2: 1607-1754

KEY TERMS: CONCEPT OUTLINE
Chesapeake colonies / Lord Baltimore – The Calverts / Barbados slave trade
tobacco economy / Proprietary rule / English Civil War
Puritans / Maryland’s “Act Concerning Religion” or “Toleration Act” / Restoration Colonies
New England colonies / House of Burgesses / James Oglethorpe - Georgia
middle colonies / Sir William Berkeley / Dominion of New England
African chattel slavery / Bacon’s Rebellion / The “Glorious Revolution”
southern colonies / Plymouth Plantation / “Middle Ground”
British West Indies / Mayflower Compact / Praying Indians
California Missions / William Bradford / Sir Edmund Andros
mercantilism / Wampanoags / John Coode’s Rebellion
Navigation Acts / Massachusetts Bay Company / Jacob Leisler
Metacom(et) / John Winthrop’s “City Upon a Hill”
King Philip’s War (Metacom’s War) / Congregational Church
Roger Williams & Rhode Island
EXAMPLES (Must know in bold): / Anne Hutchinson
Jamestown / Pequot War
“Staving time” / flintlock musket
John Rolfe / theocracy
Powhattan Indians / Quakers – The Society of Friends
Virginia Company / William Penn - Pennsylvania
Headright System / “Charter of Liberties”

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

·  What were the causes of the relatively high number of English migrants to their colonies? How did they tend to settle, develop, and interact with Native Americans?

·  During the 17th Century, what caused the British colonies along the Atlantic Coast to develop significant regional differences?

·  What factors including crops and labor systems contributed to the survival and development of the Chesapeake colonies and North Carolina?

·  What were the key characteristics of the New England colonies and how did the Puritan settlers influence the region?

·  What were the key characteristics of the middle colonies and why did they tend to be more diverse and tolerant?

·  Why did the southernmost Atlantic colonies and the British West Indies rely more heavily on slavery, and how did this contribute to unique cultural and religious development?

·  How did competition over resources and trade in the Americas lead to conflict between European rivals and with American Indians?

·  How did an Atlantic economy and trade system develop between Europe, Africa and the Americas and how did this impact colonial economies and development?

·  What were the cultural, economic, and demographic effects of trade with Europeans on American Indian communities?

·  How did conflict between European rivals in North America impact American Indians including trade and alliances?

·  What were the sources of conflict and mistrust between European leaders and their colonists in the Americas?

·  How did British colonists express dissatisfaction over issues including territorial settlements, frontier defense, self-rule, and trade?

·  What were the causes and effects of conflict between British colonists and American Indians, most notably Metacom’s War (King Philip’s War) in New England?

·  What were the characteristics of the California mission system, and what effects did it have on society?