World Civilization: The Colonies 2E

Name: ______Period: ____Date: ___/___/_____

Directions: Fill out the organizer using pages 115 through 124.

  1. Colonies in the Americas:

Categories / Spain
Its colonies?
Describe how Spain controlled their colonies.
Describe how officials & missionaries made Natives into loyal subjects of the King.
Its resources?
Like most colonies, how was the land settled & developed?
Describe how the slave trade started.
Categories / Portugal
Its colonies?
Like most colonies, how was the land settled & developed?
Its resources?
Describe the treatment of Natives & Africans in the colonies.
Describe how smugglers got around Spain’s & Portugal’s controls on colonial trade.
Categories / France
Its colonies?
Describe the extent of its colony.
Like most colonies, how was the land settled & developed?
Unlike most colonies, why were their colonies less populated?
Its resource?
Describe how the French expanded their empire.
Categories / England
Describe Jamestown colony & how it survived.
Describe Plymouth colony & how it survived.
Describe the reasons for the colonies.
Describe the New England colony.
Describe the middle colonies.
Describe the southern colonies.
Similarities w/ Spanish colonies?
Unlike most colonies, how were English colonies governed?
Describe the events of the French & Indian War (1754-1763.
What territories went where w/ the Treaty of Paris that ended the war?
  1. Which two European colonies were the most similar (ways they settled the land, governed, resources)? Explain. ______
  2. Which European colonies were the most different (ways they settled the land, governed, resources)? Explain. ______
  3. Which European colonies do you think made the most money short-term? Explain.

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  1. Which European colonies do you think made the most money long-term? Explain.

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  1. Which European colonies were the least developed? Explain. ______

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  1. Which European power was the most powerful by the end of the French & Indian War? Explain. ______

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  1. English Colonies:
  1. Of all the English colonies, ______Bay were the most significant.
  • The reason why was that they helped establish the earliest forms of ______

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  • In 1619 in Virginia, the colonists created the ______

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  • In 1620, Pilgrims who traveled to Plymouth colony created the ______

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  • This experiment in self-government helped to create an ______

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  1. Early on, getting Englishmen & women to settle in the colonies was difficult ______

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  • Many that came to the Americas wanted ______

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  • Many were ______

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  • This was successful at first, but the number of people indentured declined so ______

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  • As the colonies become more stable & successful, thousands of people migrated to the colonies to enjoy the chance at ______

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  1. Results of the Age of Exploration:
  • Political Results:
  • ______
  • Economic Results:
  • ______.
  • Cultural Results:
  • ______.