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| CHAPTER 2 | ENGLAND AND ITS COLONIES | OVERVIEW |
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CHAPTER TIMELINE |
| 1584 |
Sir Walter Raleigh’s expedition to America |
| 1607 |
Settlement of Jamestown |
| 1619 |
First meeting of General Assembly of Virginia |
| 1619 |
First Africans imported to Virginia |
| 1620 |
Mayflower Compact |
| 1620 |
Plymouth settled |
| 1624 |
Virginia became a royal colony |
| 1630 |
Massachusetts Bay settled |
| 1634 |
Maryland first settled |
| 1636 |
Roger Williams founded Providence, Rhode Island |
| 1637 |
Pequot War |
| 1642–1649 |
English Civil War |
| 1660 |
Restoration of monarchy |
| 1670 |
Carolinas settled |
| 1675 |
King Philip’s War |
| 1681 |
Pennsylvania founded |
| 1715–1717 |
Yamasee War |
| 1719 |
South Carolina became a royal colony |
| 1733 |
Georgia established |
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES |
After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: |
- Identify the key features in the settlement and early development of each of
the thirteen North American colonies of England, particularly Virginia,
Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York.
- Understand the chief features of English colonization in North America as a
whole.
- Compare and contrast English colonization efforts with those of Spain and
France.
- Assess the relations between the settlers of the thirteen colonies and the
Indians.
- Appreciate the different motives involved in the settlement of the colonies.
- Evaluate the success of the English colonies.
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