Chapter 2 Study Guide Questions
THE EARLY CHESAPEAKE (34-40) 1. What conditions and circumstances that characterized the first permanent English settlements? 2. What serious difficulties did the Virginia colonists suffer from the moment they landed? 3. After the colony was established, what efforts did the Virginia Company make to attract settlers and make the colonists more happy and productive? 4. Explain the importance of tobacco in the development of the Virginia colony. 5. What led to Virginia's becoming a royal colony? 6. The survival of Jamestown was, in the end, largely the result of what? 7. What were the origins of the colony of Maryland? How did Maryland's early development differ from that of Virginia? 8. What were the origins of the political turmoil in Virginia during the 1670s?