History

What accounted for the rapid increase in the colonial population in the seventeenth century? Why did African slavery expand so rapidly in the late seventeenth century? 3. How did religion shape and influence colonial society? 56 • THE COLONIAL POPULATION After uncertain beginnings, the non-Indian population of English North America grew rapidly and substantially, through […]

THE COLONIAL POPULATION:THE COLONIAL ECONOMIES PATTERNS OF SOCIETY AWAKENINGS AND ENLIGHTENMENTS MOST PEOPLE IN ENGLAND and America believed that the English colonies were outposts of the English world. And it is certainly true that as the colonies grew and became more prosperous, they came to closely resemble English society. To be sure, some of the

How have historians views of Native Americans and their role in the European colonization of North America changed over time? UNDERSTAND, ANALYZE, & EVALUATE 1. How have historians’ views of Native Americans and their role in the European colonization of North America changed over time? 2. Why do you think scholars changed their portrayal of

THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPIRE The British colonies in America had begun as separate projects, and for the most part they grew up independent of one another and subject to only nominal control from London. But by the mid-seventeenth century, the growing commercial success of the colonial ven- tures was producing pressure in England for a

According to Cotton Mather, what particular hardships did the colonists suffer? UNDERSTAND, ANALYZE, & EVALUATE 1. According to Cotton Mather, what particular hardships did the colonists suffer? 2. What did Mather mean when he wrote that “now at last the devils [have descended] in person”? 3. What deeper explanation did Cotton Mather offer for New

COTTON MATHER ON THE RECENT HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND (1692) In June 1675, the Wampanoags, led by their chief Metacom whom the English called “King Philip,” joined with Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, and Narragansetts in an attempt to drive out the English settlers and resist any further encroachments upon their land. Stoking Indian resentment as well were

What are some of the reasons historians so often disagree? In South America, Central America, and Mexico, Europeans and native groups lived in intimate, if unequal, contact with one another. Many native people gradually came to speak Spanish or Portuguese, but they created a range of dialects fusing the European languages with elements of their

Why Do Historians So Often Differ? Early in the twentieth century, when the professional study of history was still rela- tively new, many historians believed that questions about the past could be answered with the same certainty and precision as questions in more-scientific fields. By sift- ing through available records, using precise methods of research

What role did Las Casas expect the Spaniards to play on Hispaniola? What did they do instead? Bartolomé de Las Casas, a Dominican friar from Spain, was an early European settler of the West Indies. He devoted much of his life to de- scribing the culture of native peoples and chron- icling the many abuses

What factors might have led these various nations to explore and colonize different areas of the New World? EUROPEAN EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST, 1492–1583 This map shows the many voyages of exploration to and conquest of North America launched by Europeans in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Note how Columbus and the Spanish explorers who