HIST 101: Chapter 2 Reading Guide

Give Me Liberty! An American History

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Review Question 1

On Page 41, find the sentence beginning with the words: "The male settlers..."

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Compare and contrast the settlement patterns, religion, and relations with Native Americans of the Spanish and English in the Americas.

Review Question 9

On Page 43, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Although atrocities were..."

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How did the idea of freedom help legitimize English colonization?

Review Question 4

On Page 45, find the sentence beginning with the words: "In the seventeenth..."

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Describe who chose to emigrate to North America from England in the seventeenth century, and explain their reasons.

Review Question 2

On Page 46, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Owning land gave..."

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For English settlers, land was the basis of independence and liberty. Explain the reasoning behind that concept and how it differed from Native conceptions of land.

Review Question 8

On Page 50, find the sentence beginning with the words: "As a commodity..."

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How did the tobacco economy draw the Chesapeake colonies into the greater Atlantic world?

Review Question 5

On Page 59, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Puritans in America..."

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In what ways did the economy, government, and household structure differ in the New England and Chesapeake colonies?

Review Question 3

On Page 64, find the sentence beginning with the words: "Banished from Massachusetts..."

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Describe the factors promoting and limiting religious freedom in the New England and Chesapeake colonies.

Review Question 7

On Page 73, find the sentence beginning with the words: "These struggles, accompanied..."

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Considering politics, social tensions, and debates over the meaning of liberty, how do the events and aftermath of the English Civil War demonstrate that the English colonies in North America were part of a larger Atlantic community?

Review Question 6

On Page 75, find the sentence beginning with the words: "His army forcibly..."

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The English believed that, unlike the Spanish, their motives for colonization were pure, and that the growth of empire and freedom would always go hand in hand. How did the expansion of the English empire affect the freedoms of Native Americans, the Irish, and even many English citizens?