Resources for the Reading Quiz

Foundations (Where We Began) and Colonization: Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands – Chapters 1, 2

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What is self-testing and how can it help you?

· Without answers for self-testing: What Were the Broad Patterns in Religion with Consequences on the English Colonies?
With answers for observing patterns: Comparison with Answers. (Optional: content in the 4^th column of the table as a hierarchical chart – A student asked for this version of the information. Since that time I have had some be helped by it. People are different.)
What are you looking for?
- Notice the differences between the religions on their Major Beliefs and on their Organization.
- Which religious groups go to the English colonies and to what part of those English colonies?

· Background: Click here for sections of our textbook that cover attempts to establish feudalism and serfdom in the colonies.

· Without answers for self-testing: Major Issues in Colonization: Comparing Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands
With answers for observing patterns: Completed Table Comparing Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands
We are not covering all of these things. Do not waste your time. You are looking for patterns in the facts, not memorizing every fact.
What are you looking for?
- Notice how feudalism is attempted by these nations.
- Notice the role of religion in some of their relationships with the Native Americans, but not so much with the English.
- Notice the wars of religion.
- Notice how the Spanish begin the 1500s with gold and with great success, but notice how the shift in power is to nations with markets (furs and the slave trade).
- Notice how the nation states shift to colonization.

Reference Information If You Have a Specific Question:

- Native Americans (North and South) and African States: How European Colonization Differed

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