Week 6 Video Lecture

Study Questions for this section:

What change occurs in the 1660s that dramatically affects the nature of slavery?

What was the Middle Passage?

How does the idea of race evolve with the evolution of slavery?

Week 5 Video Lecture

How does Bacon's Declaration reflect both his distrust of Berkeley's rule and his desire to wage war against Native Americans? Why does Bacon want to wage this war?

Study Questions:

How did Powhatan initially receive the colonists? Why?

How does tobacco change the colony?

How does the notion of race begin to change in the colony?

Study Questions:

How did Powhatan initially receive the colonists? Why?

How does tobacco change the colony?

How does the notion of race begin to change in the colony?

Study Question:

What were the reasons that England entered in the competition for empire in the Americas?

Before reading this text watch and annotate the following video lecture for this week. Make sure you can answer the study questions that will appear within the video:

The Growth of British North America video lecture:

Study Question:

What was the "Black Legend" and how did other European powers use it to justify their attempts to compete with Spain for empire in the Americas?

Study Question:

How do the colonies attempt to remain independent from the religious and political turmoil in England during the 1600s?

Study Question:

How do the colonies attempt to remain independent from the religious and political turmoil in England during the 1600s?

Week 3 Video Lecture: Collision of Cultures