1. What were the diverse purposes of England's American colonies and how were those purposes
altered in the early years of settlement?

2. What features were common to all of England's southern colonies, and what features were pecu-
liar to each one?

3. How did the interaction and conflict between English settlers and Indians affect both parties,
and contribute to developments that neither group sought?

4. How did the search for a viable labor force affect the development of the southern colonies? What
was the role of African-American slavery in the early colonial settlements? Why were two southern
colonies initially resistant to slavery?

5. Discuss the relations between the English settlers and the Indians of the southern Atlantic coast.

6. Compare and contrast the early colonial empires of Portugal, Spain, and England in terms of
motives, economic foundations, and relations with Africans and Indians. (See Chapter 1.) What
factors explain the similarities and differences in the two ventures?.