1) Discuss what problems dogged the early settlements of the Chesapeake region. Could they have been mitigated? Did the differing circumstances of Maryland and Virginia's founding affect the course of their respective development? If so, how?
2) Discuss how the motivations of the early colonists in New England differed from those in the Chesapeake, Caribbean, and the Restoration colonies. In what ways did those differences shape both the growth and the problems of that region?
3) Describe the differences in work, family and daily life among the various early colonial settlements in North America. What were some of the factors that influenced their respective growths or stagnations? How did these factors influence the introduction of slavery in North America?
4) Explain why the communities in the various colonies developed so differently. What, for example, accounts for the predominance of plantations and rural communities in the South as opposed to the prevalence of towns and cities in the North?
5) Discuss what roles the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment, respectively, played in the development of the colonial mind and the coming of revolution.