| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
How did Spain’s conquest of central Mexico and the Andes shape European competition in the Americas? How did the Protestant Reformation affect this competition?
How did environmental and ecological factors shape colonial enterprise, and how did the process of colonization impact American ecology and environments?
What “push factors” caused people to leave England for its colonies in the seventeenth century? What “pull factors” drew them to particular colonies or regions?
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING Review the events listed under “Politics and Power” and “Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture” on the thematic timeline. How did political developments in seventeenth-century England impact the development of its American colonies?