Making Connections

1. Question

   Given the vulnerability of the Jamestown settlement in its first two decades, why did its sponsors and settlers not abandon it?

2. Question

   How did tobacco agriculture shape the Chesapeake region’s development? In your answer, be sure to address the demographic and geographic features of the colony.

3. Question

   Bacon’s Rebellion highlighted significant tensions within Chesapeake society. What provoked the rebellion, and what did it accomplish?

4. Question

   How did European colonists’ relations with Native Americans and enslaved Africans contribute to political friction and harmony within the colony?