indicate the similarities and differences among the southern colonies of virginia, maryland, north carolina, south carolina, and georgia

Tobacco was commonly grown everywhere, but North and South Carolinas grew a lot of rice as well.  Slavery was also common in all plantation colonies. Confrontations with native Americans was also common. Maryland depended a lot on Catholic religion as a way of life, and if you didn't have a religion, or were jew, then you would be killed. Unlike Maryland, Georgia, was meant to be a haven for wretched souls in debt. Viriginia had a self-government and North and South Carolina expanded by developing close economic ties with the West Indies.

describe the development of the Jamestown colony from its disastrous beginnings to its later prosperity

Jamestown was founded by 100 English settlers that disembarked from their ships. It was founded on May 24, 1607. Captain John Smith took over the town, in 1608, and brought discipline upon the colonists. The "starving winter" of 1609-1610 killed approximately 340 of the 400 settlers who came to Virginia, by 1609. in 1610, Lord De La Warr arrived to Jamestown with supplies and military. He started the First Anglo-Powhatan War, and the Chesapeake were defeated, again, in the Second war in 1644. The natives were banished and by 1685, they were considered to be extinct.

state the factors that led England to begin colonization

Even though the Spanish had a lot of control in America, North America was unclaimed. Spain set up Santa Fe, France Quebec, and Britain Jamestown. Britain didn’t really colonize because of internal conflicts. King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church and he launched the English Protestant Reformation. After Elizabeth I became queen, Britain became basically Protestant, and a rivalry with Catholic Spain grew more intense. The English crushed an uprising, in Ireland, and went to America, where they established power and colonization.

explain the developments in Europe and Africa that led up to Columbus's voyage to America

Europeans began to explore after Marco Polo returned with stories of China and its riches. First, they they went Africa where they colonized and used African slaves as plantation workers. Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498, which opened a sea route to the Far East. The dangers of this sea route influenced Christopher Columbus to sail to the west.  Because of this, he "discovered" the Americas. Although the Portuguese were first colonists in America, the Spanish became the dominant nation.

describe the geological and geographical conditions that set the stage for North American history

225 million years ago Pangea started to break apart and 2 million years ago the "Great Ice Age" happened. The oceans became glaciers and sea levels dropped. The decrease in sea level exposed an Isthmus that connected Asia and North America. This isthmus, known as the Bering Isthmus, was used by Asian colonists to get across from Asia. These Asians developed into Native tribes that made the America's their home. The Bering Isthmus was covered when Ice began to melt and sea levels rose.

describe the origin and development of the major Indian cultures in Americas.

The first Indians in the America's were Asian. They migrated across a land bridge known as the Bering Isthmus. They spread across America, where they developed into tribes such as the Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs. They were hunter-gatherers, eventhough at one point they were hunters. They respected the land and used all the resources. They didn't carelessly destroy it.