SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
The Leading Facts. 1. London merchants carried out Raleigh's idea by planting a colony in Virginia. 2. John Smith saved the colony by putting the settlers to work, by trading with the Indians, and by winning the friendship of Pocahontas. 3. Lord Baltimore, a Catholic, got permission to plant a colony in Virginia; he named it Maryland, and the first settlement, St. Mary's. 4. Protestants as well as Catholics were welcomed in the new colony. 5. Negroes were brought to Virginia as slaves.
Study Questions. 1. How long did it take Captain Newport to reach Virginia? 2. How long does it take a ship to cross the Atlantic now? 3. Why were the settlers afraid of the Indians and Spaniards? 4. Why did the Virginia settlers hunt for gold instead of raising something to eat? 5. What did Smith learn about the Indians? 6. Show how Pocahontas was a friend of the colony. 7. Tell the story of George Calvert, Lord Baltimore. 8. How was the colony different from that at Jamestown? 9. Picture the settlers at St. Mary's. 10. What town did the Puritans establish? 11. When was the richest and most important town in Maryland settled, and after whom was it named? 12. Why were slaves brought to Virginia? 13. Tell the story of Blackbeard.
Suggested Readings. Smith: McMurry, Pioneers on Land and Sea, 68-102; Hart, Source Book, 33-37; Higginson, American Explorers, 231-246.
Baltimore: Pratt, Early Colonies, 132-137; Smith and Dutton, The Colonies, 39-50; Sparks, American Biography, 5-229.