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J.A. Doyle, The English Colonies in America (5 vols.).
J. Fiske, Old Virginia and Her Neighbors (2 vols.).
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H.J. Ford, The Scotch-Irish in America.
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R. Usher, The Pilgrims and Their History.
Questions
1. America has been called a nation of immigrants. Explain why.
2. Why were individuals unable to go alone to America in the beginning? What agencies made colonization possible? Discuss each of them.
3. Make a table of the colonies, showing the methods employed in their settlement.
4. Why were capital and leadership so very important in early colonization?
5. What is meant by the "melting pot"? What nationalities were represented among the early colonists?
6. Compare the way immigrants come to-day with the way they came in colonial times.
7. Contrast indentured servitude with slavery and serfdom.
8. Account for the anxiety of companies and proprietors to secure colonists.