[Footnote 8: See my War of Independence, pp. 58-64, 69-71
(Riverside Library for Young People).]
QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT.
1. Various claims to North America:—
a. Spanish. b. English. c. French.
2. What was needed to make such claims of any value?
3. The London and Plymouth companies:—
a. The time and purpose of their organization. b. The grant to the London Company. c. The grant to the Plymouth Company. d. The magnitude of the zones granted. e. The peculiar provisions for the intermediate zone. f. First attempts at settlement.
4. To what important principle of the common charter of these two companies did the colonists persistently cling?
5. The influence of these short-lived companies upon the settlement and government of the United States:—
a. A review of the zones and their assignment. b. The states of the northern zone and their origin. c. The states of the southern zone and their origin. d. The states of the middle zone and their origin. e. The influence of the movement of population on local government in each zone.