Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 6, Lesson 2: English Settlement in the South (pp. 132-135)
I. Origins of English Settlement
B. Two groups of English settlers failed to start colonies in Roanoke.
II. The English Arrive in Virginia
B. The colony in Jamestown failed because they did not plant crops.
B. The English set up plantations on Barbados.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. English colonists planned to make money through trading with the Indians.
A. The English formed the Virginia Company to earn a profit in Jamestown.
III. Maryland and the Caribbean
A. George Calvert's settlement was successful in Maryland because they grew crops.
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