Reading Guide for Gorn, Chapt. 2 �Dying and Surviving in Virginia

 

        How does Arthur Barlowe describe the Native Americans and the land they live on?How would you compare his descriptions with Columbus�s?With George Percy�s later in the same chapter?With that found in the Nova Britannia (Document 8 in the same chapter)?�� How would you explain the similarities and differences among these accounts?

        What was life like for the early settlers of Virginia, especially indentured servants?How does it compare with what they were led to expect in such propaganda documents as Nova Britannia?Why did people continue to come despite the difficult conditions in Virginia?

        What do the Laws Divine, Moral and Martial tell you about what the settlers in Virginia believe was important?Do you think these laws were followed strictly?Why or why not?What else can these laws tell us about the society in which they were composed?