=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.