5. What were the chief reasons for the failure of the French in
America?

6. What were the chief defects of the Dutch colonial system in
America?

7. Compare the earlier English colonization with that of Spain,
France, and Holland.

8. When were the seeds of national greatness planted in America?

9. Who were the first really tenacious settlers on the Atlantic
seaboard?

10. Outline the growth of the English colonies.

11. Upon what does our chief claim to national greatness depend?


REQUIRED READINGS

1. Williamson, _Readings in American Democracy,_ chapter i.

Or all of the following:

2. Bogart, _Economic History of the United States,_ chapter ii.

3. Coman, _Industrial History of the United States,_ chapter i.

4. Huntington and Gushing, _Principles of Human Geography,_ chapters i