2022-09-09 Flashcards
Who was the English founder of the colony at Roanoke Island in the late 16th century?
Sir Walter Raleigh
Why did it take so long for Sir Walter Raleigh to get back to his colony after leaving them on the island to get supplies?
Spanish Armada
What group did Sir Raleigh belong to that promoted settlement in the new world as an economic adventure?
West Countrymen
What was the main conflict that lead England and Spain to fight each other?
The fact that England was Protestant and that Spain was Catholic.
Who was asked by the Pope to bring England back to Catholicism?
King Phillip II of Spain
In 1588, who defeated the Spanish Armada and made the spaniards steadily lose influence in the new world?
English ships
What law stated that that only the first born son could inherit the family estate?
Primogeniture
What was primogeniture a catalyst for?
The settling of America
What did the younger sons try to do in the the wilds of America?
To make a fortune
What is the colony was founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company?
Jamestown
Who helped save the colonists from utter destruction with some help from the Indians in the area?
John Smith
What did John Smith abolish?
Community farms
Who earned their fame from this era although they were not married to Smith?
Pochahontas
Pocahontas’s father and the man who could have wiped out Jamestown
Who was Chief Powhatan?
