Boom Country Flashcards
What is one thing that’s needed to make a country boom?
Get something that everyone wants.
What was the biggest settlement in Americas in the 1620?
Potosi
What food product sparked the biggest boom?
Sugar
Where was sugarcane grown?
Plantations
How many colonists did the Virginia company send?
105 colonists
Withered
Acting or serving to cut down or destroy.
Dissatisfied
Not content or happy with something.
Rip-roaring
Full of energy and vigor
Kaffa
A grayish reddish brown that is yellower and lighter than liver and redder and stronger than average taupe brown.
Molasses
Thick, dark brown syrup obtained from raw sugar during the refining process, a version of which is used in baking.
Eager
(of a person) wanting to do or have something very much.
Who escaped the Indian attack on 1622?
Anthony Johnson
What was the strangest thing in American history?
Was that this system of slavery was spreading during the same years that ideas about freedom and liberty were growing.
How many Africans lived among the thirteen colonies?
300
What was the biggest crop?
Tobacco
What kind of complaints did the judge deal with?
Complaints of hog stealing, quarrels over inheritances, reports on the care of orphans, and the like.
What age should a person in England except to live?
60
What kind of land was Virginia?
Land of death, disease, and toil.
What did Virginians not care about?
Educating peoples and schools.
What did Powhatan order?
Ordered that Smith’s brains be dashed out with a war club.
What did the English Merchants pull there money together to do what?
To form what was known as a joint stock company, with the idea of making a new colony boom.
Why did Puritans like Kaffa?
Puritans liked it because, unlike alcoholic drinks, it made you more alert.
What did many colonists die off in Virginia?
Burning fevers
What was Smith good at?
Telling stories
Why did the English have a ceremony?
A “coronation” at which they Powhatan to kneel and accept a crown as a subject king.