Boom Country Flashcards
Why was Potosi the biggest settlement?
Potosi was the biggest settlement in the Americas by 1620 because it sat on a mountain of silver.
What happened during the early 1600s?
By the early 1600s, plantations in the Americas were sending thousands of tons of sugar and molasses to Europe.
How many colonists did the new Virginia Company send to settle on Chesapeake Bay in 1607?
The new Virginia Company sent 105 colonists to settle on Chesapeake Bay in 1607.
What was the name the Virginians called the newcomers?
Virginians had a name for what newcomers faced in their first year in the colony:”the seasoning.”
What was the name the Virginians called the people who survived their first twelve months?
If you survived your first twelve months, you were “seasoned.”
How long did the English who came to Virginia live for?
The English who came to Virginia lived to be only thirty-five or forty.
What happened during election day?
On election day, men in each county chose two men to represent them in the legislature, called the House of Burgesses.
What was the biggest crop?
Tobacco remained the biggest crop, which brings to mind one final point.
Who was Anthony Johnson?
Anthony Johnson survived his first year’s seasoning, escaped death in a big Indian attack of 1622, and lived nearly fifty years more, to die one of Virginia’s few old men.
Who survived their first year’s seasoning, escaped death in a big Indian attack of 1622, and lived nearly fifty years more?
Anthony Johnson.
What did Conquistadors bring home?
Conquistadors brought home gold and silver.
What food was so scarce during the Middle Ages?
Sugar was so scarce that only wealthy men and women could afford to take it.
What was more important than gold and silver during the Middle Ages?
Sugar.
What did they use sugar for during the Middle Ages?
They usually took sugar as a medicine for sore throats and upset stomachs.
What two places became prime sugar regions?
South America and Caribbean became prime sugar regions.
Who came together to form enough money to create a joint stock company, with the idea of making a new colony boom?
The English merchants and gentlemen came together.
What would happen if Smith had remained in Virginia?
If Smith had remained in Virginia, he might have leaned hard enough on everyone to make the colony work.
Who was Smith taken to prison by?
Smith was taken prisoner by Indians.
How many Native Americans lived around Chesapeake Bay?
Twenty thousand Native Americans lived around Chesapeake Bay.
Who ordered that Smith’s brains be dashed out with a war club?
Powhatan.
Powhatan ordered that Smith’s brains be dashed out with?
A war club.
Who had been ready to hang Smith from a gallows at one point?
The expedition’s high born gentleman.
What was Virginia was a land of?
Virginia was a land of death, disease, and toil.
What was the colony only made up of?
The colony was made up mostly of single young men taking their chances.
What was Virginia turning itself into?
Virginia was turning itself into what we might call a rip-roaring boom country.
