C2 Sec 1&3 Flashcards
Passage to Far East search for by French and English explorers
Northwest passage
The most favorable land in VA was in the ___ region
Tidewater
Ship that circumnavigated the globe 1577-1580
Golden hind
New sects of Christianity in 16th cent.
Protestants
English explorer of 1497
Cabot
Governor of English colony in 1587
White
English sea dog nighted by the queen against Spanish will
Drake
English lawyer who advocated that the treaty of tort. Was not binding.
Hakluyt
Bay not far from first successful English colony
Chesapeake Bay
Economic theory that motivated colonization
Mercantilism
First Virginia colonists sentenced to servitude for life
John Punch
First permanent English settlement In North America
Jamestown
First English settlement founded for religious freedom
Plymouth
Categorization of Groups of people according to authority
Hierarchy
What servants received at the end of their period of servitude
Freedom dues
First representative assembly
House of burgesses
Document that gave permission to settle on monarch’s land
Charter
First English child born in North America
Virginia Dare
Companies designed to spread risk among investors
Joint stock companies
Who was the father of Pocahontas
Powhatan
A contract exchanging labor for opportunity
Indenture
First cash crop of English colonies
Tobacco, introduced by Rolfe
The winter of 1609-1610
The starving time
Early leader who helped discipline English colonists in 1608-09
Smith
Catholic monk who started Reformation with 95 theses in 1517
Martin Luther
____ Greater than _____ Gives a favorable balance of trade
Exports imports
Spanish naval fleet Thought to be invincible
Spanish Armada
Known as the lost colony
Roanoke
Introduced cash crop and married Pocahontas
Rolfe
English motivations
Trade- NW passage
Raid - drake
Stayed - col efforts
2 ways to increase wealth
Conquest and commerce
