chap 2

Question 1

Queen Elizabeth

Answer 1

her troops crushed the Irish uprising, never married, and was accused of being vain but was a successful ruler: ‘’Virgin Queen’’ colors black and white

Question 2

sea dogs=

Answer 2

sea pirates

Question 3

Francis Drake=

Answer 3

the most famous sea dog was Sir Francis Drake

• He returned in 1550, and his financial backer was Queen Elizebeth

Question 4

• 4. Sir Humphrey Gilbert/Newfoundland

Answer 4

• Newdoundland was first enlgish attempt at colonization. The idea collasped when the promoter Sir Humphrey Gilbert died at sea in 1583.

Question 5

• 5. Sir Walter Raleigh/Roanoke Island

Answer 5

He was Gilbert’s half-brother and he tried again in warmer climates. ]married one of Queen Elizabeth’s maid of honor
- and was responsible for planting the first English colony on Roanoke Island. it just disappeared
- Island was a region named in honor of Queen Elizabeth the ‘’Virgin Queen’’.

Question 6

• Philip II=

Answer 6

self anointed

he caused ‘’Invincible Armada of ships for an invasion of England

Question 7

The Spanish Armada 1588=

Answer 7

started by Philip 11 of Spain and caused an invasion of England. England won over the Spanish

Question 8

enclosing=

Answer 8

landlords closed off their lands for sheep grazing causing many farmers to out of the land.

Question 9

primogeniture=

Answer 9

only eldest sons were allowed to inherit the land

Question 10

joint-stock company

Answer 10

of were able to pool their capital

Question 11

Virginia Company=

Answer 11

joint stock company of London received a charter from King James 1 of England for settlement in the New World

Question 12

• Captain John Smith=

Answer 12

he took over in 1608. ‘’he who shall not work, shall not eat’’
- had been kidnapped in December

Question 12

James I =

Answer 12

James River named in honor of King James the 1st

Question 13

Jamestown 1607=

Answer 13

colonists started to live near location near the James River, which was filled with mosquitos: a place called Jamestown

Question 13

Powhatan/Pocahontas=

Answer 13

Powhatan was chief, Pocahontas was his daughter
She became a peacemaker between the Indians and setters and also provided food. her son reached Virginia

Question 14

starving time=

Answer 14

Of the four hundred settlers who managed
to make it to Virginia by 1609, only sixty survived the
“starving time” winter of 1609–1610.

Question 15

Lord De La Warr=

Answer 15

met at the mouth of the James River. was a relief party he was the new governor. he ordered settlers back to Jamestown, which had aggressive laws, and harsh military conditions.

Question 16

Irish tactics =

Answer 16

‘’Irish tactics against the Indians. Lord de la WARS troops raised Indian villages, burned houses, etc.

Question 17

John Rolfe=

Answer 17

husband of Pocahontas/became the father of the tobacco industry

• by 1612 he had perfected methods of raising weeds

Question 18

tobacco=

Answer 18

Virginia was built on tobacco. ‘’bewitching weed’’ fresh labor

Question 19

House of Burgesses=

Answer 19

the Virginia company authorized settlers to summon an assembly

Question 20

Maryland/Lord Baltimore

Answer 20

Maryland new religion caused good to Christians but others like Jews would get the death penalty for denying Jesus.

• Maryland sheltered Roman athletics more than any other English-speaking colony
• Lord Baltimore=wanted to purchase freedom for his fellow worshipers, encouraged religious beliefs

Question 21

indentured servants=

Answer 21

bound themselves to work for a certain number of years to earn passage to Americas

Question 22

Act of Toleration 1649=

Answer 22

passed in 1649, helped Christians get religious freedom and ONLY them

Question 23

• Jamaica=

Answer 23

england conquered its claim, sugar was important,

Question 24

sugar cane=

Answer 24

sugar cane was a ‘’rich mans crop’’

Question 25

Oliver Cromwell:

Answer 25

Puritan-soldier
and Cromwell ruled England for nearly a decade after the people beheaded Charles in 1649

Question 26

codes/Barbados slave code 1661=

Answer 26

denied rights for the slaves

Question 27

Charles I/English Civil

Answer 27

Civil War took over England in the 1640s, and that’s when Charles 1 dismissed Parliament in 1629, chalres was beheaded in 1649 because later in 1640 he recalled,led it and the members made mad.

Question 28

30. Charles II/Restoration:

Answer 28

Charles 2 was charles 1 son, he restored to the throne in 1660.

Question 29

Carolina/Lords Proprietors=

Answer 29

Carolina, named for Charles II, was formally created in 1670, after the king granted to eight of his court favorites, the Lords Proprietors,

Question 30

rice=

Answer 30

rice emerged as the
principal export crop in Carolina. Rice was then an
exotic food in England; no rice seeds were sent out from
London in the first supply ships to Carolina. But rice was
grown in Africa,

Question 31

Charleston=

Answer 31

people came for religious freedom

Question 32

Savannah

Answer 32

city in Georgia

Question 33

James Oglethorpe

Answer 33

founded Savannah