Chapter 02 Quiz

Question 1

Once the seventeenth century rolled around, ______ America while the Spanish had control in _____ and _______ America

Answer 1

North, Central, and South

Question 2

After King Henry VIII broke with the church, he launched the ________

Answer 2

English Protestant Reformation

Question 3

At first, England and Spain were allies but after the protestant Elizabeth ascended to the English throne

Answer 3

A rivalry with Catholic Spanish intensified

Question 4

Elizabeth encouraged the English to raid the Spanish, the most famous seadog was ________

Answer 4

Sir Francis Duke

Question 5

The first colony attempt from the English was ________

Answer 5

Roanoke Island

Question 6

The year ______ marked the beginning of Spain’s downfall

Answer 6

1588

Question 7

Who got independence after the Spanish Caribbean slipped from Spain>

Answer 7

Holland

Question 8

English and Spain signed a peace treaty in ________

Answer 8

1604

Question 9

The English population was growing until economic depression hit the woolen trade, who left?

Answer 9

Thousands of farmers

Question 10

What is the Laws of primogeniture?

Answer 10

Only the eldest sons were able to inherit estates

Question 11

What are Joint Stock Companies?

Answer 11

Let investors pool money and share losses/profits

Question 12

New Enclosure policies

Answer 12

There was less or no land left for the poor

Question 13

Why was the Charter of the Virginia Company important?

Answer 13

A significant document in American history that guaranteed overseas settlers the same rights of Englishmen in Britain

Question 14

When did colonists settle in Jamestown?

Answer 14

1607

Question 15

Jamestown was infested by __________

Answer 15

mosquitos

Question 16

What problems did Jamestown had to deal with?

Answer 16

Swampy site = poor drinking water, mosquitoes cause malaria and yellow fever, men wasted time searching for gold, 0 women

Question 17

What famous quote did John smith say?

Answer 17

“He who shall not work, shall not eat”

Question 18

Maryland prospered with ______ like Virginia

Answer 18

Tobacco

Question 19

Who did the colonies depend on for labor at first?

Answer 19

Indentured servants

Question 20

What is the Act of Toleration?

Answer 20

Granted toleration to all Christians

Question 21

Tobacco was ______ man’s crop, Sugar was ______ man’s crop

Answer 21

Poor, Rich

Question 22

Blacks were more abundant than whites _ to _

Answer 22

4 to 1

Question 23

What is Barbados slave code?

Answer 23

Denied most rights to slaves and gave masters control

Question 24

King Charles I was ________

Answer 24

beheaded

Question 25

In 1640, there was a ________

Answer 25

civil war

Question 26

_____ emerged as the main export crop, ______ knew how to grow it and had immunity to ______

Answer 26

Rice, Africans, Malaria

Question 27

Who were squatters?

Answer 27

Squatters were people from Virginia with no land

Question 28

What happened in the Tuscarora War?

Answer 28

Indians were crushed and sold into slavery

Question 29

What was the last colony and how did it act as a buffer?

Answer 29

Georgie (last of 13 colonies) and built to protect the Carolinas from the Spanish in Florida and the French from Louisiana

Question 30

The founders wanted to keep ______ out of Georgie

Answer 30

Slavery

Question 31

Who was the ablest of the founders and a dynamic soldier?

Answer 31

James Oglethorpe