Chapter 2 Flashcards
Which word best describes England’s effort in the 1500s to compete with the Spanish Empire
Feeble
The settlement founded in early 1600s that was the most consequential for the future United States
Jamestown in 1607
In the first half of the 16th century Spain and England were
Allies
The English treatment of the Irish under the reign of Elizabeth one can be best described as
Violent and unjust
Sea dog who plunder the treasure ships of the Spanish Main
Francis drake
Explorer who’s voyage in 1498 established England’s territorial claims in the New World
Walter Raleigh
Adventure who tried but failed to establish a colony in Newfoundland
Humphrey Gilbert
Spain dreams of Empire began to fade with the
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
The first English colonization in 1585 was in
NewFoundland
England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada
Helped enshore England’s Naval dominance in the north Atlantic
On the eve of its colonizing adventure England possessed a
Unified national state, measure of religious unity, sense of nationalism, popular Monarch
Decreed that only eldest sons were eligible to inherits landed estates
Primogeniture
The financial means for England’s first permanent colonization in America were provided by
Joint stock company
The Virginia charter guarantee that English settlers in the New World would
Keep the rights of Englishmen
The early years of Jamestown were mainly characterized by
Starvation and disease and frequent Indian raids
Despite an abundance of Fish and game early Jamestown settlers continue to start because
They were unaccustomed to fending for themselves and wasted time looking for gold
Capt. John Smith’s role at Jamestown can be best described as
Saving the colony from collapse
Chief Powhatan have Capt. John Smith kidnapped in order to
Impressment with his power and show the Indians desire for peace
Pocahontas saved Capt. John Smith by
Interposing her head between his and his captors clubs
400 settlers who managed to make it to Virginia only 60 survive the starving time winter of
1609 to 1610
When Lord de la War took control Jamestown in 1610 she
Imposed a harsh military regime on the colony
Relations between the English colonists and the Powhatan were at first conciliatory but remained a tense especially
Starting colonists raided Indian food supplies
A peace settlements end of the first Anglo Powhatan wide and 1614 by the
Marriage of Pocahontas to the colonist John Rolfe
The results of the second Anglo Powhatan War 1644 can be best described as
Sending any chance of assimilating the natives people into Virginia and society
After the second Anglo Powhatan why the Powhatan tribe
Banned from ancestral lands, separate areas from colonists, reservation, extinct
The native people of Virginia succumb to the Europeans because they
Died from European diseases, no unity, not a resource for food, not a reliable source of labor
The introduction of horses brought about significant change in the lives of the Lakotas from this they
Became nomadic hunters
The biggest disruptor of Native American life
Disease
Indians who had the greatest opportunity to do adapt to European incursion were
In land tribes such as the Algonquins
The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown did not result in
Diverse action of colonies economy
After the purchase of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers additional purchases of Africans were a few because
Too expensive
In 1650 Virginia accountant only 300 blacksalthough by the end of the century blacks most of them enslaved made up approximately … percent of the colonies population
14
The summoning of Virginia’s house of burgesses Marked an important Precedent because it
What’s the first of many miniature parliaments to flourish in America
A major reason for the founding of Maryland colony in 1634 was to
Be financially profitable and create a refuge for the Catholics
Despite its problems Maryland prospered in like Virginia it’s
Depended for labor and it’s early years mainly on white indentured servant
At the outset Lord Baltimore allowed some religious toleration in the Maryland colony because he
Hopes to secure freedom of worship for his fellow Catholics
In 1649 Marylands act of toleration
Garunteed toleration to all Christians
Tobacco was considered a poor man’s crop because
Could be produced easily and quickly
Sugar was called a rich man’s crop because
Was capital-intensive
Under the Barbados slave codes slaves were
Denied The most fundamental rights
By 1700 black slaves outnumbered white settlers in the English West Indians by nearly
For to one
The statutes governing slavery in the North American colonies originated in
Barbados
The colony of South Carolina prospered
By developing close economic ties with the British West Indies
Two major exports of the Carolinas were
Rice and Indian slaves
Some of the Africans became especially valuable as slaves in the Carolinas because they
Were experienced in rice cultivation
The busiest Seaport in the southern colonies was
Charles town
North Carolina and road island where the most
Democratic colonies
The inhabitants of North Carolina were reguarded by the neighbors as
outcast and irreligious
The attitude of Carolinians toward Indians can be best described as
Hostile
Colony of Georgia was founded as a
Defenseive buffer against Spain for the valuable Carolinas
George’s founders were determined to
Create a haven for people imprisoned for debt
The purpose of the periodic morning wars was
Large-scale adaption of captives and refugees
The Iroquois leader who helps his nation revive it’s old customs was
Handsome lake
In the face of devastating disease war and dislocation what strategy did dwindling Native American tribes used to survive
Merging with other tribes
Virginia Maryland in the Carolinas and Georgia were similar in that they were all
Commercially devoted to exporting commercial agricultural products often a staple crop
By 1750 all Southern plantation colonies
Based their economies on the production of staple crops for export slavery tech-support for church of England had a few large cities
