Chapter 2 Flashcards
The settlement founded in the early 1600s that was the most important for the future of the United States was
Jamestown
The first successful English attempt at colonization in 1585 was in
Roanoke Island
Arrange the following in order: Reformation, founding of Jamestown, Restoration, defeat of the Spanish Armada, colony of Georgia founded
Reformation, defeat of the Spanish Armada, founding of Jamestown, Restoration, colony of Georgia founded
The financial means for England’s first permanent colonization in America were provided by
A joint-stock company
A nonmotive for English colonization
Need for a place to exploit slave labor
The guarantee that English setters in the New World would retain the “rights of Englishmen” proved to be
The foundation for American liberties
Captain John Smith’s role at Jamestown can be best described as
Saving the colony from collapse
Chief Powhatan had Captain John Smith kidnapped in order to
Impress Smith with his power and show the Indian’s desire for peace.
The native peoples of Virginia succumbed to the Europeans because they
Died in large numbers from European diseases, lacked the unity necessary to resist the well-organized whites, could be disposed of by Europeans with no harm to the colonial economy, and were not a reliable labor source.
After the purchases of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers, additional purchases of Africans were few because
They were too costly
The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown did not result in
Diversification of the colony’s economy
The summoning of Virginia’s House of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it
Was the first of many miniature parlaments to convene in America
Under the Barbaros slave code of 1661, slaves were
Denied the most fundamental rights
One of the earliest and most important exports from the Carolinas was
Indian slaves
Some Africans became especially valuable as slaves in the Carolinas because they
Were experienced in rice cultivation
