Chapter 2 Midterm 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 events in chronological order: (A) Reformation, (B) founding of the Jamestown colony, (C) Restoration, (D) defeat of the Spanish Armada, (E) colony of Georgia founded
A, D, B, C, E
The financial means for England’s first permanent colonization in America were provided by
A joint- stock company
All of the following provided motives for English colonization except
Need for a place to exploit slave labor
The guarantee that English settlers in the New World would retain the “rights of Enlgishmen” 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 Virginia (Powhatans) succumbed to the Europeans because they
All of the above
After the purchase of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers, additional purchases of Africans were few because
They were too costly
The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following except
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 parliaments to convene in America
Under the Barbados salve code of 1661, slaves were
Denied the most fundamental rights
One of the earliest and most important exports from the Carolina’s was
Indian slaves
Some Africans became especially valuable as slaves in the Carolina’s because they
Were experienced in rice cultivation
