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Chapter II Flashcards

1
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Besides allowing for the establishment of the first American colony, why is the charter of the Virginia Company a significant document in American history?

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It guaranteed overseas settlers the same rights of Englishmen that they would have enjoyed if they would have stayed home

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What fed the resentment of the colonists toward their mother country?

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Insistence on the “rights of Englishmen” that they were promised in the charter of the Virginia company

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When did the colonists finally disembark at the location that would become Jamestown?

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May 24, 1607

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What did the “gentlemen” waste their time doing when they should have been hunting for food?

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Looking for nonexistent gold

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What was John Smith’s rule that whipped the hungry colonists into shape?

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“He who shall not work shall not eat”

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What was Powhatan’s goal when he set up the mock execution of John Smith?

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To impress Smith with his power and with the Indians’ desire for peaceful relations with the Virginians

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Who became the intermediary between the Indians and the Virginians?

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Pocahontas

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Of the 400 Virginians, how many survived the “starving time” winter of 1609 - 1610

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60 survivors

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In the winter of 1609 - 1610, what did the Virginians resort to eating?

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Dogs, cats, rats, mice, and, in some cases, humans

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Who led the relief party that ordered the colonists return to Jamestown when they tried to flee back to England?

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Lord De La Warr

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Who imposed a military regime in Virginia and undertook aggressive military action against the Indians?

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Lord De La Warr

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What were the dozens of tribes under the rule of chieftain Powhatan called?

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The Powhatan Conferacy

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Who ordered Lord De La Warr to declare war on the Indians?

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The Virginia Company

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14
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What event sealed the peace settlement that ended the first Anglo-Powhatan War?

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The marriage of John Rolfe with Pocahontas

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How many years after the end of the first Anglo-Powhatan War did the Indians strike the Europeans killing 347 settlers, including John Rolfe?

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8 years

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Following the Indian attacks on British settlers in Jamestown in 1622, what did the Virginia Company order?

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“A perpetual war without peace or truce” that would prevent the Indians “from being any longer a people”

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Approximately how many years after the end of the first Anglo-Powhatan War did the second Anglo-Powhatan War begin?

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30 years later, in 1644

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By what year did the English consider the Powhatan extinct?

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1685

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How did the second Anglo-Powhatan War ended?

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With a peace treaty, signed in 1646

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Name the 3 D’s that the Powhatan fell victim to?

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Disease

Disorganization

Disposability

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What are the Lakotas sometimes known as?

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The Sioux

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What is the name of the nation of the southern piedmont region that formed as a result of the shock of the Europeans’ arrival in the New World?

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The Catawba nation

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What caused an increase in Indian-on-Indian violence?

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Competition for trade with the Europeans for goods such as firearms

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What Native American tribe located in the Great Lakes area became a substantial regional power?

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The Algonquians

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25
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Who was the father of the tobacco industry?

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John Rolfe

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26
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Approximately 20 Africans were brought to Jamestown and sold in what is described as what?

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A Dutch warship

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27
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Who authorized the settlers of Jamestown to set up an assembly?

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The London Company

28
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What did King James I brand a “seminary of sedition”?

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The House of Burgesses

29
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After the Virginia Company loses its charter, Virginia became a what?

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A royal colony

30
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Who founded Maryland in 1634?

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Lord Baltimore

31
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Which American colony was established to create a refuge for Catholics?

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Lord Baltimore’s Maryland

32
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In what colony were the Acts of Toleration passed?

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Maryland

33
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What did the Acts of Toleration do?

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Guaranteed toleration to all Christians & decrees the death penalty for those, such as Jews and atheists, who denied the divinity of Jesus

34
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Where tobacco was a poor man’s crop, sugar cane was what?

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A rich man’s crop

35
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What is the Barbados slave code of 1661?

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A code that denied even the most fundamental rights to slaves and gave masters virtually complete control over their laborers

36
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By 1700, what was the proportion of black slaves to white settlers in the Caribbean?

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4:1

37
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What people arrived in Carolina in 1670?

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A group of displaced English settlers, whose land was taken by greedy sugar Barons in the Caribbean

38
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For what king is Carolina named for?

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King Charles II

39
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Name the succession of Kings that reigned before and after the English Civil War.

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King Charles I

Oliver Cromwell

Charles II

40
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With what fate did Charles I meet?

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Decapitation

41
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What is the period following the English Civil War called?

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The Restoration period

42
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Carolina was formally created in 1670 after what?

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King Charles II granted to eight of his court favorites, the Lords Proprietors, an expanse of wilderness in North America

43
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What did the Lords Proprietors hope to do in Carolina?

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  1. Grow foodstuffs to supply the Caribbean sugar plantations
  2. Export non-English products like wine, silk, and olive oil
44
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With what Native American tribe did the Carolinians partner to capture Indian slaves from the interior of North America?

A

The coastal Savannah Indians

45
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Who protested against the Indian slave trade in Carolina?

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The Lords Proprietors, who were in London

46
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What type of peoples founded Pennsylvania?

A

Quakers

47
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Who led the Quakers in founding Pennsylvania?

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William Penn

48
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A series of bloody raids wiped out the coastal Indian tribes of Carolina before they could do what?

A

Migrate to the backcountry of Maryland and Pennsylvania, where they would have better relations with the Quakers than they did the Carolinians

49
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By 1710, black slaves made up the majority of what mainland North American colony?

A

Carolina

50
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What town came to become the busiest seaport in the south?

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Charleston, or Charles Town

51
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What peoples have been called the “quintessence of Virginia’s discontent”?

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North Carolinians

52
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What is the “graveyard of the Atlantic”?

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Cape Hatteras

53
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What colony was dubbed a “cake of humility between two mountains of conceit”?

A

North Carolina

54
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Name the two most democratic, most independent-minded, and lead aristocratic of the original 13 colonies.

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  1. North Carolina

2. Rhode Island

55
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Against what tribe did the North and South Carolinians team up against in 1711?

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The Tuscarora Indians

56
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The Tuscaroras eventually became the what?

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The Sixth Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy

57
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What Indian tribe did the South Carolinians defeats in 1715?

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The Yamasee Indians

58
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Which North American colony was the last of the 13 colonies to be established?

A

Georgia

59
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What did the English crown intend in the foundation of Georgia?

A

They intended Georgia to serve as a buffer

60
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For whom was the colony Georgia named?

A

King George II

61
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Which colony is known as the “Charity Colony”?

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Georgia

62
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Who was the ablest of the founders of Georgia?

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James Oglethorpe

63
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What was James Oglethorpe interested in?

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Prison reform

64
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What did the philanthropists that launched Georgia aim to do?

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  1. Protect the Northern colonies
  2. Produce silk and wine
  3. Carve out a haven for wretched souls imprisoned for debt
  4. Keep slavery out of Georgia
65
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Describe the community of Savannah, GA.

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A melting-pot

66
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Name the founder of the Methodist Church.

A

John Wesley

67
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What became the dominant faith of the American colonies?

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The Church of England

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