Chapter Two

Question 1

Primogeniture

Answer 1

Law that declared only the eldest sons were able to inherit land.

Question 2

Joint-Stock Company

Answer 2

A company owned jointly by its stockholders; investors could pool their capital.

Question 3

Indentured Servant

Answer 3

Someone under contract to work without pay, in order to pay off a debt or loan. They typically served 7 year contracts.

Question 4

Charter Colony

Answer 4

Created by a royal charter from the King. Crown established the rules that the colony had to live under.

Question 5

Proprietary Colony

Answer 5

Settlements given to people close to the royal family. The people who owned the colony could govern it as they saw fit.

Question 6

Crown Colony

Answer 6

Crown has total control of legislation and administration in the colony. These are usually secured through wars and are a valuable administration tool.

Question 7

Lord Baltimore

Answer 7

Founded Maryland, created religious freedom in North American colonies (refuge from Catholics fleeing the Protestant Reform).

Question 8

James Oglethorpe

Answer 8

Founded the Georgia Colony after a long period of no new colonies being established. Dedicated to reforming the prison system and was repelled by the Spanish attacks on Georgia.

Question 9

Powhatan

Answer 9

Leader of the Native Americans living in and around Jamestown. He united many tribes and provided for the people of Jamestown.

Question 10

Spanish Armada

Answer 10

Large fleet of Spanish ships set out to invade England.

Question 11

Sir Francis Drake

Answer 11

English explorer sent by Queen Elizabeth I to raid the Spanish ships and settlements for gold; he was very successful.

Question 12

What settlement disappeared mysteriously in the 1580s?

Answer 12

Roanoke Island.

Question 13

What was the first permanent English settlement?

Answer 13

Jamestown.

Question 14

First Anglo-Powhatan War

Answer 14

Clashes between settlers of Virginia and the Powhatan Confederacy. Efforts were led by Lord De La Warr

Question 15

Second Anglo-Powhatan War

Answer 15

Last-ditch efforts by the Indians to get rid of the Virginians. The resulting peace treaty formally separated the Native American areas from the white areas.

Question 16

House of Burgesses

Answer 16

First elected self-governing legislative assembly in the New World. Established in Virginia in 1619.

Question 17

Act of Toleration

Answer 17

Legal document signed in 1689 that allowed all Christian religions in Maryland (but declared that all non-christians should be put to death).

Question 18

Barbados Slave Code

Answer 18

First formal statute governing the treatment of slaves.

Question 19

Tuscarora War

Answer 19

War between the North Carolinians and the surrounding Tuscarora Indians. The North Carolinians won and the Tuscarora Indians went North and eventually joined the Iroquois Confederacy.

Question 20

What changes led to England growing their empire in the New World?

Answer 20

Growing populations, economic depressions, and unemployment.

Question 21

Why did the Virginia Company travel to the New World?

Answer 21

In search of gold and to find a passage through America to The Indies.

Question 22

Who saved Jamestown from collapse?

Answer 22

John Smith.

Question 23

What happens with King Charles the I?

Answer 23

He dismissed Parliament in 1629 and recalled it in 1640. He was beheaded in 1649.

Question 24

Roger Williams

Answer 24

Founded Rhode Island.