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English founder of the Roanoke Island colony, belonged to the group “West country men”.
Sir Walter Raleigh
What caused conflict between England and Spain?
England was protestant and Spain was catholic
Who was the king asked by the pope to spread Catholicism and decided to use the Spanish Armada to fight differering religions?
King Philip II of Spain
Rule where the eldest son inherited family estate
Primogeniture
One of the catalysts behind the settling of America
Primogeniture
Founded in 1607 by the Virginia company with heavy help from John Smith and John Rolfe
Jamestown
What did John Smith abolish?
Community Farms
Daughter of Chief Powhatan, never married John Smith
Pocahontas
Who created the painting “American gothic”?
Grant Wood
About how many Native Americans lived in Chesapeake Bay in 1607?
Around 24,000
What happened to the Native Americans who tried to help the colonists?
Disease happened
Why did disease absolutely steamroll the NA’s?
No natural immunity
Who was the economic genius of the Virginia Company who developed the tobacco industry and gave the Jamestown colony a viable economic future?
John Rolfe
What did the tobacco industry create a need for?
Labor/slaves
What are the iterations North America went through in terms of slaves?
First tried Native Americans, then tried indentured labor, then tried African slaves
In what condition was Jamestown in by 1616
Only 350 out of 17000 were left, all hungry and diseased
What did the Virginia Company adopt in the 1610s
The Headright System
What is the Headright System
Every settler who paid their own expenses for settling gained 50 acres for land, +50 for every servant/relative brought along
What happened to VA as a result of the introduction of tobacco?
Massive increase in tobacco production (sold for way upped price in England), population increased by a lot
Who was the founder of the Maryland colony?
Lord Baltimore
When was the Maryland colony founded?
1634
What is another name for Lord Baltimore?
Cecilius Calvert
What act allowed Christians to worship freely in Maryland?
Act of Toleration
What year did the act of Toleration take place?
1649
What was the caveat of the Act of Toleration?
Did not extend to all religions, only christians
What term describes a situation where the industrial cost of an item goes down as a result of an increase to production?
Economy of scale
Who founded the Georgia colony?
James Oglethorpe
When was the Georgia colony founded?
1730s
For whom was the Georgia colony founded
Debtors
What is significant about the Georgia colony in terms of the 13 original colonies?
It was the last of the original 13 colonies
What continued the taking of land from the native Americans?
The planting of tobacco and rice, land didn’t support crops for long
Who created the Anglican church?
Henry VIII (that’s the eighth for y’all non scholars’ bowl folks)
Who was the German Augustinian monk who posted the 95 theses on the doors of a church
Martin Luther
What was focused on in the 95 theses?
Selling and buying of indulgences
The French lawyer and theologist who believed in predestination
John Calvin
To where was Calvin deported?
Geneva, Switzerland
Who wrote “The Institutes of the Catholic Religion”?
John Calvin
Who followed John Calvin’s teachings, bringing protestantism to Switzerland and eventually founding the Presbyterian church?
John Knox
Group of extremists that wanted to remove excessive rituals, practices, and traditions from the Church of England
Separatists
What was given to the Pilgrims?
Landholding in the new world
What was so legally gray about where the Pilgrims set up their colony?
They landed outside the designated area
What colony was founded by the Pilgrims?
Plymouth
How did the first Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth fare in their first winter during 1620?
Less than half of the 102 colonists survived
Who was the governor of the Plymouth Colony?
William Bradford