Early america Flashcards
What were the two social classes?
Gentlemen and workers.
What were the forts in Jamestown made of?
Small wooden posts in narrow trenches with dry moats. The fort was in the shape of a triange with a cannon placed at each corner.
What did Captain John Smith order of the gentlemen to survive?
He ordered the gentlemen to join with the workers for thier common survival.
What did the Jamestown colonists choose to do instead of hunting or fishing of cultivating the land?
Searching for gold and silver.
Where does corn grow best?
Corn grew better in the New Wold than any other food of teh time including wheat.
What was the New Wolds greatest gift to the Old World.
Tobacco. Growing tobacco probably saved the live of the Jamestown colonist from economic ruin.
What was one of the superpowers back then?
Spain
What was Spain doing on the New World?
Hauling back gold.
What was the death rate during the first few days of setteling in Jamestown?
70%
What did the English expect from the Native Americans?
They expected the Natives to welcome the English.
What were big shippment from the New Wold to the Old World?
Corn and tobacco.
What were the names of columbus’ boats?
The nina, pinta, and santa maria
Why did Christopher Columbus want to explore?
Curiosity, thirst for knowledge, open up for trade, and riches.
When Columbus first arrived to America, where was he and where did he think he was?
He arrived in the West Indies and thought he was in the East Indies.
Who “discovered” America?
The Native Americans.
Who was already in America before Christopher Columbus arrived?
The Norse (vikings), Seafaers (Asian ans African), and Native Americans.
Who was America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci.
What was the columbian exchange?
The redistribution of plants, animals, and diseases that resulted from the intial contacts between Europeans and American Indians.
What disease came from the Old World to the New Wolrd?
Small pox, measles, common cold, yellow fever, and influenza.
What were plants from the Old World to the New World?
Rice, wheat, barley, oats, cofee, sugarcane, bannanas, melons, olives, dandelions, daises, clover, ragweed, and kentucky blue grass
What were plants from the New World to the Old World?
Corn, potatoes, beans, tobacco, peanuts, tomatoes, pumpkin, pineapples, caco, chicle, paapya, manioc, guavas, and avacado.
What are the animals from the Old World to the New World?
Horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, and chicken.
What are the animals from the New World to the Old World?
Llamas, Alpacas, and guinea pigs.
What were the factors for picking Jamestowns site?
To defend agaist Spanish and to search for gold.
What were the mistakes made by the Jamestown colonists?
They didnt farm the land, drinking from the salty water, lack of fresh water access, enemy native tribes, lack of laboers, and marshy area cahsed disease.
Who saved John Smiths life and marries John Rolfe?
Pocahontas
