English Settlements

Question 1

Creation of the Church of England

Answer 1

Created by Henry VIII to divorce Catherine of Aragon, severed connections with the Pope in Rome.

Question 2

Reasons for colonial expansion:

Answer 2

1. Rapid growth of English population
2. Economic recession, poor crop yield
3. Law of primogeniture
4. Development of joint-stock companies

Question 3

1606 Virginia Company of London and Jamestown

Answer 3

Landed at the mouth of the Chesapeake, face terrible conditions, suffer malnutrition, disease, starvation. Lord De La Warr takes control, raids Indian villages and incites First Anglo-Powhatan War. John Rolfe begins to cultivate tobacco, becoming the cash crop and staple of the region. Goes bankrupt and is made into a royal colony.

Question 4

House of Burgesses

Answer 4

Jamestown: Representation of the public in government, settlers chose delegates to advise governor

Question 5

Second Anglo-Powhatan War

Answer 5

Indians lose to the Chesapeake settlers, peace treaty of 1646 banishes Indians from Virginia

Question 6

Plymouth

Answer 6

Puritans seek to reform the Anglican Church of Roman practices. Follow John Calvin and the community of elect. One group, separatists, feel the church is corrupted by the entrance of the damned. Break off and travel to Holland, then to Plymouth.

John Carver, William Bradford.

1691: Merges with Massachussetts Bay Colony

Question 7

Mayflower Compact and General Court

Answer 7

Establishes the first standard for written laws. Elects governors and councils of assistants.