European Colonization 1492-1790

Question 1

1492 Columbus “discovers America”

Answer 1

Not

Question 2

Doctrine of Discovery

Answer 2

Church , monarchy

Question 3

1607 Jamestown

Answer 3

First permanent English colony. Created laws.

Question 4

1676 Bacon’s Rebellion

Nathanial Bacon

Answer 4

Landowner on frontier of Jamestown United with indentured servants & Black slaves since they shared common interests

Question 5

1619 First enslaved Africans delivered to Jamestown

Answer 5

Kidnapped and enslaved by Dutch

Question 6

1613 Pocahontas Madrid John Roth

Answer 6

Giving John access to native lands for growing tobacco. He became wealthy.

Question 7

1640 John Punch

Answer 7

A black indentured servant ran away with a Dutchman and Scotsman.
When caught
The 2 whites got 4 additional years of servitude
John received perpetual servitude.

Question 8

1691 Law in Virginia codified using the word “white”.

Answer 8

Look up?

Question 9

1785 Land Ordinance Act

Answer 9

White defined as a person with no blood whatsoever that is black or Indian
- except for the the descendants of John Roth and Pocahontas.

Allowed to own land???

Question 10

1790 Naturalization Law of 1790

Answer 10

Specified that only free white immigrants are eligible for naturalized citenship.

Question 11

1787 in US Constitution

Answer 11

For the purpose of taxation and representation , negro slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person