Experiences of Poeple in the Early British Empire Flashcards
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean in
1492
What did the Spanish do to the Africans
Enslaved and sold them
Who challenged the authority of the Spanish
The Cimarrons (A group of rebelled African slaves who hid in the mountains)
What was Privateering?
Piracy with a liscence
What did the Spanish find lots of in South America
Gold and Silver along with spices
What was the first attempted British colony
Roanoke colony was the first one
What happened to roanoke when the british went to get supplies
When the british returned everyone form the colony had disappered and the single word Croatoan was left in a tree
What was Croatoan
A village full of natives 30 miles away from Roanoke
What was Jamestown
The first successfull british colony
Why did it have a rocky start and what made it a success in the end
They were, still reliant on Britain, had regular famines and the Natives were getting fed up with them as the British were stealing food form them to feed themselves but tobacco farming turned it into a success
The Irish were what
Catholics
What did the English do in fear of the Irish being used as a place to attack England
The English started the age of atrocity were they killed many Irish people and gave out Irish land to British Protestants
Why did the Irish sell themselves as Indentured servants?
The Irish sold themselves as Indentured servants to escape form Ireland because the British were there
What was an Indentured servant?
They were poor people who sold themselves to work for a master for 5 to 7 years
What did the Indentured servant get when they finished working?
After they finished working they would get 10 acres of Land on barbados
