For Money And Freedom Flashcards
What was the first English permanent settlement in North America?
Jamestown, Virginia
What was the historical significance of the Virginia house of burgess?
It was the first elected government in America
How was the Virginia company important to Jamestown?
Charter colonial venture, provided the submarise with ships and other supplies necessary for the voyage
Which roles did Pocahontas play in the Jamestown colony?
She served a liaison between the Native Americans in the English, encouraging peace and diplomatic relations between two
What did John Rolfe do to save the Jamestown settlement?
Had the required labor to plant and harvest tobacco, encouraged it people to migrate to Jamestown for work, including indentured servants
Jamestown used indentured servants as a main source of labor. What was an indentured servant?
A person bound to forced servitude for a specific period
What were the reasons that Jamestown wasn’t healthy for the inhabitants?
They had the drinking water, swamping with mosquitoes carrying malaria, And the rivers were contaminated by the body waste.
Why did the pilgrims create the mayflower compact?
To cover the new colony. This still does not legitimize any legal rights to settle in Plymouth.
How did the pilgrims avoid death by living in Plymouth?
A friendly Indian, who has knowledge of the English language, to the pilgrims how to live off the land
What was the significance of the first thanksgiving?
A celebration of the new sound, friends and skills of successful harvest
What did the pilgrims and Puritans have in common?
Both came to America for religious freedom
What did Anne, Hutchinson and Thomas hooker have in common
They both got banished because they did not do what they were told to
What war was fought between the natives in the Puritans from Connecticut and Massachusetts
Pequot war
William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania in a safe haven for what
For the Quakers, because in England, they were being persecuted
Which early colonial group believed in equality for all people in treating people fairly
Quakers
