The social order in Virginia

Question 1

Order was established through

Answer 1

The foundations and experience of the Ancient Planters

Question 2

Headright had established

Answer 2

A small population of adventurers or landholders

Question 3

Headright meant there was a great

Answer 3

Number of servants

Question 4

There was a growing hierarchy of

Answer 4

Men and women
Ethnicity and colour

Question 5

Opechancanough

Answer 5

Paramount chief of Powhatan 1629

Question 6

1632: English estates ran on

Answer 6

North and south banks of James River
From the falls to the sea
South side of the lower York River

Question 7

1630s: English population

Answer 7

Nearly 8000
Exceeded population of the Powhatans

Question 8

Early 1640s: Colonists began taking up lands on

Answer 8

North bank of York river
Along the Rappahannock
As far north as the Potomac river

Question 9

Reduced Opechancanough’s power

Answer 9

Indigenous groups breaking away from Powhatan Confederacy

Question 10

The war had

Answer 10

Concentrated political power

Question 11

Councillors

Answer 11

The men who led expeditions
Determined policy of timed raids on Powhatan provisions

Question 12

Top 15 councillors who led expeditions

Answer 12

Controlled the greatest number of labourers

Question 13

Councillors controlled stolen Powhatan provisions

Answer 13

Kept them for themselves
Sold at inflated prices
Fed their servants/slaves on it

Question 14

Stealing Powhatan provisions meant

Answer 14

Land and labour could be saved
Growing cash crop instead of provisions
More profitable

Question 15

Historians describe this elite as

Answer 15

The gentry (in England)