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U.S History Ch.2
Chapter 2 section 2 ; English settlement and Jamestown.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| John Smith wanted to be a _____. He helped Hungary fight the ____. | Soldier; Turks. (Turkey) |
| As he returned to England in 1604, what was his plan? | To plant an English colony in North America. |
| What threatened North America settlement? | Disease and starvation. |
| King James I granted a charter to what two joint stock companies? | Virginia companies of London, and Plymouth. |
| English Monarch would get how much gold and silver founded by colonists? | 1/5. |
| In April 1607, Three ships pushed out of the English harbor heading to North America, reached a small peninsula they named and claimed as __________. | Jamestown. |
| Why was the start of Jamestown settlement a disaster? | Disease from the water of the river, and hunger began to occur. |
| By 1607, how many colonists remained alive? | 38 Colonists. |
| From where/Whom did the town receive food and support? | Powhatan. |
| What did the Virginia company do in 1609 to the colonists? | Dispatch them to Jamestown. (600 people including women and children) |
| What happened to the conditions of Jamestown in the Winter of 1609? | 1. Starving time a) Colonists ate roots, rats, snakes, and boiled shoe leather. b) Only 60 survived. |
| What did the colonists call the item that saved them from failure? Why? | Brown Gold, because it exported over 1.5 million pounds to England yearly. |
| To grow tobacco, Virginia company needed a key ingredient- which was? | Field laborers. |
| Virginia company introduced the Headright system in 1618; how did that attract the larger families to the colony? | 1. New arrival get 50 acres of land and another 50 for each family member who moved. a) most who arrived became indentured servants (laborer or tradesmen) |
| What is an Indentured Servant? What are the benefits of having one? | Temporary slave; Settlers wouldn't have to do work. |
| Who did Pocahontas marry in 1614? | John Rolfe. |
| In 1624, James I made Virginia a Royal Colony- one under control of whom? | The King. |
| Irishmen were forbidden to wear English apparel or weapons upon pain of death. True or False? | True. |
| Irish and English were allowed to marry. True or False? | False. |
| Who is Nathaniel Bacon? | Son of a rich Englishman. |
| When did the House of Burgesses first meet? How many citizens came from each 11 districts? Only who could vote? | 1)Met July,30 1619. 2) 2 citizens. 3) White male land owners. |
| Why did the Powhatan decide not to kill John Smith? | Pocahontas saved Smith's life. |
| Why did the first settlement have to be successful? | Trust had to be built between the Natives and the Englishmen. |
| What conflicts did the separatists have in the new world? | To protest. |
| Who sailed on the Mayflower? | The Pilgrims. |
| John Winthrop claimed to create what? | A city upon a hill. |
| Roger Williams argued to worship your conscience; which meant no claim to who's land? | Native Lands. |
| Who was Anne Hutchinson? When was she banished? | No church or ministers, wanted to have Women's rights. Banished in 1637. |
| Whats the Pequot War? | Wanted to convert Natives to Christianity. |
| King Philips war was to make what for Sundays? | No hunting or work. |
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