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Southern Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| England's Two Reasons To Establish A Colony | money and influence |
| Who was John White | governor of Roanoke colony |
| How long was John White away from Roanoke | 3 years |
| What did John White see/encounter when he came back to Roanoke | nothing, everything was gone and CROATOAN engravement |
| What was the first permanent English Settlement | Jamestown |
| Who were the Powhatans | Local native American tribe next to Jamestown |
| Who was the leader of the Powhatans | Chief Powhatan |
| Who was the father of Pocahontas | Chief Powhatan |
| Who was the leader of Jamestown | John Smith |
| What did John Smith contribute to Jamestown | He saved it from starvation |
| Why did Chief Powhatan ban the natives from trading with the colonists | He had enough encounters with them |
| What effect did the lack of native American help have on the colony | it led them to the starving time |
| Who was the daughter of Chief Powhatan | Pocahontas |
| What religion did Pocahontas convert to | Christianity |
| Who did Pocahontas marry | John Rolfe |
| What did Pocahontas rename herself | Rebecca |
| When Pocahontas went to England she became... | An English celebrity |
| When did Pocahontas die | On the journey home from England by disease |
| Who brought tobacco to Jamestown | John Rolfe |
| What was the significance of John Rolfe and Pocahontas' marriage | It brought years of peace between the colonists and Powhatans |
| What cash crop made Jamestown wealthy | Tobacco |
| What was a downside to tobacco in Jamestown | It brought conflict between the Powhatans and colonists |
| Who was Chief Powhatan's brother | Opechancanough |
| Why did Opechancanough plan a surprise attack on the colonists | He was angered by the colonists' encroachment on his land |
| How many people died in the Jamestown Massacre | 1/4 of their population |
| How did the Virginia Charter get revoked | The Jamestown Massacre and the deaths |
| House of Burgessess | The first representative assembly in the American colonies; 'The Birthplace Of American Democracy' |
| When did the first slaves come to America | In 1619, or 6 weeks after the establishment of the House of Burgessess |
| Where did the first slaves come from | Angola and the Congos |
| What did the first slaves come as | indentured servants |
| What was the rule of the Catholic Church in terms of slavery | One could not enslave another Christian if one is a Christian themselves, but could enslave other non-Christians. |
| When did the enslaving of non-Christian captives emerge in Portugal and Spain. | During the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula |
| What did the people of Spain do soon after reaching the New World | Made the indigenous people work in mines or plantations |
| Who did Portugal establish trade relations with | African slave traders to acquire slaves to send to America |
| In Africa, enslaved people were mostly... | Prisoners of war from other tribes, people deemed as criminals, poor members of society who traded to pay off debts |
| African merchants and rulers traded human beings for | guns or iron |
| Who did African merchants and rulers trade with | European slave traders |
| How did Africans defend themselves from being enslaved as a form of resistance | created many precautions: building houses on stilts, sleeping in canoes, etc to avoid being captured by slave raiders |
| Portugal was the... in the Transatlantic Slave Trade | largest purchaser of slaves |
| Why were coastal slave forts designed | to serve as a warehouse that held slaves until the slave ships cam e |
| Olaudah Equiano was a former... | slave |
| what were the contributions of Olaudah Equiano | he helped to end Britain's participation in the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
| The Middle Passage | the second leg of the triangular trade route that took slaves to their destination |
| How many people were transported throughout the duration of the Transatlantic Slave Trade | 12 million |
| Because of the resistance performed by Africans taken as slaves, | about 1 million Africans did not have to go through the Middle Passage |
| Anthony Johnson was a former... | indentured servant |
| How did Anthony Johnson claim freedom | He bought it |
| What did Anthony Johnson become | a major landowner |
| What happened to Anthony Johnson's land after his death | It was seized by the courts |
| Elizabeth Key was... | a former indentured servant who won her freedom in court through 3 extremely valid points |
| slave codes | laws in the colonies designed to oppress slaves and enslave Black Americans. |
| progression of indentured servitude | by the 1640s, indentured servants more often lasted throughout their servitude, and lived to tell the horrid tales of their work to the people of England. This lead to the decline of willing indentured servants |
| What was Bacon's Rebellion | rebellion lead by Nathanial Bacon against the Native Americans to protect his lands |
| Bacon was an... | aristocrat |
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