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Chapter 3 Lesson 05
Question | Answer |
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What was the main benefit of colonies for England? | producing raw goods for the mother country |
What is the meaning of the term environment? | the surroundings or conditions in which something lives |
Why did Roman Catholics want their own colony? | They were treated unfairly elsewhere. |
Why did the Southern Colonies develop slave codes? | to limit the power that plantation owners could have and restrict what enslaved Africans could do |
What best describes the city of Timbuktu before the 16th century | advanced society known for trade, architecture, and education. |
Why was the south able to have large plantations? | The South had an ideal environment for crops like rice, cotton, tobacco, and indigo. This was due to its rich soil, high humidity, and long growing season. |
Wahunsonacock | Leader of the nearby Native American confederacy when Jamestown was settled |
John Rolfe | leader of the Jamestown colony who introduced tobacco growing. |
Pocahontas | daughter of the local Native American leader when Jamestown was settled |
Martha Forest | first English woman who, along with her maid, settled in Jamestown |
What was the main reason that Spanish mine owners and plantation owners began bringing enslaved Africans to New Spain? | So many Native Americans died working for the Spanish that the Spanish needed new laborers. |
What was the main reason why, after two centuries, Spain lost its position as Europe’s leading colonial power? | Spain’s colonial income declined while that of other European nations grew. |
“Although the Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the principles of religious freedom, they were not tolerant of dissension among their own members. What is the meaning of the term dissension? | Disagreement |
Which statement best reflects the change in colonists’ lives when the English took over New Netherland and renamed it New York? | There was little change in most colonists’ daily lives. |