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S.S. Jamestown
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define colony: | A settlement begun by a group of people in a distant region that is governed by the home or “mother country”. |
| Define charter: | An official document that grants land to settlers. |
| What is tobacco? | A herb grown in Virginia that was used for pleasure, healing,aiding pain, and warding off evil spirits. It was extremely popular and the colonists main source of money. It was a valuable cash crop. |
| Define Democracy: | System of government ruled by elected representatives. Representatives are elected and voted on by the people. |
| Define Persecuted: | Being treated unfairly or cruelly due to beliefs and/or religion. To be punished for one's beliefs. |
| Define Separatist: | Someone who wanted to separate from the Church of England. |
| What is a pilgrim? | Someone who goes on a journey for a religious reason. Pilgrims moving to Jamestown were separatists. |
| What was the Anglician Church? | A church that was controlled by the king or queen, ran the church very specifically. |
| What is a Representative government like? | A government system where citizens elect people to make decisions and laws. |
| What was the Parliament? | the law making assembly in England. |
| What was the house of Burgesses | Met in 1619 for the first time to make laws for the Jamestown colony. |
| What was the mayflower compact? | Set of rules that the Plymouth settlers promised to follow. A contract that everyone signed to create a government |
| Define Burgess: | A representative/a lawmaker |
| How did Columbus' voyage change the world? (pt1) | -Native Americans were conquered and their culture largely destroyed by disease, superior weapons and forced migration (being moved to other lands) -The population of Europe and Asia grew while the Native American population was drastically reduced. |
| How did Columbus' voyage change the world (pt 2) | --North and South America are claimed and colonized by European nations. -columbian exchange |
| What European countries made claims in North America and why? | Spain followed by Portugal, France, England and the Netherlands because they wanted to expand. |
| Why did colonists leave England to settle in America? | -no “new” land -no voice in government (monarchy in England) -no religious freedom -no social mobility -search for gold/wealth -England + other nations want control, land, resources -some nations want to spread christianity |
| Why did the Jamestown colonists go to America? | Went for money, wealth, gold, and to spread christianity. |
| Why did the Pilgrims come to America? | To freely practice religion without fear of persecution. |
| How is Plymouth an example of representative government? | The mayflower compact, Set of rules that the Plymouth settlers promised to follow. A contract that everyone signed to create a government. |
| What is the Columbian exchange? | A worldwide exchange of plants, animals, diseases, people and technology that transformed European and Native American ways of life. |
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