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unit one study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what European country established a colony at what is today new york city | Holland |
| what event,taking place 1588, ended Spanish domination of the Atlantic, enabling England to begin the colonization of North America? | The Spanish Armada |
| what crop enabled the The English settlement at Jamestown to survive and prosper? | Tobacco |
| Bacon's rebellion represented a conflict between what two social classes of colonial Virginia? | Rich and Poor |
| Sir William Berkeley's refusal to protect Virginia's frontier led to what event? | Bacon's rebellion |
| which group established pennsylvania? | The Quakers |
| In what way was the population of the massachusetts Bay Colony dramatically different from that of Virginia? | there were mostly families in the massachusetts Bay (Plymouth) Colony |
| what two positions held by Roger Williams that were controversial during the early colonial period? | 1.) |
| who established a quaker colony in english north america? | William Penn |
| What English colony was a haven for Roman Catholics thanks to the Act of Toleration | Maryland |
| This was an effort by the Plymouth colony to expand church membership? | The Halfway covenant |
| The primary purpose for the virgina company was.... | to make money |
| the house of burgess is significant becaus: | |
| Which European county financed (paid for) the voyages of exploration of Christopher Columbus? | |
| the colony of Maryland was founded as: | a refuge for catholics |
| in founding the colony of pennsylvania, William Penn's primary purpose was to? | provide a refuge for persecuted English Quakers |
| In which section of English North America did the Plantation system develop? | the South |
| The voyage taken by slaves on their journey from Africa to the plantations of the Americas: | the middle passage |
| Which group established the massachusetts bay colony? | Puritans |
| This Quaker viewed his colony as a "Holy Experiment" | William Penn |
| "A country's ultimate goal is self suffiency, and all countries are in competition to acquire the most gold and silver." This theory is... | merantilism |
| What religious organization dominated Western European Exploration? | Roman Catholic Church |
| Because these colonies' economies were driven by commerce rather than agriculture, they did not develop a plantation style economy dependent on slavery: | |
| The second leg of the triangular trade, in which Africans suffered many hardships was called: | Middle Passage |
| A crop primarily for sale is called a... | cash crop |
| The Pilgrims/Puritans were compelled to go to North America b/c of: | The Angelican Church's persecution |
| The first democratic assembly in the Americas: | |
| Literacy was valued in New England so... | They could read the bible because they were puritan |
| Mercantilism can be defined as an economic system which: | 1. seeks to increase a netion's wealth through acquiring vast amounts of gold 2. produce a 'positive balance of trade' 3. views gold as the foundation of a nations wealth |
| what colony was founded as a buffer zone between the carolinas and spanish florida | Georgia |
| what connecticut tribe waas nearly destroyed in a 1630 war with the english colonists and their Narraganset allies? | The Pequot |
| The Halfway Convent was a Puritan attempt to: | to keep everyone puritan in some shape however could recieve communion |
| the rush among european powers to establish colonies in the Americas can BEST be described as: | an extension of military and economic rivalries |
| England's chief rival for control of North America was: | France |
| According to Hernando Cortes, What was the cure for "the disease of the heart" he and his men suffered? | Gold |
| This economic theory stated that gold was the basis of all wealth | |
| the colony of Georgia was founded by James Ogelthorpe.. | To Protect The Carolinas |
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