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Chapter 2: The Planting of the English America Flashcards

Mrs. Civitella
Per. 08
Advanced Placement US History
Grade 11
State of Pennsylvania
The American Pageant
Chapter 2: The Planting of the English America, 1500-1733

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906656763Lord De La WarrHarsh military governor of Virginia who employed "Irish tactics" against the Indians1
906656764PocahontasPowhattan's daughter that saved John Smith and married John Rolfe as de facto Peace Agreement of the First-Anglo Powhattan War2
906656765Powhattanthe powerful, charismatic chief of numerous Alqoniuian-speaking towns in eastern Virginia, representing over 10,000 Indians in the James River area of Virginia3
906656766John Rolfebecame the 2nd leader of Jamestown and saved the colony by making the first pleasant tasting tobacco4
906656767Walter RaleighDiscovered Roanoke island in 1585 (failed first settlement)5
906656768John Smith...6
906656769Joint-Stock CompanyForerunner of the modern corporation that enabled Investors to pool financial capital for colonial ventures7
906656770Slaverythe state of being under the control of another person8
906656771Enclosure...9
906656772House of BurgessesThe london company authorized settlers to summon an assembly to meet to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco (consisted of 22 men)10
906656773Royal Charter of VirginiaRoyal document granting specified group the right to form a colony and guaranteeing settlers their rights as Englishmen as at home11
906656774Slave codeslaws which each US state, or colony, enacted which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters. Such codes gave slave-owners absolute power over their human property.12
906656775Yeomanofficer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch13
906656776Proprietor(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business14
906656777Longhousethe traditional dwelling of the Iroquois and other North American Indians.15
906656778SquatterPoor farmers in North Carolina and elsewhere who occupied land and raised crops without gaining legal title to the soil16
906656779PrimogenitureLAW WHICH REQUIRED THAT ESTATES BE PASSED ON TO THE ELDEST SON ONLY17
906656780Indentured ServitudePenniless people obligated to forced labor for a fixed number of years, often in exchange for passage to the New World18
906656781Starving timeat Jamestown in the Colony of Virginia was a period of forced starvation initiated by the Powhatan Confederacy to remove the English from Virginia. The campaign killed all but 60 of the 500 colonists during the winter of 1609-1610.19
906656782Anglo-Powhatan WarName of two wars, fought in 1614 and 1644, between the English in Jamestown and the nearby Indian leader20
906656783Maryland Act of Toleration (1649)Maryland statute of 1649 that granted religious freedom to all Christians, but not Jews and Atheists21
906656784Barbados Slave CodeThe harsh system of Barbados law governing African labor officially adopted by South Carolina in 169622
906656785Virginia Companyrefers collectively to a pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I on 10 April 1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America23
906656786Restorationperiod of english colonization; once the monarchy was restored under Charles II; Carolina, New York, PA, DE New Jersey and Georgia24
906656787Savannah Indians...25
906656788Iroquois Confederacy...26
906656789Pilgrimssome one who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion {SEPARATISTS]27
906656790African Diasporathe dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture)28
9066567911585Sir Walter Raleigh unsuccesful attempts an English settlement on Roanoke Island29
906656792May 14, 1607Jamestown Created Charter of the Virginia Company guaranteed the settlers the same rights as Englishmen as at home30
906656793Irish Tactics...31
9066567941619First representative government (House of Burgesses) created & First slave ship carrying african slaves arrived in Virginia32
9066567951650300 Blacks are counted among the Census in this year33
9066567961685The english considered the Powhattan extinct in this year34
9066567971700Census records indicate that Blacks made up 14% of Virginia's population in this year35
906656798Describe the Powhatan rotated the landLand was farmed in, when necessary. Created hunting ground by burning space.36
906656799Why was the location of the Jamestown settlement not already occupied by the Native Americans?...37
906656800Why didn't Powhatan attack Jamestown (at first)?...38
906656801Why was land settled by the Pilgrims vacant?...39
906656802Ecological Imperialismthe idea that the introduction of plants, animals, and diseases by Europeans to settler colonies.40
906656803What were the English weapons in the endeavor?...41
906656804How did the marriage of Pocahontas & Rolfe benefit the English?Pocahontas actually did help save the colony—by marrying John Rolfe six years later. Both Powhatan and Jamestown's leaders seem to have viewed Pocahontas's marriage as a de facto non aggression treaty. As relations eased, the foreigners were given free rein to grow tobacco.42
906656805How is malaria said to lead to the use of African slaves in the British colonies?The Africans were immune to malaria43
906656806After decades of religious turmoil, Protestantism finally gained permanent dominance in England after succession to the throne ofQueen Elizabeth I44
906656807Imperial England and english soldiers developed a contemptuous attitude toward "natives" partly through colonizing experiences inIRELAND45
906656808England's victory over the Spanish Armada gave itdominance of the Atlantic Ocean and the vibrant sense of nationalism46
906656809At the time of colonization efforts, ENGLANDWAS UNDERGOING RAPID ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS47
906656810Many of the early Puritan settlers of America wereuprooted sheep farmers from eastern and western England48
906656811England's first colony at Jamestownwas saved from failure by the leadership of John Smith and by John Rolfe's introduction of tobacco49
906656812Representative government was first introduced to America in the colony ofVirginia50
906656813IrelandNation where English Protestant rulers employed brutal tactics against the local Catholic population51
906656814RoanokeThe found "lost colony" Island founded by Sir Walter Raleigh that mysteriously disappeared in the 1580's52
906656815Spanish Armada (1588)Naval invaders defeated by English "sea dogs" in 158853
906656816TobaccoThe primary staple crop of early Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina54
906656817South CarolinaThe only southern colony with a slave majority; colony that established a House of Burgesses in 161955
906656818Raleigh and GilbertElizabethan courtiers who failed in their attempts to found New World colonies56
906656819Smith and RolfeLeaders who rescued Jamestown colonists from the "starving time"57
906656820VirginiaColony that turned to disease-resistant African slaves for labor in its extensive rice plantations58
906656821MarylandColony Founded as a haven for Roman Catholics59
906656822Jamaica and BarbadosBritish west indian sugar colonies where large scale plantations and slavery took not60
906656823Lord BaltimoreThe catholic aristocrat who sought to build a sanctuary for his fellow believers; continued the legacy of his father by promoting religious tolerance which was unusual for the time of the 17th Century in the colony61
906656824North CarolinaColony Founded as refuge for debtors by philathropists62
906656825James OlgethorpePhilanthropic soldier-statesman who founded the Georgia colony63
906656826Elizabeth IThe unmarried ruler who led England to national glory also named The Renaissance Queen or Virgin Queen (Virginia named after)64
906656827JamestownRiverbank site where Virginia Company settlers planted the first permanent English colony65
906656828Most of the early white settlers in North Carolina werereligious dissenters and poor whites fleeing aristocratic Virginia66
906656829The high minded philanthropists who founded the Georgia colony were especially interested in the cause ofprison reform and avoiding slavery67
906656830One important difference between the founding of the Virginia and Maryland colonies was thatVirginia- was founded mainly as an economic venture Maryland- was intended partly to secure religious freedom for persecuted Roman Catholics68
906656831After the Act of Toleration in 1649, Maryland provided religious freedom forProtestants and Catholics69
906656832The primary reason that no new colonies were founded between 1634 and 1670 wasthe civil war in England70
906656833The early conflicts between English settlers and the Indians near Jamestown laid the basis forthe forced separation of the indians into the separate territories of the "reservation system"71
906656834The importation of African slavesThe labor system f the british West Indies sugar plantations relied almost entirely on72
906656835Elizabeth's parentsAnn Bolen & Henry the 8th73
906656836Little ice AgeClimate change74
906656837Puritansmost of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects {SEPARATISTS]75
906656838Who said, "Those who shall not work, shall not eat"John Smith76
906656839Opechancanoughlaunched a surprise attack by 12 indian tribes in an attempt to stop English from taking land and killed 1/4 of the settlers and John Rolfe77

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