American Pageant - Chapter 2 - Study Questions Flashcards

APUSH study questions for chapter 2, "The Planting of English America," in American Pageant.

10753801	King Henry VIII	Which king of England separated from the Roman Catholic Church?	0
10753802	Spread protestantism, seize Spanish treasure	Encouraged by Queen Elizabeth, semi-piratical English buccaneers had these two goals.	1
10753803	Francis Drake	This man was the most famous of Queen Elizabeth's buccaneers. He intercepted a Spanish gold-carrying vessel, then sailed around the world to avoid the Spanish fleet. When he returned to England, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth on his deck of his ship.	2
10753804	Newfoundland	The site of England's first colonization efforts in the new world.	3
10753805	Sir Humphrey Gilbert	What Englishman attempted to found the first English colony at Newfoundland?	4
10753806	It was too cold of a climate, and its founder, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, perished at sea during the early stages of the colonization effort	Why did England's colony at Newfoundland fail?	5
10753807	Roanoke Island	What was the site of England's second failed attempt to colonize the New World?	6
10753808	Sir Walter Raleigh	What Englishman founded the English colony at Roanoke?	7
10753809	After several false starts, the colony eventually disappeared without a trace.	What became of England's colony at Roanoke?	8
10753810	King Philip II	What Catholic King of Spain decided to attack the Protestant English?	9
10753811	The English employed swifter, more maneuverable, and more ably manned crafts	In what ways were the Englishmen better than the Spanish Armada?	10
10753812	A great storm known as the "Protestant Wind"	What crippled the Spanish Armada, leading to England's victory?	11
10753813	The signing of a peace treaty in 1604	How did peace finally come about between Spain and England after their conflict in the English Channel?	12
10753814	Naval dominance in the North Atlantic	What did the English gain in their defeat of the Spanish?	13
10753815	A strong, unified national state under a popular monarch; religious unity; and a vibrant sense of nationalism and national destiny	What characteristics did England display on the eve of its colonizing adventure?	14
10760093	England's population growth, economic depression, primogeniture laws, and puritans seeking religious freedoms	What events in England supplied colonial immigrants? (Name 4)	15
10760094	By joint-stock companies	How was the money needed to fund colonization efforts provided?	16
10760095	Thirst for adventure, for markets, and for religious freedom	Name 3 motives of the English to colonize.	17
10760096	Virginia Company of London	What joint-stock company funded Jamestown?	18
10760097	King James I	Who granted the charter to Jamestown?	19
10760098	Passage to the Indies; Gold	What were the two major motives for the foundation of Jamestown?	20
10760099	It provided them the same rights as Englishmen living in England	In what way was the Jamestown charter important to New World colonists?	21
10760100	Disease, starvation, and malnutrition	What perils did the "self-styled gentlemen" that colonized Jamestown face after they disembarked?	22
10760101	Captain John Smith	Who is known as the savior of Jamestown?	23
10760102	Powhatan	Captain John Smith had previously been taken captive by the Indians in a mock execution. Who was the leader of those Indians?	24
10760103	They wanted to show their strength, but also their will for peaceful relations	For what reasons did the Indians fake an execution of Captain John Smith?	25
10760104	Pocahontas	Who "saved" Captain John Smith from execution?	26
10760105	Intermediary	What role did Pocahontas play in Colonist-Indian relations after Captain John Smith's mock execution?	27
10760106	Lord De La Warr	The colonists of Jamestown were heading back to England when they encountered another vessel under the control of this man.	28
10760107	He became their new governor, forced them back to Jamestown, imposed a harsh military regime, then undertook military action against the natives	What action did Lord De La Warr take after encountering the Jamestown colonists?	29
10760108	Powhatan's Confederacy	What group of Indians did the English encounter in the James River area?	30
10760109	Declare war against the natives	What was Lord De La Warr ordered to do in Virginia?	31
10760110	First Anglo-Powhatan War	What was the name of the first war between English colonists and Native Americans?	32
10760111	Marriage between Pocahontas and John Rolfe	What brought about peace after the First Anglo-Powhatan War?	33
10760112	Peace Treaty	What brought about peace after the Second Anglo-Powhatan War?	34
10760113	Banished Indians from White settlements	What were the terms of the peace treaty ending the Second Anglo-Powhatan War?	35
10760114	Disease, Disorganization, and Disposability	What were the "Three D's" that the Powhatans fell victim to?	36
10764299	Based on the desire for English goods, Native American tribes competed with one another over trading rights with the English, and the land required to obtain the goods that they would trade	In what ways did the English warrant Indian-Indian violence?	37
10764300	John Rolfe	Who perfected Tobacco?	38
10764301	Tobacco	What served as the foundation of Virginia's prosperity?	39
10764302	More land	Tobacco was so popular that it caused colonists to seek after ______ .	40
10764303	Tobacco's success led to the introduction of the plantation system in Virginia, and therefore, the need for fresh labor	What connection, if any, exists between tobacco, the plantation system, and fresh labor?	41
10764304	A Dutch warship sold twenty Africans to Virginia colonists	How were the seeds of North American Slave Trade planted in 1619?	42
10764305	House of Burgesses	What was the first "miniature parliament" to be established in Virginia?	43
10764306	He revoked the Virginia Company of London's charter to make Virginia a royal colony	Because James I was hostile towards Virginia, what action did he take?	44
10764307	Lord Baltimore	Who founded Maryland?	45
10764308	To be a Catholic haven	Why was Maryland founded?	46
10764309	He gave large chunks of land to his Catholic relatives, leaving smaller estates for Protestants	How did Lord Baltimore distribute his colony's land?	47
10764310	Tobacco	What was the foundation of Maryland's economy?	48
10764311	White Indentured Servants	Who did the Maryland colonists depend on for labor?	49
10764312	Act of Toleration	What did the Maryland Catholics promote in their effort towards having their religious practices tolerated?	50
10764313	Religious tolerance among Protestants and Catholics; the death penalty for those that denied the divinity of Jesus	What did the Act of Toleration decree?	51
10764314	Sugar	What formed the foundation of the West Indies economy?	52
10764315	England	What country colonized the West Indies?	53
10764316	Sugar required much more work and money to harvest than tobacco	How were tobacco and sugar different?	54
10764317	They imported African slaves	How did the West Indies colonists deal with the greater amount of work required to harvest sugar?	55
10764318	English colonists imported so many African slaves that the Africans outnumbered the English	Why, in the present day, are the West Indies predominantly black?	56
10764319	It denied fundamental rights to slaves and allowed slave masters to inflict vicious punishments for slight infractions	What did the Barbados Slave Code decree?	57
10764320	migrated to North America's southern colonies (especially Carolina)	Since sugar was so expensive to harvest, many smaller English farmers...	58
10764321	The farmers brought knowledge of the Barbados Slave Code to the Carolinas and lived by its decree	Why is the migration of farmers from the West Indies to the Carolinas important to African slaves?	59
10764322	similar to the Barbados Slave Code	Because many of the migrant farmers of the Carolinas originated from the West Indies, they adopted a slave policy...	60
10764323	Civil war in England	Why was colonization interrupted between 1629 and 1660?	61
10764324	King Charles I	What king of England dismissed parliament?	62
10764325	Oliver Cromwell	Who did parliament replace King Charles I with?	63
10764326	King Charles II	Who took the throne after Oliver Cromwell?	64
10764327	The Lords Proprietors	Who did Charles II grant control over the area that would become Carolina?	65
10764328	Eight of Charles II's court favorites	Who were the Lords Proprietors?	66
10764329	Export of foodstuffs to provision sugar plantations in the West Indies, and the export of non-English products such as wine, silk, and olive oil	What made up the economy of the Carolinas?	67
10764330	Colonists abducted Indians from inland and either forced them to work in Carolina as slaves or sold them to other colonies	Based on the experiences of many Carolina immigrants from the West Indies, describe the slave-trade system of Carolina.	68
10764331	Rice	What was the principle crop in Carolina?	69
10764332	Colonists purchased Africans familiar with rice and resistant to English diseases	How did rice being the principle crop of Carolina affect Carolina slave trade?	70
10764333	A "ragtag group" of immigrants from Virginia	Who founded North Carolina?	71
10764334	Squatters	What term described the immigrants from Virginia that founded North Carolina?	72
10764335	Tobacco	What became North Carolina's principle crop?	73
10764336	They were resistant to authority and the control of the Church of England	For what reasons did colonists immigrate from Virginia to found North Carolina?	74
10764337	Democratic and independent-minded	Describe the mind-set of North Carolina settlers	75
10764338	North Carolina engaged in several battles with the Native Americans	What relations did North Carolina have with the Indians?	76
10764339	To act as a buffer colony	For what purpose was Georgia founded?	77
10764340	James Oglethorpe	Who founded Georgia?	78
10764341	"The Charity Colony"	What was Georgia's nickname?	79
10764342	No; Unhealthy climate, demoralizing Spanish attacks, Early restrictions on black slavery	Was a plantation economy successful in Georgia? Give three reasons why or why not.	80
10764820	Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia	What colonies make up the "Plantation Colonies"?	81
10764821	Tobacco and rice	What are the major exports of the southern colonies?	82
10764822	Religious tolerance among Catholics and Protestants was fairly high, however the Act of Toleration in Maryland persecuted those who denied the divinity of Jesus	What was the state of religious toleration throughout the majority of the southern nations?	83
10764823	Tobacco "butchers" it, making the soil useless after several years of replanting	How does tobacco affect the soil it grows in?	84
10764824	They continue to push inward in search of land to grow tobacco on	How does tobacco's "soil butchery" warrant reaction from the colonists?	85
10764889	Prison reform	For what reasons did James Oglethorpe found Georgia?	86