Chesapeake Flashcards

2999036942	Chesapeake	Virginia/Maryland	0
2999036943	Roanoke	Settled by Sir Walter Raleigh Attempt to establish a permanent English settlement.	1
2999036944	Virginia	Not succeeding at first. They had a poor work ethic. They found no gold and have hostile relationships with the Powhatan Indians as well. No clean drinking water, disease, social chaos and harsh winter Turning point was when John Rolfe discovered tobacco	2
2999036945	Joint stock companies	Allowed several investors to pool their wealth in support of the colony that would yield a profit. They excepted responsibility for maintaining the colony in return for which they would be entitled to receive back most of the profit that the colony might yield.	3
2999036946	Jamestown	Founded by the Virginia company.	4
2999036947	Powhatan	Provided food for the Jamestown people, but then began to kill their livestock and destroy their farms	5
2999036948	John Smith	Led the Virginia company to success.	6
2999036949	Head right system	Anyone who paid for their own or another's passage to Virginia receive 50 acres of land.	7
2999036950	Indentured servant	In exchange for passage to North America, and food and shelter upon arrival, they agreed to a limited term of servitude.	8
2999036951	Bacons rebellion	Bacon was frustrated with Governor Berkley so he put together an army. He marched into Jamestown and it turned violent The rebellion exposed the growing power of the colonies former indentured servants.	9
2999036952	Maryland	Founded by George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) as a haven for English Catholics in the New World	10
2999054662	Act of toleration	A law mandating religious tolerance. Granted freedom of conscious to all Christians	11