Ch4 English North America

Question 1

Jamestown

Answer 1

first colony, established in 1607 by a joint stock company

Question 2

Maryland

4 things

Answer 2

the second colony
established by Calvert, a catholic.
Maryland was intended to be a refuge for those religiously prosecuted in England.
Many came as indentured servants or took advantage of the headright system

Question 3

Acts of Religious Toleration

Answer 3

protect Catholics from Protestant prosecution

Question 4

Jamestown suffered from what?

Answer 4

low population due to disease

Question 5

attempts to correct the low population in Jamestown included what?
(3 things)

Answer 5

establishment of the headright system
house of burgesses
planting of tobacco

Question 6

Tobacco dominated what?

Answer 6

The Virginian industry

Question 7

Headright system

Answer 7

Gave land to any colonist willing to for his and another colonist’s passage

Question 8

House of burgesses

Answer 8

first elected assembly, similar to England’s legislature

Question 9

What 4 things did the planting of tobacco do?

Answer 9

depleted the soil
led to expansion
led to indian conflict (powhatan wars)
decreased social unity b/c there were greater dispersed settlement patterns

Question 10

what did Virginia lack

Answer 10

stable family life

Question 11

Middle and New England colonies were…

Answer 11

more diverse

Question 12

The Chesapeake was tied to what crop?

Answer 12

tobacco

Question 13

the demand for field labor due to tabacco was first met by whom?

Answer 13

indentured servants

Question 14

what caused Bacon’s rebellion?

Answer 14

a minor confrontation between Indians and colonists on the Western Frontier of Virginia

Question 15

Bacon’s Rebellion

Answer 15

largest and most powerful showcase of civil disobedience

Question 16

What did bacon’s rebellion do?

Answer 16

accelerated the shift to slavery:
Indentured servants might ask for more rights and land once their term was completed whereas
slaves would be a permanent work force

Question 17

slave trade

Answer 17

the lynchpin of triangular trade

Question 18

2 characteristics of new slavery

Answer 18

race based

many slaves were together in the same place which led to stricter enforcement

Question 19

true or false:

slavery had previously been used elsewhere but it was not uncommon for slaves to gain their freedom

Answer 19

true

Question 20

slave codes

Answer 20

issues in the 1660s and repressed blacks

Question 21

what justified slavery in the eyes of English

Answer 21

they were not christian

Question 22

how did slaves benefit the mother country?

Answer 22

generated large profits which contributed to the first banks and insurance companies

Question 23

what was the norm of 1700?

Answer 23

slavery. It had been established in all colonies.

Question 24

5 examples of slave resistance

Answer 24

slow work
mistreatment of animals
broken tools
revolt
destruction of property

Question 25

stono rebellion

Answer 25

most famous and violent slave rebellion

Question 26

what resulted from the stono rebellion?

Answer 26

hardening of slave codes

Question 27

Puritans

Answer 27

sought full reformation in England; wanted the church of England to remove Catholic practices

Question 28

Why did the puritans leave England?

Answer 28

to escape religious restriction, political repression and for economic reasons

Question 29

pilgrims

Answer 29

separatists who wanted to sever all ties w/ the Church of England (smaller than puritans)

Question 30

John Calvin

Answer 30

leader of the Puritans

Question 31

Calvinism

Answer 31

idea that God had elected a few for salvation, albeit no one knew if they were saved or damned

Question 32

John Winthrop

Answer 32

wanted to build an ideal Christian society (Boston) aka, the "city upon a hill"

Question 33

what did wintrhop do?

Answer 33

inspire democratic reform

Question 34

2 characteristics of puritans

Answer 34

migrated to NE as families (although women and children were subordinate) valued education as a means to understand the bible

Question 35

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 35

challenged the subordinate role of women in society

Question 36

Roger Williams | 2 things

Answer 36

argued for complete separation of church and state | fled to RI to found a religious tolerant state

Question 37

Halfway Covenant of 1662

Answer 37

eased requirements for church membership by allowing baptism of children who's parents could couldn't provide testimony not effective

Question 38

William Penn

Answer 38

founded Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers

Question 39

Quakers

Answer 39

first abolitionists advocated freedom of worship, opposed slavery, and refused to bear arms

Question 40

Pennsylvania

Answer 40

encouraged freedom of religion and had no state supported church