4.3 - JAMESTOWN

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4.3 - JAMESTOWN

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Match each term and definition. *

5 points

the Stuarts

charter

Virginia Company

joint-stock company

House of Burgesses

joint-stock enterprise chartered by James I to colonize that part of America called "Virginia"

Virginia's representative assembly, established in 1619 as the first of many colonial parliament-like bodies

forerunner of the modern corporation, it allowed many investors (called "adventurers") to pool their capital in order to carry out large business ventures

Crown permission for a venture, often in the form of a monopoly, in return for a share of the profits from said venture

after the Tudors, this dynasty ruled England between 1603 and 1714, beginning with James I

the Stuarts

charter

Virginia Company

joint-stock company

House of Burgesses

joint-stock enterprise chartered by James I to colonize that part of America called "Virginia"

Virginia's representative assembly, established in 1619 as the first of many colonial parliament-like bodies

forerunner of the modern corporation, it allowed many investors (called "adventurers") to pool their capital in order to carry out large business ventures

Crown permission for a venture, often in the form of a monopoly, in return for a share of the profits from said venture

after the Tudors, this dynasty ruled England between 1603 and 1714, beginning with James I

Who were John Hawkins and Francis Drake? *

1 point

English pirates and cousins

Spanish spies under the Catholic Monarchs

Leaders of the English colonization of the Irish

Settlers who vanished as a part of the mysterious Roanoke colony

What's significant about the year 1619? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. *

"CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY" questions will be marked "all right" or "all wrong." We don't have a way to offer partial credit at this time.

1 point

The first black African slaves were delivered to Jamestown.

The General Assembly of Virginia was formed.

John Rolfe began importing his hugely successful tobacco crop.

The Second Anglo-Powhatan War started.

The importation of ninety young, unmarried Englishwomen.

Required

1619 was the first year that Jamestown had more black indentured servants than white indentured servants. *

1 point

This is true.

This is false.

Jamestown was settled by the London Company. *

1 point

This is true.

This is false.

What do English colonies in Ireland have to do with America? *

1 point

Humphrey Gilbert was equally violent in Ireland and America

The English had to overcome the Spanish Armada to colonize both locations

The English plantation system was used in similar ways in both locations

They were both overseen by Henry VIII

How did Jamestown survive? *

1 point

John Smith instituted a severe but effective method of labor and private property

The Powhatan assimilated the colony, and instructed them in American agriculture

Thomas Gates reformed Anglo-Indian relations in ways that preserved the colony

Thomas Dale instituted a new method of taxation and land distribution

When did the English start taking something of a renewed interest in America? *

1 point

When Henry VIII established the Church of England

When Edward VI implemented Henry VIII's Protestant transformation

When Queen Mary tried to revert the state back to Catholicism

When Queen Elizabeth made Protestants feel free to come back to England

What was the Virginia Company? *

1 point

A joint-stock company chartered by the Stuarts

An American settlement effort under Queen Elizabeth

The first American settlement by English Jesuits, around 1570

The name of coordinated English piracy efforts in the Pacific

Which of the following DID NOT happen with the Powhatan Confederacy? *

1 point

Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas married John Rolfe

They engaged in two separate wars with the English, from 1609-1614, and 1622-1632

They surprise-attacked the English at least two times, about twenty years apart

They moved far to the west as English demand for tobacco land grew

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