What land did Columbus first sight?
Bahamas
What destroyed the friendly relationship between the Powhatten Confederacy and the Chesapeake colonists... [Show More] ?
Enroachment of Indian lands
What country began the age of exploration?
Portugal
Name the proprietor colonies.
Maryland, Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia
What were the results of the English Civil War?
All but one colony founded, consistent policy not developed, migration from England slows because people have less reason to leave
The Doctrine of the Covenant expressed the ideas of what group?
Society
What were the results of Bacon's Rebellion?
Bacon dies, rebellion crumbles
Why did people leave England to colonize the New World?
Reformation, England increases power, too crowded, and personal reasons
Columbus originally was determined to prove what?
A westward water route to China existed
What type of evidence was used to convict witches?
Direct confession, supernatural attributes, anger/mischief, and spectral
What were the provisions of the Navigation Acts?
Only English ships could trade in the colonies, certain products only sold to England (enumerated goods), items shipped via England in order to pay tax
What were the effects of mercantilism?
Colonies consumed more goods than sold which led to a shortage of colonial money, ship building increased`
Basically, who was responsible for starting the witch craze in Salem Massachusetts?
Afflicted girls
How many people were hanged as a result of the witch craze in Salem Massachusetts?
19
The primary motivation for the founding of Maryland by George Calvert in the 1630's
was to create a haven for who?
Catholics
To resolve the problem of the vast expenses New World settlement required, English merchant-capitalists introduced the concept of ___________ to finance colonies.
Mercantilism
Describe New England women in the Seventeenth century.
Women usually arrived with family members to band together in cooperative religious communities organized for the collective good including shared economic goals. Almost immediately, their healthier living conditions allowed for reproduction by natural increase
What was the largest group of white non-English immigrants to come to the colonies?
Scotch Irish
Jamestown's prosperity was ensured by what?
Tobacco cultivation
The Congregationalists of Massachusetts Bay believed that the best way to reform the
church of England was to do what?
Stayed in church but reformed or "purified" it
What were Enumerated goods?
Certain products only sold to England, such as; tobacco, sugar, cotton
What was responsible for most of the growth in the American colonies between 1700 and 1770?
Immigration [Show Less]
