American Yawp Chapter 2 Quiz

Native American Groups and European Settlements

• Apalachee was the most powerful Native American group in sixteenth-century Florida.
• Santa Fe became the first permanent European settlement in the current American Southwest.

Key Figures and Concepts

• Bartolomé de las Casas, a Spanish missionary, significantly influenced the creation of the Black Legend which depicted Spanish atrocities against Indigenous peoples.
• The Northwest Passage was believed to be a water route to Asia, sought after by explorers.

Indigenous and European Relations

• The Iroquois expansion led many Algonquian-speaking tribes into the Great Lakes region, termed the "middle ground."
• The Netherlands was known for offering the most religious liberty among European countries during this period.

Economic Activities and Labor

• Dutch economic activity in New Netherlands focused primarily on trade with Native Americans.
• Enslaved Africans were used for labor in the construction of New Amsterdam.

English Politics and Conflicts

• Elizabeth I's reign marked England's Golden Age, highlighted by the works of Shakespeare.
• In the late sixteenth century, England engaged in warfare with Spain.

Jamestown Settlement

• Jamestown was founded in an unfavorable location, with the worst aspect being its surrounding conditions that affected survival.
• Tobacco cultivation became the key economic salvation for Jamestown settlers.

Land Policies and Slavery

• The Headright Policy allocated 50 acres of land to anyone who paid for an English immigrant’s passage to Virginia, promoting colonization.
• Slavery first emerged in Virginia when a Dutch slave trader sold 20 Africans to colonists.
• Justification for African slavery included biblical interpretations, particularly the Curse of Ham placed on Noah's descendants.