History Flashcards Chapter 2

Pocahontas was Powhatan's daughter who served as an intermediary between Indians and settlers at Jamestown and married John Rolfe.

John Rolfe discovered how to successfully grow and cure tobacco for export.

Lord Baltimore, also known as George Calvert, was the founder of Maryland, which offered religious freedom.

<p>Walter Raleigh organized an expedition to Roanoke Island, NC, which mysteriously vanished.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>John Smith helped found and govern Jamestown, enforcing strict discipline to ensure the colony's survival.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>William Penn was a Quaker who founded Pennsylvania for people to live in peace and be free from persecution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Elizabeth I was the Queen of England from 1558 to 1603, known for her successful reign and fostering Protestantism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Henry VIII broke with the Roman church and initiated the English Protestant Reformation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A joint-stock company is a company made up of shareholders who contribute money and share profits and debts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The House of Burgesses was the first legislative body in colonial America, formed in 1619.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A royal charter is a document that grants a group the right to form a colony and guarantees settlers' rights as English citizens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Slave codes are laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A yeoman is a southern owner of a small farm who does not have enslaved people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The law of primogeniture is a common law that establishes the birthright of the oldest son to inherit the family estate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Indentured servitude is a contractual system where someone sells their services for a specified period of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Starving Time refers to the winter of 1609 to 1610 when only sixty of the four hundred colonists in Virginia survived.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The primary purpose was to increase the wealth and power of England through the establishment of an American colony.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Southern colonies were primarily agricultural, relying on indentured servitude and later slave labor.</p> Signup and view all the answers