The Powhatan Confederacy

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Which group of people did the English encounter when they arrived in the Chesapeake region?

  • The Cherokee Confederacy
  • The Iroquois Confederacy
  • The Algonquian Confederacy
  • The Powhatan Confederacy (correct)

What farming practices did the Powhatan use to produce food efficiently?

  • Using plows and draft animals
  • Rotating crops and using draft animals
  • Plowing and manure
  • Burning acreage and rotating crops (correct)

What was the main motivation behind the establishment of Jamestown?

  • Political colonization
  • Religious freedom
  • Profit-seeking venture (correct)
  • Scientific exploration

Which European country established the framework for the Atlantic slave trade?

<p>Spain (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who recommended replacing Indigenous labor with African labor?

<p>Bartolomé de Las Casas (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Englishmen equate Africans with?

<p>Categorical blackness (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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