Charter colonies - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Proprietary colonies - land granted by king to a proprietor to control the land charter colonies - financed by companies as an investment and populate a region royal colonies - charter granted and controlled by king joint-stock company - a business owned by investors through control of stocks. supported colonies Jamestown - 1st successful colony founded in 1607 in virginia indentured servants - obliged to work for a set period of years to pay off their passage to the new world headright s...

Great Columbian / Biological Exchange - Exchange of plants and animals between the New World and Europe following the discovery of America in 1492. Christopher Columbus - Italian explorer, sailed from Spain in 1492 and reached Americas, greatly increased European awareness of the North American Continent Bartolomeo de las Casas - 16th Century Spanish Historian, Dominican Friar, "Protector of the Indians;" opposed atrocities by colonizers on Indigenous people Spanish empire - Empire contr...

Pilgrims Wrote the Mayflower Compact Spain Built missions and claimed Texas, Florida, and California France Made money from fur trade Maryland Founded for catholics seeking religious freedom Reasons for exploration God, glory and gold Reason why Virginia was founded Economic reasons What contributed to the creation of these three things? 1. The Mayflower Compact 2. The charter establishing the Virginia House of Burgesses 3. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut The distance ...

Test Bank for Canadian Community as Partner Theory & Multidisciplinary Practice 5th edition By Ardene R. Vollman Chapter 1, Population Health Promotion: Essentials and Essence of Practice 1. The 20th century saw numerous improvements in the health status of people in the developed world. This was primarily attributable to what phenomenon? A. Steady declines in the rate of tobacco consumption B. The development of vaccines against many communicable diseases C. Eradication of microorganis...

Ferdon GOVT 200 Exam 5False: Slaves did not have as many rights and there were property qualifications for voting - correct answer T/F: All Englishmen had the same rights With the House of Burgesses in 1619 - correct answer When were principles of republicanism and representative government introduced to the colonies? What served as the basis for popularly based constitutions? - correct answer Mayflower Compact Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - correct answer What is the most famous c...

John Smith correct answers English sea captain who "whipped" the men of Jamestown into shape and just barely helping the colony to survive barely, but still helped it to survive and eventually become permanent Powhatan correct answers native tribe who originally peacefully coexisted with English, as Pocahontas married John Rolfe but eventually broke out into war and series of attacks/uprisings John Rolfe correct answers husband of Pocahontas who introduced new type of tobacco to VA-->...

UGA Ga and US History Exemption Test True or false? Georgia was the youngest and southernmost of the 13 colonies? - True Who is Hernan Cortes, and what is he notorious for? - Spanish explorer/conquistador who marched across Mexico and conquered the Aztecs (aka Spanish Mexican war, which lasted from ) What Spanish explorer/conquistador discovered, and was the first to cross the Mississippi River? - Hernando de Soto What was the main goal of de Soto's expedition in 1538? - To find ...

Alberta Social Studies 9 Test Questions and Answers Applying laws - Answer-Justice The institution and procedures for applying laws in society - Answer-Justice System Laws created through the legislative process - Answer-Legislation Reliability, based on a critical assessment of facts - Answer-Validity Help in the community performed as part of a sentence - Answer-Community Service A permanent record of breaking the law - Answer-Criminal Record A consequence for a crime - Ans...

Family development in Plymouth and Boston correct answers life revolved around church Columbain Exchange correct answers swap of goods/diseases/livestock from the new world to the old Jonathan Edwards correct answers preacher in New England during the Great Awakening, congregationalist George Whitefield correct answers leader of the Great Awakening in GB and the Southern Colonies, methodist The Seven Years War correct answers name for the French and Indian war in GB/Europe Tobacco...

Ferdon GOVT 200 Exam 5False: Slaves did not have as many rights and there were property qualifications for voting - correct answer T/F: All Englishmen had the same rights With the House of Burgesses in 1619 - correct answer When were principles of republicanism and representative government introduced to the colonies? What served as the basis for popularly based constitutions? - correct answer Mayflower Compact Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - correct answer What is the most famous c...