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The period before Chirstopher Columbus's arrival in the New World is refered to as...?
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Pre-Columbian Era
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England's first attempt to settle North America came when?
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♥One year before the Spanish Armada was defeated.
♥In 1587 ♥When Sir Walter Raleigh sponsored a settlement on Roanoke Island (north carolina) (Lost Colony) |
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How was Jamestown funded?
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Jamestown was funded by a Joint-Stock Company. A group of investors who bough the right to establish New World plantations from the king.
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What was the Powhatan Confederacy?
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A group of Indian tribes local to Jamestown. They helped the people of this colony by teaching them what crops to grow and how to grow them (Pocahontas)
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What effect did Tobacco have on Jamestown?
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Because the crop requires vast acreage and depletes soil, the prominent role of tobacco in Virginia's economy resulted in RAPID EXPANSION.
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What was Indentured Servitude?
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In return for free passage to the New World, INDENTURED SERVANTS would work about 7 years labor, then recieved freedom.
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When was the Headright System introduced and what was it?
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The Headright system, developed in 1618, was a means of attracting new settlers to the Virgina Company. A "Headright" was a tract of land that was granted to colonists and potential settlers.
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The year that marks the origin of slavery in some english colonies and the establishment of the House Of Burgesses by Virginia...?
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1619
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Edict of Nantes
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1598; This edict provided for religios toleration of the Huguenots.
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Puritanism (england)
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16th century; English Calvinists led a Protestant movement. Desired to "purify" the Anglican church.
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