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49 Cards in this Set
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When did Elisabeth I become queen of England?
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1558
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When did Drake circumnavigate the globe?
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1577 - 1580
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When was the colony of Roanoke founded?
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1585
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When did the English defeat the Spanish Armada?
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1588
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When was Jamestown founded?
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1607
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When was the Barbados slave code enacted?
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1661
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When was the Tuscarora war fought?
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1711-1713
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When were the first and second Anglo-Powhatan wars?
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1614, 1644
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Who founded Roanoke Colony?
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Who attempted to form the first English American colony?
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert
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Why did England not try to colonize America earlier?
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it was going through the reformation, it was fighting the Irish
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Who was the most famous Buccaneer?
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Sir. Francis Drake
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Who was king of Spain at the time of the Spanish Armada?
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Philip II
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What led to the decline of the Spanish empire?
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the disaster of the Spanish armada, the English Buccaneers, the war in Holland
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Why did the English colonize?
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laws of primogeniture, surplus population, thirst for adventure, desire for religious freedom, etc.
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What company was behind Jamestown?
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The Virginia Company
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What was so important about the charter of the Virginia company?
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the 'rights of the Englishman'
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Who saved Jamestown?
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Capn. John Smith
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Who was the chief of the indians near Jamestown?
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Powhatan
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Who arrived from England and waged war with the indians from Jamestown?
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Lord De La Warr
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Who did Pocahantes marry
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Sir. John Rolfe
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What three D's did the indians near Jamestown face?
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disease, disorganization, and disposability
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What happened to the East Coast Indians?
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They were killed by disease, migrated west, formed new tribes, fought each other, were made slaves
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What crop was sold by Virginia and Maryland?
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Tobacco
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When did Representative government come to America?
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in 1619
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When did the first African slaves come to America?
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1619
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What was the first form of representative government? Where?
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House of Burgesses, Virginia
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Who founded the Virginia colony?
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the Virginia Company or London co.
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What happened to Virginia in 1624?
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It became a royal colony
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When wasa Maryland founded?
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1634
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Who founded Maryland?
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Lord Baltimore
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What was the religion of Maryland?
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Roman Catholic, with religious freedom
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When was the Act of Toleration made?
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1649
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what crop was grown in the West Indies?
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Sugar
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what was necessary for profit in the West Indies?
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slaves
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who was king at the time of the English civil wara?
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King Charles I
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When was Carolina formed?
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1670
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Who formed Carolina?
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the Lord's Proprietors (8)
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What happened to the indians in Carolina?
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they were sold as slaves, atacked in 1710
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what was the main crop of Carolina?
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rice
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why was N. Carolina separated from the S.?
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because it had the reputation of being a place for squatters, outlaws, etc.
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when was N. Carolina separated from S. Caroline?
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in 1712
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which indian tribe attacked the N. Carolinians?
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the Tuscarora
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when was Georgia formed?
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1733
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who founded Georgia?
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James Oglethorpe and others
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list the five original nations of the Iroquois confederacy
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Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk
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what was the sixth nation of the Iroquois confederacy?
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Tuscarora
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which indian 'prophet' formed a religion?
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Handsome Lake
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what religion was formed in the Iroquois confederacy?
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the longhouse religion
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