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The methods used in which one of the following countries anticipated policies England would undertake in America?
Ireland
Why did England consider Spain its enemy by the late 1500s?
because of religious differences: England had officially broken with the Roman Catholic Church, while Spain was devoutly Catholic
Which one of the following is true about the early history of Jamestown?
The death rate was extraordinarily high.
Why was the death rate in early Jamestown so high?
There was disease and a lack of food.
How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony’s development?
It instituted the headright system, giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another’s passage.
To entice settlers to Virginia, the Virginia Company established the headright system, which:
provided land to settlers who paid their own passage
What was Virginia’s “gold,” which ensured its survival and prosperity?
tobacco
Maryland was similar to Virginia in that:
tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society.
In contrast to life in the Chesapeake region, life in New England:
was more family oriented.
Puritans viewed individual and personal freedom as:
dangerous to the individual but good for the community.
Nearly two-thirds of English settlers arrived as indentured servants.
True
English settlers believed land was the basis of liberty.
Ture
The Virginia Company accomplished its goals for the company and for its settlers.
False
Religious toleration violated the Puritan understanding of moral liberty.
True
After the English Civil War, it was generally believed that freedom was the common heritage of all Englishmen.
True