Native Americans/Pocahontas

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When was Jamestown established?

1607

When did Pocahontas marry John Rolfe?

1614

When did Pocahontas die?

1617

When did the English establish a Policy of Extermination towards the Indians?

1620s

When was the Powhatan assault on the colonists?

1622

How did the Fox fort protect them against the French at Lake Butte de Morts?

3 layers of mature oaks prevent cannon penetration

What animal was almost hunted to the point of extinction in the early 17th century for its furs?

Beaver

Why did Europeans think the Native Americans did not deserve the land?

Did not utilize it fully

When were the "starving times" of the English settlers?

Early 17th century

Who did Townshend claim had already won the battle for the land because they "had been full-time agriculturalists for eleven thousand years"?

Europeans

Why did Native American women burn down trees?

Fertilize the soil around it & open up canopy

Why were intertribal alliances developing in the WI area in the early 18th century?

Fox massacre brought fear of French

Why did the French massacre the Fox tribe?

Fox was trying to move to NY to join Iroquois

What country wanted to replicate its society in the new world?

France

Why did Townshend believe that Pocahontas was willing to marry John Rolfe?

Heritage of marrying for alliances

Who was promised land in the New World in exchange for seven years of labor?

Indentured servants

Who did Pocahontas marry?

John Rolf

What strategy did the Virginia Company use to successfully raise the funds for the Jamestown colony?

Joint-stock

Where did Pocahontas visit in Europe?

London, England

Who was taken captive as a boy and returned ten years later and told his tribe that "the strangers came from a land of thousands and should be killed, or many more [will] come?"

Luis

What form of society allowed Powhatan to gain many of his alliances by having children with the royal women of other tribes?

Matrilineal

What did the English think of the Native American men & women's work ethics?

Men = lazy & feminine Women = treated bad

Where did the Iroquois primarily live?

NY

What did the English often depict the New World as in their illustrations?

Naked women

Who served as a mediator between the Powhatan tribes and the English?

Pocahontas

Why was England late in colonizing the New World?

Religious issues

What is Middle Ground?

The French and Native Americans adopting each others' customs to form new lifestyle

What was the cash crop of the Chesapeake?

Tobacco

Where was the Chesapeake region located?

Virginia, Maryland

What did Powhatan desire most from the English that forced him to cut trade when they quit supplying it?

Weapons

Where did Powhatan threaten to move if the English did not cooperate with his trade demands?

Woods


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