Chapter 2

By 1750, all the southern planation colonies

All of these.

The statues governing slavery in the North American colonies originated in

Barbados.

The ____ decreed that only eldest sons were eligible to inherit land estates.

Law of Primogeniture

The colony of Georgia was founded

as a defensive buffer for the valuable Carolinas.

When Lord De La War took control of Jamestown in 1610, he

imposed a harsh military regime in the colony.

Chief Powhatan had Captain John Smith kidnapped in order to

impress Smith with his power and show the Indian's desire for peace.

A peace settlement ended the First Anglo-Powhatan War in 1614 by the

marriage of Pocahontas to the Colonist John Rolfe.

After the purchases of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers, additional purchases of Africans were few because

they were too costly.

On the eve of its colonizing adventure, England possessed a

unified national state, measure of prologues unity, sense of nationalism, and popular march. AKA All of these

The summoning of Virginia's House Of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it

was the first of many miniature parliaments to flourish in America.

The settlement found in the early 1600s that was the most consequential for the future United States was the

English at Jamestown in 1607.

The first English attempt at colonization if 1585 was in

Roanoke Island.

the Financial means for England's first permanent colonization in America were provided by

a joint-stock company.

The native peoples of Virginia (Powhatans) succumbed to the Europeans because they

all of these.

Spain's dreams of empire began to fade with the

defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Virginia, Maryland, The Carolinas, and Georgia were similar in that they were all

economically dependent on the export of staple crop.

In 1649, Maryland's Act Of Toleration

guaranteed toleration to all Christians.

At the outset, Lord Baltimore allowed some religious toleration in the Maryland colony because he

hoped to secure freedom of warship for his fellow Catholics.

Captain John Smith's role at jamestown can best be described as

saving the colony from collapse.

The early years at Jamestown were mainly characterized by

starvation, disease, and frequent indian raids.