HIST 221 Quiz 2

Arrange the following events in chronological order: the founding of (A) Georgia, (B) the Carolinas, (C) Virginia, (D) Maryland

C, D, B, A (Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, Georgia)

The busiest seaport in the southern colonies was

Charleston

The settlement founded in the early 1600s that was the most important for the future United States was

Jamestown

Tobacco was considered a poor man's crop because

it could be produced easily and quickly

Despite an abundance of fish and game, early Jamestown settlers continued to starve because

they wasted time looking for gold

The financial means for England's first permanent colonization in America were provided by

a joint-stock company

A major reason for the founding of the Maryland colony was to

create a refuge for the Catholics

The biggest disruption of Native American life was

disease

England's defeat of the Spanish Armada

helped to ensure England's naval dominance in the North Atlantic

The early years at Jamestown were mainly characterized by

starvation, disease, and frequent Indian attacks