HY 103 Inquizitive Ch 2

Place the following events in chronological order to describe early English colonization.

1. Hakluyt wrote a Discourse Concerning Western Planting, arguing that Queen Elizabeth I should support colonies in New World. 2. Roanoke island was settled but failed due to lack of planting. 3. Jamestown established. 4. Pilgrims found Plymouth. 5. Mayflower Compact.

What does this image reveal about the subtle changes that took place in Indian life as Indians became integrated into the Atlantic economy?

Although settlers tried to impose their way of life on the Indians, the Indians did maintain their cultural identities and practices. Indians adopted English-made attire and products, including those made of metal.

Identify the statements that describe Oliver Cromwell and his policy for colonial expansion.

English ruler who assumed power after the execution of Charles I. Led an aggressive policy of colonial expansion, extending English control over Ireland and Jamaica.

Colonial English women were defined by their legal status as "feme covert" (married) or "feme sole" (single). Identify the unique privileges feme sole women enjoyed.

Feme sole women could make contracts and conduct business. Feme sole women could own land.

What was the first college established in the English colonies?

Harvard

Identify which criticisms of the church and the King of England resulted in Roger Williams's banishment from the colony of Massachusetts.

He believed in religious toleration, citing that God had singled out not only the Puritans for salvation. He was critical of the kind for taking land from the Natives without payment.

By the 1660s and 1670s, ministers were regularly castigating the people for selfishness, manifestations of pride, violations of the Sabbath, and a "great backsliding" from the colony's original purposes. Identify the statements that describe "jeremiads" and how ministers used them to influence the actions of settlers.

Interpretations of social and environmental issues-like failed crops and disease- as God's disapproval. Warnings issued by ministers for violations of church teachings.

Identify the first permanently settled English colony.

Jamestown

Identify the statements that describe John Winthrop and his beliefs about the concept of liberty.

John Winthrop believed that true freedom required individuals to submit both religious and secular authorities. First governor of Massachusetts.

Identify the rights and responsibilities of people living in Massachusetts as outlined in the Body of Liberties.

Liberties were viewed as privileges connected to one's place in the social order. Slavery was not allowed in the Body of Liberties. A separate list of rights and restrictions existed for those who were dependent on others including women, children, and servants.

Identify the statements that describe Lord Calvert and his vision for Maryland.

Lord Calvert was the son of one of King Charles I's favorites and wanted to create a feudal system in Maryland. Lord Calvert was Catholic and wanted Maryland to be a refuge for those Catholics persecuted in England.

The establishment of Virginia and Maryland shared many similarities and also some notable differences. Identify which of the characteristics corresponded to either Virginia, Maryland, or both settlements.

Maryland: Indentured servants were more likely to become landowners; people of Catholic faith could find refuge and were encouraged to settle here. Virginia: This settlement was established by a company of investors. Both: Indentured servants were relied upon for the majority of labor in the early years; conditions were unhealthy, leading to high death rate for adults and children; tobacco was the leading cash crop.

In the mid-seventeenth century, some Puritan leaders began to worry about their society's growing commercialism and declining piety, or "declension". Identify the statements that describe the Half-Way Covenant and its impact on the church.

Massachusetts churches were forced to deal with a growing problem-the religious status of the third generation. This led to the creation of the Half-Way covenant. The Half-Way Covenant made ancestry, not religious conversion, the pathway into the church and inclusion among the elect.

The idea of freedom suddenly took on new and expanding meanings between 1640 and 1660. Identify the statements that describe the Levellers and their contributions to the expanded idea of freedom during this time.

Offered a glimpse of the modern definition of freedom as a universal entitlement based on equal rights, not a function of social rights. Was the first democratic political movement that proposed a written constitution, which proposed to abolish the monarchy and expanded the right to vote.

What does the image "The Savage Family" (1779) reveal about the typical Puritan family?

Puritans had large families, and a substantial part of women's lives was devoted to giving birth and raising children.

Identify the statements that describe seventeenth-century society in terms of freedom.

Settlers lived on a "spectrum" of freedom that encompassed a wide variety of different kinds of freedom. People's ideas of liberty variety enormously depending on their status in society.

Identify the statements that describe the English Civil War in 1642.

There were religious disputes about how fully the Church of England should distance its doctrines from Catholicism. There was conflict over restrictions to liberties, including the kind issuing taxes without parliamentary consent. There was conflict over the concept of "English Liberty".

As a result of the Pequot War, which was caused by the massacre of the tribe for their actions against a fur trader, all remaining members of the tribe were killed or sold into slavery. The final treaty that ended the conflict stated that as punishment the tribe's name would be wiped from historical record.

True

There were many demographic differences when looking at the early settlers of Virginia and those who settled in Massachusetts. Identify the characteristics of the two colonial settlements.

Virginia: Tobacco was the most common cash crop; the majority of the population was single men; the House of Burgesses was their first body of government. Massachusetts: The majority of the population consisted of families; the population was healthier due to climate; farm families produced an array of crops along with fish and timber.

Native and English colonial groups traded many goods and ideas. Identify the goods and ideas Indians shared with the colonists.

furs and animal skins native farming techniques free, uncultivated land