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Ch.2 Sect.2
Review - Mrs. Graves - WBHS
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History
11th Grade
09/01/2008

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What was the Protestant Reformation?
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when Henry VIII starts the Anglican Church
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Who started the Lutheran Church; Where did they start it?
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Martin Luther; Germany
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Who started Calvinism?
Definition
John Calvin
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Who wanted to purify the Anglican Church of all traces of Catholicism?
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Puritans
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Queen Elizabeth I sent who to Roanoke Island?
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Sir Walter Raleigh's second trip included how many people? What two important people were amongst those people?
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117; Gov. John White; His pregnant daughter, Eleanor.
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Who was the first to be born on American soil?
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Virginia Dare; her mother was Eleanor White
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What was carved into the tree and what do we think it means?
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CRO - the Croatons
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What colony was known as "The Lost Colony"?
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Roanoke Island
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Who gave a charter to the Virginia Company?
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James I
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What did the charter to the Virginia Company say?
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said can settle land around North Carolina and Potomac river
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How many people went to the Virginia Company?
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104 men and 4 boys
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What were the 3 ships that went to the Virginia Company? What month and year did they depart?
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Sarah Constant, Discovery, Godspeed; Dec. 1607
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What were the 3 problems with Jamestown?
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Location, types of colonists, James I called Smith back to England
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What was the good and bad with Jamestown's location?
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good: On James River. out of sight from Spain

bad: swamp=mosquitos=malaria
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Who took control of Jamestown? What was his motto? What did he make?
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Captain John Smith; "No work, no food"; made a detailed map of the area
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Who were the colonists of Jamestown friends with?
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the Powatan
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What was the period of time in which James I called Cap. Smith back to England?
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The Starving Time
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During The Starving Time, how many people survived?
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60 out of 214
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Who arrived in Jamestown and realized they needed to make profit to survive?
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Gov. Lord de la Ware
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What did Jamestown discover in 1612? By 1620, how many pounds were they exporting per year?
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30,000 lbs.
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What were the people of Jamestown offering to make people want to come?
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headrights (50 acres) plus 50 acres for family over fifteen y.o. and 15 acres for every servant
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In 1619, what 3 important things occured?
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1.) House of Burgesses (1st form of representative gov't in the USA)
2.) 1st women (100)
3.) 1st slaves (20 Africans sold by Dutch)
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