Hist 1301 Exam 1 - Ch.1-6 QUESTION AND ANSWER ALREADY SOLVED

Hist 1301 Exam 1 - Ch.1-6 QUESTION AND ANSWER ALREADY SOLVEDWhat land did Columbus first sight? - correct answer Bahamas What destroyed the friendly relationship between the Powhatten Confederacy and the Chesapeake colonists? - correct answer Enroachment of Indian lands What country began the age of exploration? - correct answer Portugal Name the proprietor colonies. - correct answer Maryland, Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia What were the results of the English Civil War? - correct answer All but one colony founded, consistent policy not developed, migration from England slows because people have less reason to leave The Doctrine of the Covenant expressed the ideas of what group? - correct answer Society What were the results of Bacon's Rebellion? - correct answer Bacon dies, rebellion crumbles Why did people leave England to colonize the New World? - correct answer Reformation, England increases power, too crowded, and personal reasons Columbus originally was determined to prove what? - correct answer A westward water route to China existed What type of evidence was used to convict witches? - correct answer Direct confession, supernatural attributes, anger/mischief, and spectral What were the provisions of the Navigation Acts? - correct answer Only English ships could trade in the colonies, certain products only sold to England (enumerated goods), items shipped via England in order to pay tax What were the effects of mercantilism? - correct answer Colonies consumed more goods than sold which led to a shortage of colonial money, ship building increased` Basically, who was responsible for starting the witch craze in Salem Massachusetts? - correct answer Afflicted girls How many people were hanged as a result of the witch craze in Salem Massachusetts? - correct answer 19 The primary motivation for the founding of Maryland by George Calvert in the 1630's was to create a haven for who? - correct answer Catholics To resolve the problem of the vast expenses New World settlement required, English merchant-capitalists introduced the concept of ___________ to finance colonies. - correct answer Mercantilism Describe New England women in the Seventeenth century. - correct answer Women usually arrived with family members to band together in cooperative religious communities organized for the collective good including shared economic goals. Almost immediately, their healthier living conditions allowed for reproduction by natural increase What was the largest group of white non-English immigrants to come to the colonies? - correct answer Scotch Irish Jamestown's prosperity was ensured by what? - correct answer Tobacco cultivation The Congregationalists of Massachusetts Bay believed that the best way to reform the church of England was to do what? - correct answer Stayed in church but reformed or "purified" it What were Enumerated goods? - correct answer Certain products only sold to England, such as; tobacco, sugar, cotton