American History Test 3 Study Guide (abeka) Dates 1607- Jamestown 1588- Spanish Armada 1517- Protestant Reformation 1492- Columbus voyage 1775- Lexington and Concord 1765- Stamp Act Congress 1774- First Continental Congress 1783- Treaty of Paris 1497- John Cabot exploration 1620- Plymouth founded 1733- Savannah founded 1619- House of Burgesses Questions 1). Who founded Maryland? - Lord Baltimore 2). Which conquistador explored the Mississippi River? - Hernando De Soto 3). Who founded Connecticut
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Antinomianism—A belief that emerged after the Protestant Reformation that Christians are free from any laws by their faith in God 4. Chesapeake Bay—The largest estuary in the United States that served as an important English settlement beginning in 1607 with the arrival of colonists 5. Church of England—England’s official Christian church that was first spread worldwide by English colonization 6. Colombian Exchange—A period of cultural and biological exchanges between Europeans and the indigenous
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4‚ 2014 Jamestown Settlement Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia‚ the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Established by the Virginia company of London as “James Fort” in 1607 and considered permanent after brief abandonment in 1610 (Wikipedia). Despite having several early fail attempts‚ Jamestown survived and became the capital of the colony. The question is how did Jamestown survived despite becoming a place of misery and death? Why did Jamestown have struggle
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Summary In the introduction‚ Patrick J. Buchanan notes that Queen Elizabeth II went to the settlement of Jamestown in 2007‚ the town’s 400th anniversary. The Queen had been there before‚ when Jamestown was founded and again in 1957. Buchanan uses the Queens visit to Jamestown as a firsthand experience of how much has changed in Jamestown since its founding. He quotes the Queen‚ “Since I visited Jamestown in 1957‚ my country has become a much more diverse society just as the Commonwealth of Virginia and
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Sir Christopher Newport was one of the 3 founders of Jamestown in 1607‚ he also established the first permanent English Colony in North America. Sir Christopher Newport was an explorer but not only an explorer he was a captain and then quickly became a master mariner at sea‚ then later in life he was promoted again to one of the principal masters of the navy. Sir Christopher Newport was in war with spain in 1587‚ and raided the Spanish Caribbean yearly until 1603‚ after that a peace was signed with
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Essay Virginia and Massachusetts Introduction Massachusetts has been at the fore front of history for spill 250 years. The Pilgrims came onto land in 1620‚ and Massachusetts became the location of the primary Thanksgiving within the fall of 1621. Within the 1700’s‚ because the economy of the world benefited from long fishing‚ trading‚ and construction‚ the residents became more and more rebellious against Britain’s persistent taxation. In 1773‚ history was created once Bostonians had their far-famed
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to the Virginia Company for the establishment of a colony in the Chesapeake region of North America. On May 14‚ 1607‚ the settlers landed on Jamestown Island and began the establishment of the Virginia English Colony. As political and religious oppression increased in England into the 1620s‚ the Puritans sought to leave England and establish an additional
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was Matoaka‚ but she became known as Pocahontas‚ “which means ‘Little Wanton’‚ a playful‚ frolicsome little girl” (Morenus 1). On April 26‚ 1607‚ the original colonists arrived in Virginia‚ and on May 13‚ 1607 the colonists settled in Jamestown (Lemay‚ XIV). Pocahontas soon developed affection for the settlers and brought them food often. In early December of 1607‚ Captain John Smith and seven other colonists decided to venture into the Chickahoming River country to obtain corn for the inhabitants (Woodward
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John Smith was born on January 9‚ 1580 in Willoughby‚ England. He was an English adventurer and soldier‚ and one of the founders of Jamestown‚ Virginia and was the author of the first book written in America in English. At the age of sixteen after his father passed away‚ he ran away from home to volunteer in France who were fighting the Dutch independence from Spain. Two years later he headed toward the Mediterranean Sea where he began working on a merchant ship. At the age of twenty he joined
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in what is now North Carolina.(Goldenburg 1) By the 1600s‚ the Virginia colony comprised the entire coast of North America‚ including the shoreline of Acadia‚ and a vast area of inland Canada. In 1607‚ settlements were established at Jamestown and at the Popham colony‚ but only Jamestown survived. "By 1620‚ the portion of Virginia north of the 39th parallel became New England." (PBS 1) Despite the materialization of other English colonies in North America‚ the Virginia colony was by far the most significant
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