US History 1301 Exam 1, Top Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Rated A+

US History 1301 Exam 1, Top Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Rated A+ Martin Luther - -a German priest who wrote the 95 Theses, which accused the church of worldliness and corruption. Wanted to cleanse the church of abuses such as the sale of indulgences. John Calvin - -a French-born Swiss theologian. Calvin taught that the world was divided between the elect and the damned. All persons sought salvation, but God had already determined whether one was among the elect destined to be saved. Idleness and immoral behavior were sure signs of damnation. This idea was called Predestination. Jamestown - -a group of investors pulled their money tighter to invest in an overseas adventure. Not for religion, freedom, etc. Colonies end up royal. Jamestown starts off with businessmen. England needs timber - North America was rich in timber. Investors are looking for a return on their investment. Looking for personal wealth and adventure - not prepared though: half are dead after the first winter. Joint-stock Company - -a way of pooling financial resources and sharing the risk of maritime voyages, which proved central to the development of modern capitalism. Virginia Company - -investors who founded Jamestown. Put their money together in order to invest in an overseas adventure. Captain John Smith - -develops a relationship with Powhatan. He takes control of Jamestown - institutes Marshall Law: work everyday, plant, till, toil if you want to eat. Jamestown would have gone the way of Roanoke without John Smith. Pocahontas - -married to John Rolfe in 1614. Ended first Powhatan War. Had a friendship with John Smith. John Rolfe - -Pocahontas' husband. Arrives carrying a tobacco plant. Plymouth Plantation - -where the Pilgrims first settled in the New World. Pilgrims - -arrived at Cape Cod in November 1620. Protestants. Extreme separatists. Highly unhappy with what is happening in England. William Bradford - -the Pilgrim leader. Mayflower Compact - -before they got off the ship, they agreed to conduct themselves by the laws of God and man. First concern: adhering to law and order, doing this by choice, not by someone telling them to. Suffer the same fate as Jamestown - half are dead by the end of the first year. Massachusetts Bay Colony - -New England colony established 1630 - Cape Cod is swallowed up in to this large place. 'Great Migration' - -large-scale migration of southern blacks during and after WWI to the north, where jobs had become available during the labor shortage of the war years. Roger Williams - -founded Rhode Island Baptist Church in 1635. Gets kicked out of RI for questioning church theocracy. Baptist Church is established. Thomas Hooker - -Connecticut 1636 - Kicked out of Massachusetts Bay. Starts Connecticut. When he leaves, he creates the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. Fundamental Orders - -Blueprint of civil government in Connecticut - government of the people. New Netherlands/New Amsterdam - -primarily commercial ventures that never really attracted large numbers of colonists. William Penn - -proprietor of Pennsylvania. Quakers - -followers of Anne Hutchison