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VA US History Questions and Answers correct When and by who was Jamestown established in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London first permanent English settlement Jamestown Nickname for Virginia settlers Cavaliers What were "Cavaliers" English nobility who received large land grants in eastern Virginia from the King of England Where did poor English immigrants settle Shenandoah Valley or western Virginia What is an indentured servant servants who agreed to work on tobacco plantations for a period of time to pay for passage to the New World New England was settled by who? wny? Puritans seeking freedom from religious persecution Puritans formed what type of "community"? Based on the principles of what "compact" covenant, Mayflower What type of democracy did the Puritans practice through town meeting? Direct democracy What was the first elected assembly in the New World Virginia House of Burgesses The Middle Atlantic region was settled by which groups of people and why? English, Dutch, and German-speaking immigrants seeking religious freedom and economic opportunity. What was the effect of the explorations and settlements of the English in the American colonies and Spanish in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America violent conflicts with the American Indians, the Indians lost their territories and were given diseases carried from Europe What was the effect of the French exploration of Canada did not lead to large-scale immigration and relations with native peoples were generally more cooperative. What was the effect of the growth of an agricultural economy based on large landholdings in the Southern colonies and in the Caribbean the introduction of slavery in the New World When were the first Africans were brought against their will to Jamestown to work on tobacco plantations in 1619 New England colonies developed an economy based on... shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small-scale subsistence farming, and manufacturing What were the middle colonies New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware Which (middle) cities began to grow as seaports and/or commercial centers New York and Philadelphia Which colony (N,S,Mid) believed in private ownership of property and free enterprise South What was New England's colonial society based on religious standing Virginia and the Southern colonies had a social structure based on... family status and the ownership of land southern society was characterized by small subsistence farmers, hunters, and traders of Scots-Irish and English descent. a religious (Methodist and Baptist) movement that swept both Europe and the colonies during the mid-1700s The "Great Awakening" As a result of the rivalry in North America between Britain and France there was a French and Indian War result after the French and Indian War French were driven out of Canada and their territories west of the Appalachian Mountains Britain took several actions that angered the American colonies leading to American Revolution, including; the Proclamation of 1763,new taxes on legal documents (the "Stamp Act") what is the Proclamation of 1763 prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, a region that was costly for the British to protect. what is the Stamp Act new taxes on legal documents, tea, and sugar, to pay costs during the French and Indian War and for British troops to protect colonists list results of resistance to British rule in the colonies • The Boston Tea Party, the First Continental Congress was called, all of the colonies except Georgia sent representatives, The Boston Massacre, War began Name the three main groups colonists were divided into during the Revolution Patriots, loyalists, neutrals What are patriots Believed in independence from Britain, Inspired by the ideas of Locke and Paine and words of Virginian Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty, or give me death!") What are Loyalists (Tories) Remained loyal to Britain because of cultural and economic ties, Believed that taxation of the colonies was justified to pay for British troops to protect American settlers from Indian attacks What are Neutrals The many colonists who tried to stay as uninvolved in the war as possible Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense What was common sense challenged the rule of the American colonies by the King of England Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? authored by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia The DOI increased three types of participation political, social, and economic What is Political participation (equality) Extending the franchise Upholding due process of law Providing free public education What is Social participation (liberty) Abolishing slavery Extending civil rights to women and other groups What is Economic participation (pursuit of happiness) Regulating the free enterprise system Promoting economic opportunity Protecting property rights Who negotiated a Treaty of Alliance with France Benjamin Franklin Who is the general of the American army George Washington why was the Articles of Confederation created and, adopted at the end of the war American political leaders, fearful of a powerful central government like Britain's describe the Articles of Confederation weak national government Gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states, common currency, Gave each state one vote regardless of size, Provided for no executive or judicial branch Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights George Mason Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom Thomas Jefferson Who wrote the Bill of Rights James Madison opponents of ratification Patrick Henry and George Mason proponents of ratification George Washington and James Madison