Class System
True or False: It was hard to change classes in 17th century England
TRUE
People wanted to leave London because it was
crowded, dirty
Commoners or peasants in the lower class often worked as...
Farmers
FALSE!
Roanoke is in the area now known as...
The way you got your class/social position in 17th century England
Countries sponsored trips to "the new world" hoping the explorers would find...
GOLD!
If you were a member of the middle class / gentry, you might have worked as a...
Columbus and his men hoped to find....
GOLD!
White was gone for... years, weeks, or months when he sailed back to England for more supplies
YEARS
How you get into the House of Commons
Elected
If you couldn't pay for your journey to "the new world" what could you do?
have someone pay your way, then work off the debt
Landowners stopped farming grains and switched to raising...
True or false: The truth about Columbus' methods and behaviors came was made known right away.
FALSE
What happened to the Lost Colony at Roanoke?
No one knows, but some theories are:
- Illness
- Conflict with natives
- Changed locations or Joined the natives
To get into the House of Lords you had to
Be appointed or born into the "right family"
Besides wanting a new life, name a reason someone went to "the new world"
If you were upper class, your home was likely made of...
timber, brick, multiple rooms, large, windows, chimney
The name of the group Columbus and his men encountered
Arawak
mud, one room, small, no windows, rented or on someone else's land