Christopher Columbus
Tenets of Calvinism
Tobacco
Jamestown
Conquistadores
100
Who sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyages to the Americas?
Spain (Queen Isabella)
100
What is the first tenet of Calvinism?
Predestination- salvation/damnation determined before birth ("God's big book")
100
European use was inspired by _.
The Native Americans
100
Founded in _.
1607
100
Where did the conquistadores come from?
Spain
200
When did Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas take place?
1492
200
What is the second tenet of Calvinism?
Good Works- be nice and work hard in general (sign of salvation), but your kindness and dilligence will not affect your fate
200
What were King James I's feelings towards tobacco?
Considered it barbaric and unhealthy
200
How many women were sent in the first fleet of ships?
0
200
Why did they go to the Americas?
To find silver and gold
300
Where did Christopher Columbus land during his first voyage?
The Bahamas
300
What is the third tenet of Calvinism?
Election- only a select few would be elected by God to go to Heaven
300
Tobacco helped to save the economy of what English colony (cultivation spurred by John Rolfe)
Jamestown
300
Jamestown was funded by who?
London Co. or Virginia Co.
300
How did they defeat the Aztecs?
Smallpox
400
How many men/ships did Christopher Columbus bring on his first voyage?
90 men, 3 ships
400
What is the fourth tenet of Calvinism?
Visible Signs- there are visible indications of who is elected to go the Heaven (generally wealth) ("outward signs of inward grace")
400
How did tobacco farming in Jamestown effect the Natives?
Colonists were in constant need of more land for farming, and began encroaching Native territory.
400
Colonists wasted their time searching for _ over other, more important resources.
Gold
400
Did they succeed in their search for silver and gold?
Yes
500
Christopher Columbus died thinking he had explored where? (incorrectly)
India and China
500
What is the fifth tenet of Calvinism?
Anti-Popery- against the extravagance of the Catholic Church
500
In what year did Jamestown start growing tobacco?
1612
500
John Smith revived the colony by _ and _.
Dividing the labor and organizing food raids on nearby Natives.
500
Spanish-American mines gave _ times as much gold and silver than all other mines in the world combined.
10
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