Famous Quotes
"Who needs a man anyway?"
(OR "I'm married to my country.")
Who was Queen Elizabeth I?
This was the plot that never happened. It was intended to be a Catholic conspiracy to destroy England's anti-Catholic government, both the king and the Parliament.
What was the gunpowder plot?
These are the apartment-like homes and communities built from mud bricks.
What are pueblos?
This document declared that all humans are descendents of Adam & Eve. God fave the Apostle Peter all authority over Adam & Eve's descendents. When Peter died, authority went to the popes of the Roman Catholic church. The pope gave the King of Spain authority over the New World. Now the natives must obey the King of Spain OR ELSE.
What is the Spanish Requirement (of 1513)
At 17, her French mother, Mary Guise, died so she became queen. Her first husband murdered her male secretary. Later, that husband was found murdered. She then married the man suspected of killing her husband.
Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?
"If you don't work, you don't eat."
Who was Captain John Smith?
Opechancanough launched a plan to exterminate every English man, woman, and child in Virginia. The Algonquian had been peacefully working with the English settlers for years, but on this morning, more Algonquians than usual showed up for work and then attacked the colonists and killed a total of 347.
What was the Massacre of 1622?
This Native American leader welcomed Cortez as a god. However, Cortez took him captive and made him a puppet ruler.
Who was Montezuma II?
A large tract of land was given to a Spanish lord to rule. This system worked a bit like the feudal system.
What was the Encomienda System?
She became the first queen over a united Spain (Aragon and Castile), but she never really got to rule because her husband took over as King of the castle. When her husband died, her 16-year-old son took over. She was sent to live in a convent.
Who is Joanna the Mad?
"Death be not proud, though some have called thee.
Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou does overthrow
Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me..."
Who was John Donne?
This was a storm of religious riots where Dutch Protestants tore works of art out of Catholic church buildings. They smashed statues, wrecked alters, burned books, and shattered the ornate vessels thee Catholic priests used to celebrate the Mass.
What was the Beedlestorm?
This is the name of an individual Algonquian tribe and language, the name of a big river in Virginia, the name of an Algonquian language, and the name of the chief.
Who or What was Powhatan?
Under this, goods, animals, and ideas were taken from the Old World to the New World and vice versa.
What is the Colombian Exchange?
She was the most marriageable woman in all of England, but this queen never married.
Who was Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth Tudor)?
"Just call me John Johnson. I work for Lord Percy."
Who was Guy Fawkes?
More of a war than a riot, Chief Wahunsonacock intended to starve out the English colonists. He began by attacking Ratcliffe and his group when Ratcliffe went to buy food. Later, he surrounded Jamestown and the fort so the English could not get food.
What was the First Anglo-Powhatan War?
She married John Rolfe, became a Christian, and brought peace between the Algonquians and the English colonists.
Who was Pocahontas?
Dozen of books, pamphlets, and leaflets that documented the cruelty of Catholic Spain.
What was Black Literature?
After Queen Elizabeth died, this king of Scotland also became the king of England. He was responsible for the union of the crowns. Give both his Scottish and English name (and regnal numbers).
Who was King James VI (Scotand)?
Who was King James I (England)?
"I defy the pope, and all his laws; and if God spares my life, then in a few years, I will cause the boy that drives the plow to know more of the Scriptures than you do!"
Who was William Tyndale?
The French settled at Fort Caroline and were starving after the first year. They prepared to abandon the fort as the Spanish fleet arrived. The Spaniards built a fort nearby and attacked the French on foot. They slaughtered about 140 stunned Huguenots inside Fort Caroline. When they found the French that had escaped, they killed all the remaining Protestants.
What was the Massacre at Matanzas Inlet?
These beads and belts made of these beads served as contracts between tribes, invitations to a council, marks of authority, or proposal of marriage.
What are wampum beads/belts?
This is the flagship of the Third Supply that eventually was shipwrecked on the island of Bermuda. The story possibly inspired Shakespeare's play "The Tempest."
What was the Sea Venture?
He was desparate to catch up with Spain and Portugal's success in the New World, so this king hired Giovanni da Verrazano to explore the unknown lands between Spanish Florida and Newfoundland. Name the king and his country.
Who was King Francis I of France?