Colonist vs Natives
What is the area where the English settlers and the Pequot Indians went on war known as?
Connecticut Valley.
What was the name of the capital city of Carolina colony?
Charles Town (named after Charles II, later renamed Charleston).
Which English colony was closely related to South Carolina and important for its development of slavery.
Barbados.
Who was the governor of Delaware by the end of 17th century?
Before American independence, Delaware remained part of Pennsylvania and shared the same governor: in this case, Penn.
What was the name of weapon that played a big role in King Philip's War?
Flintlock rifle.
Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons that caused war between colonists and natives?
A. The threat of English invasion into inland
B. The threat of English advanced weapons
C. English murder of natives
D. English will to impose control on natives
B is the correct answer.
Anthony Ashley Cooper.
Which of the following was NOT an independent English colony by 1630s?
A. Maryland
B. Connecticut
C. New Hampshire
D. Maine
D is the correct answer. Maine was part of Massachusetts colony till American independence.
How was Spanish attitude towards the natives aroung their colonies different from the English one?
What is the relation between King Charles II and Duke of York?
They were brothers.
Which of the following was one of the reasons that led to war between English settlers and Pequot Indians?
A. Competition over trade
B. Competition over technologies
C. English murdered a native
D. English destroyed native's agricultural land
A is the correct answe. One of the reasons was that the two sides had competition over trading with the Dutch
King Charles II granted charters for all of the following EXCEPT
A. New Hampshire
B. New Jersy
C. New York
D. Carolina
A is the correct answer. Charles II granted charters for four colonies: New Jersy, New York, Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
Why was Pennsylvania more able to maintain relatively mild relationship with the natives than were other English colonies?
Why was English extremely unsatisfied with Dutch's occupation of area of New Amsterdam (New York) and finally launched attack?
New Amsterdam served as a wedge, dividing English Northern and Southern colonies, and gave Dutch smugglers the potential to evade English customs laws.
What did English typically do to the Indian strongholds (forts) like they did to the Narragansett fort in 1675 near the Rhode Island?
A. They dismantled them
B. They occupied them for their own use
C. They burnt them
D. They left them there
C is the correct answer. English always destroyed the Indian forts they found (usually by burning them).
Give TWO problems metacomet found by which only an assault can be solved.
(200 for ONE answer)
1. English wants more land;
2. English wants to impose their laws on the natives.
1. Why was there no colonies funded by companies when Charles II chartered four colonies?
2. In what way was proprietary ventures colonies different from company-funded colonies?
(200 for each answer)
The companies realized that there were no quick profit to gain in the New World.
Company-funded colonies seek for profit, while the proprietary colonies gave proprietors with land and power.
1. Give ONE reason why Pennsylvania was prosperous.
2. How was its governor's (proprietor's) life after the city's successful?
3. Give ONE way how Philadelphia city was significant for even nowadays America.
(100 for Q1 and Q2, 200 for Q3)
1. The colony was able to maintain mild relationship with the natives;
2. Penn became very poor even if his colony was successful and he died of poverty;
3. The city, like Charles Town, helped set up the pattern for later American cities.
1. Why did Charles II grant a piece of land as large as England to William Penn?
2. What can be another advantage for him to do so?
(200 for both questions)
1. Charles, at cash shortage, wanted to pay for his 16000 pounds of debt from Penn's family.
2. By doing so, he can send many annoying Quakers away.
Starting with Spanish conquer the new world, the matchlock-a deadly weapon back then-played minor role in wars against natives. Give TWO reasons why matchlock rifle is not effective in war against natives.
(100 for ONE answer, 100 for getting both right)
1. Heaviness, low maneuverability;
2. Inaccuracy;
3. Slow and complicated operation.
What are TWO aids that made English successful on their avenge on metacomet?
(200 for ONE answer, 100 for getting both right)
1. The help of Mohawks;
2. Spies, guides, and soldiers recruited from the Praying Indians.
Who, with the proprietor, proposed an utopian plan for upcoming Carolina colony, and in what way was the colony failed to develop in the way they planned.
John Locke, an English philosopher.
Drastic difference appeared between the Northern and Southern parts of the colony due to geographic factor.Give TWO reasons why establishing a stable colony was extremely difficult in Carribean.
1. The climate was harsh and white settlers generally lived short due to tropical diseases to which they had no immunity.
2. The settlers in Carribean were always single maen who wanted to gain profit and return to England
1. After James-the Duke of York-claimed New York, to whom (give at least one of the two persons) did he grant a portion of land delimited in his charter?
2. What was the name of it?
3. Why did they later ceded control of it?
(200 for Q1 and Q3, 100 for Q2)
1. James granted the land to Sir John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.
2. The territory was named New Jersy by Carteret.
3. They ceded control because the colony had political problem and was not profitable.
1. Who chartered the settlement of Georgia?
2. Who was the governor of Georgia?
3. Give TWO major purposes for this person to settle in Georgia.
(100 for Q1, Q2, each answer in Q3, and for getting all question right)
1. King George II;
2. General James Oglethorpe;
3.
(1) To establish a military stronghold as a barrier to protect colonies farther north;
(2) To create a philanthropic colony on which the poor can start anew as famers or soldiers.