Vocab
to do away with or destroy
what is eradicate?
The name of the building in honor of Princess Louise
What is Princess Hotel
What was the reason for the AG Show?
it was a way to encourage the island people to grow and get into agriculture to make money.
the first jobs of Portuguese residents
farm laborer's and domestic workers
The cause of the US Civil War
1)slavery 2)industry vs. Agriculture 3)State rules vs. Federal
spreading of infectious disease
what is epidemic
Name one famous writer or artist who visited BDA in the early years of tourism
Mark Twain, Winslow Homer, Eugene McNeil, Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett
The name of the time period 1800s when new ideas and innovations took place. This filtered into Bermuda as well
What is the Industrial Revolution
The name of the ship that carried the first group of Portuguese immigrants to BDA
What is the Golden Rule
Date the US Civil War began
What is April 21, 1861
relating to the national or cultural orgin by birth or descent
What is ethnic
The year of the first World War
What is 1914
The convict laborers of Dockyard slept on boats known as prison hulks because
English and Irish prisoners shipped here to take over building Royal Naval Dockyard, bridges, storehouses, barracks, and ramparts.
The first Portuguese immigrants arrived
What is Nov 4, 1849
Cotton played a role in the war and its nickname was
cotton from the south supplied England's mills and in return England sent weapons and war supplies to the confederacy; White gold
The name given to a town which undergoes rapid growth and prosperity
What is 250 members of the black Bermuda Militia Artillery, White Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
Known as the "Good Governor" he introduced new technology, plus immigrants to help Bermuda become financially stable again. Library, deeper ship channels, and Gibbs Hill Lighthouse were under his rule as Governor (Hint: Middle Street in town)
Lieutenant - Colonel William Reid
The exports resulting from the hard work of the Portuguese
What is onions, tomatoes, arrowroot
Bermuda supported the South unofficially because
the dispersion of people from their original homeland
What is diaspora?
The were POW's that stayed on islands in the Great Sound during the Boer War. This war was between which countries and how many POW's
What is Britain and South African Boers. the POW's were age 6 to 80; 4,000 approx
What was life like for a convict
petty thieves to brutal murderers had to live on boats in cramped, dirty quarters. Diseases like yellow fever killed alot of them. they were paid 3 pence a day
New immigrants faced discrimination
work permits were restricted to menial jobs such as farming, gardening and cleaning; workers could not bring their families
The blockade runners were
speedy boats that the south set up to run supplies to Europe and Canada since Lincoln banned counties from supporting the south.