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England Takes Interest in America
England Returns to America
Jamestown and Maryland Is Founded
Luring Settlers
Bonus Questions
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False; The English made no effort to colonize America
True or False: For the next 80 years the English tried to colonize America.
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New markets
What convinced English merchants to resume the search for a northern water route to Asia?
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1619
When was Jamestown established?
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reforms
What did the new head of the Virginia Company introduce to attract more settlers?
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Proprietary colony
Maryland was the first _______ in England? Make your own bid....
200
Spain and England
Who became allies in 1497?
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Spain and America
What rivalry was brought upon who and who when England took a new interest in America?
200
King James I
Who did the colonists name Jamestown in honor of?
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Gave the colony the right to elect its own lawmaking body
What did the first reform do?
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It has a proprietor or owner that could govern the colony any way that he wanted
What is a proprietary colony? Make your own bid....
300
King VIII and the Puritans disagreed with him
Who broke from the Catholic Church and established his own church? And who disagreed with him?
300
Religion and the Dutch
What brought England into a new alliance? And who was the alliance with?
300
Lawlessness, sickness, and food shortages
What were the results of all of Jamestown's problems?
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Burgesses and The House of Burgesses
What were the representatives of and the assembly of the new law making body called?
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Religious, economic, and political changes
What led to the founding of the first English colonies in North America in the 1500's?
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Europe- it's balance of power England- they became the leading Protestant power Spain- they became the leading Catholic power
What did the Reformation change about Europe as a whole? England? Spain?
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One man, George Calvert; also known as Lord Baltimore
Who founded Maryland?
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They could not be enslaved because they were Christians
What did English law say about the slaves, and why?
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Martin Luther published an attack on the Church, accusing it of corruption. This began the Protestant Reformation.
Why did the unity of the Catholic Church break? And what did this begin?
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The Spanish government tried to suppress their faith
When and why did the Dutch rebel against the Spanish government?
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Seeing the persecution of his fellow Catholics, he decided to found a colony in America where Catholics could practice their religion freely.
Why did King Baltimore want to find Maryland?
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They realized that they needed to provide more marriage opportunities for the many single men in the colony
What was another reform the Virginia Company introduced?