Unit 1 Quick Check 2 (Southern Colonies)

Front

What role did tobacco play in the Virginia colony?

Back

Tobacco was a cash crop that saved the colony financially.

Front

What was the purpose of London's Virginia Company?

Back

To find gold and other valuables to send to England.

Front

How did the Powhatan Confederacy help save the settlers of Jamestown?

Back

The Natives traded food in the winter months.

Front

Pick the one that best describes Bacon's Rebellion.

Back

A rebellion over land for freed, indentured servants. Bacon attacked the Natives first, then burned Jamestown to the ground.

Front

Why was Bacon's Rebellion so significant?

Back

After the uprising, indentured servants would no longer be used a source of labor and were replaced with slave labor.

Front

What helped protect Catholics in Maryland even after more Protestants moved to the colony to grow tobacco and outnumbered Catholics?

Back

Lord Baltimore passed the Act of Toleration in 1649, granting religious freedom to all Christians.

Front

Which best describes the relationship between colonists and Natives in the Southern Colonies?

Back

Started peaceful, turned bad.