chapter 1 test review

1. Mercantilism drove  Europeans countries to establish colonies to:

• establish large navies to wage war on each other

• obtain raw goods to make finished goods to sell back to the colonies 

• sell raw goods to the colonies to make finished goods

• establish monarchies around the world

Which two factors explain why the first colonist starved at Jamestown

• Which two factors explain why the first colonist starved at Jamestown

• Which two factors explain why the first colonist starved at Jamestown

• Which two factors explain why the first colonist starved at Jamestown

• Which two factors explain why the first colonist starved at Jamestown

" for Every person which they shall transport thither within seven years after Midsummer Day One thousand six hundred and Eighteen if he continue there three years or die in the meantime after he is Shipped it be of fifty Acres".

Midsummer Day: June 24

--- Instructions to George Yeardley, The Virginia Company 1618

What were the two ways someone received fifty acres for transporting (brining over) an indentured servant to the Virginia Colony?

• The indentured servant remained in Virginia for three years

• 
  the indentured servant died after arriving in Virginia

• The indentured servant remained in Virginia after the end of their indenture

• The indentured servant received land at the end of their indenture 

Identify the incentives associated with indentured servitude

• Land in Virginia after the indenture ended

• Chance to work for pay in england

• lack of land in england

Identify the opportunity cost associated with indentured servitude

• Land in Virginia after the indenture ended

• Chance to work for pay in england

• lack of land in england

Identify the scarcity associated with indentured servitude

• Land in Virginia after the indenture ended

• Chance to work for pay in england

• lack of land in england

Why did investors buy stock in the Virginia Company

• it gave them permission to settle in Jamestown

• It was a type of tax they paid to the British king

• It set forth the colony's purpose and duties and rights of its colonists

• They wanted to make a profit

Most of the Virginia settlers were

• adventurers who looked for gold

• wealthy English who bought more land in the colony

• indentured servants who needed someone to pay their way to the colony

• English farmers and businessmen 

In what way did the arrival of the colonists change the way of life of American Indians?

• The colonists brought diseases that killed many American Indians

• They bargain to use trade goods such as guns and iron pots

• it taught them how to farm

• It changed their peaceful way of life into one of conflict over land

For what two reasons did Bacon's rebellion alarm Southern Leaders

• The rebels wanted American Indian Land

• Indentured servants and slaves united

• The rebels disobeyed authority figures like the governor

• It happened in Jamestown