Crash Course U.S. History #3

What is this video about?

• John Greene's romantic relationships or lack of.

• The relationship between the English and the Native Americans.

How did the leadership of the Native tribes view the English colonists? 

• They saw the Colonists as dangerous and a threat to their safety and their way of life.

• They saw the colonists as weak but useful to manipulate.

What was the purpose of the Virginia company who funded the first colonists?

• They were a branch of the English government that was charged with conquering North America.

• They were a business organization that wanted to make money from the exploration of the New World.

• They were a religious group that wanted to flee persecution in England and Europe.

How is the initial trade between the English colonists and the Native Americans described here?

• It was one sided and only beneficial for the English. 

• It was one sided but for the benefit of the Native Americans.

• It was mutually beneficial.

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that the trade impacted Native society? 

• The profits made in the trade moved Native men to abandon farming and agriculture

• The European concept of land ownership negatively affected the Native American communities. 

• Competition for trade with the English caused conflicts between the the Native tribes.

What was the impact of John Smith's return to England?

• It made things better between the native tribes and the English because John Smith took Pocahontas as his wife which sealed a treaty between the two communities.

• Things got worse because the colonists no longer honored the peace agreements forged by John Smith. 

After the Native Tribes were conquered waht was the fate of the Virginia colony? 

• It was named a success and becem the model for many more zEnglish colonies in North America.

• It was deemed a failure for not generating profits and was taken over by the British government.

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that the Puritains of New England viewed the Native Americans? 

• They viewed them as heathens that need to be converted to Christianity in order to save their immortal souls. 

• They viewed them as a threat to their lives as Natives tended to be cannibalistic and hunted the English as food. 

• They viewed them as a threat to their morality as the native way of life was a tempting and less restrictive life than Puritainism

How was the conflict between the English and the Native Americans in New England described? 

• It was described as a completely one-sided victory for the English who lost very few people in the battles.

• It was described as brutal and savage with many people killed on both sides of the conflict.

What was the point of the Mystery Document?

• That the heathen Natives were being used by God to punish the English Puritains for their sins.

• That the heathen natives were human beings who desrved to be treated with dignity even though they did not worship the true God.