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Why did the early years of the Jamestown colony prove to be a starving time? Could such a result have been avoided?
 
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Question 2

Analyze the backgrounds, ideologies, goals, and modes of settlement among European immigrants to North America that produced distinctly different societies along the Atlantic seaboard in the seventeenth century.
 
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Question 3

Although Anthony Johnson arrived from Africa in 1621, he found it easier than his grandchildren would to escape slavery. Why?
 
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Question 4

New Amsterdam, founded by the Dutch, became New York after English conquest.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.



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Answer 1

Answer: Jamestown was organized by a joint-stock company of merchants in search of quick profits through the discovery of gold, valuable trade, or the fabled passage to China. The settlers were not prepared for the mundane tasks of everyday survival. Disease and malnutrition contributed to a high mortality rate. Relations with local Indians turned bitter as the English tried to subdue them with shows of force. A starving time might have been avoided with the recruitment of farmers rather than adventurers and more cooperative relations with local natives.

Answer 2

Answer: Nearly 200,000 European immigrants came to the coast of North America in the seventeenth century. Although Virginia was organized by merchants, Maryland by a Catholic proprietor, and Carolina by noblemen, most of the settlers came as indentured servants. In the northern colonies, immigrants seeking religious freedom and godly community lifethe Puritans in New England and the Quakers in Pennsylvaniacreated stable, prosperous communities. By 1675, the English dislodged the Dutch, transforming New Netherland to the cosmopolitan colony of New York.

Answer 3

Answer: Indentured white servants satisfied the demand for labor in the English southern colonies during the early seventeenth century. By the 1680s, however, English participation in the African slave trade allowed southern planters to purchase slaves more readily and cheaply than before. The supply of white servants diminished, and they fanned out over a broader area. Further, white servant unrest and a growing population of landless and discontented ex-servants offered potential challenges to the status quo. The southern elite welcomed a more permanent and pliable workforce.

Answer 4

Answer: TRUE





 

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