Winship HIST 2111 Midterm Exam Questions & Answers

Winship HIST 2111 Midterm Exam Questions & Answers How did Jamestown set the tone for later English settlement? - Ans ️️ -Jamestown was the first English colony in North America, founded in 1507, and was established after the Crown decided American expeditions would be funded by its subjects through royal charters, not the monarchy. Who founded Jamestown? - Ans ️️ -The Virginia Company after receiving a royal charter from James I. How did the VA Company fund the expedition to Jamestown? - Ans ️️ -The company sold stock by marketing the colony as having water routes to the Pacific Ocean, an abundance of gold, and a burgeoning silk industry, none of which was accurate. How did Virginia develop into a rural colony, and what was an effect of its rural economy? - Ans ️️ -With tobacco as its key commodity, Virginia required large swaths of land and large labor forces. Most early laborers were indentured servants - people who sold themselves to others for money, travel to the New World, or to pay off their debts - until later developments in the Atlantic slave trade made African slaves cheaper to purchase. What was the Protestant Reformation? - Ans ️️ -The Reformation was defection of Protestant Christians from the Catholic Church following Martin Luther's protest of what he argued were false teachings in the 16th century. Who was John Calvin? - Ans ️️ -John Calvin was a theologian (and contemporary of Martin Luther) who argued the Bible ordered the Christian church to be a democratic institution and to rid itself of all iconography, what he perceived as idolatry. He eventually founded the Presbyterian denomination. What were characteristics of Calvinism and/or the Presbyterian Church? - Ans ️️ -Calvinists argue(d) the Bible commanded the Christian Church to be democratic (not based on a hierarch