HIST 2111 Winship Test 1 with complete solutions

HIST 2111 Winship Test 1 with complete solutions Columbus sailed the ocean in search of west indies, funded by Spain - Ans ️️ -1492; stumbled upon the new world Reformation beginning - Ans ️️ -1517; fragmentation of western catholicism, lead to many more religions and ultimately (much further down the road) a separation of church and state Spain discovered silver in the new world - Ans ️️ -1540s; spain most powerful european country, inflation, new world became interesting Queen Elizabeth I comes to power - Ans ️️ -1558; changed religion of england to protestant (but it looked catholic), gave herself the most power in govt. Queen of England Joint Stock Co. founded - Ans ️️ -1600; way of funding english colonization, group of people interested in making an investment pool their money together, queen gave groups a charter and investors would give money East Indian Co. founded - Ans ️️ -1602; in Holland, did same thing as queen of england joint stock co, started the stock market VA co got charter from King - Ans ️️ -1603; sailed across to settle in Jamestown as a business to make money three ships landed in america from england - Ans ️️ -1607; started Jamestown Jamestown starts growing tobacco as cash crop - Ans ️️ -1613; settlers dieing off and starving, this helped them Great Indian Massacre - Ans ️️ -1622; Indians attempt to kill colonists but failed, consequences are that VA was almost destroyed and king took over colony as a royal colony