HISTORY 2111 EXAM #1 TIMELINE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026

HISTORY 2111 EXAM #1 TIMELINE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026 1517 - Answer -The Reformation: Martin Luther nails letter to the door calling for the reformation of the Catholic Church 1540s - Answer -The Spanish discover silver in Mexico, making it the most powerful country in Europe and sparking interest in America 1603 - Answer -James I grants a royal charter thus establishing the Virginia Company 1607 - Answer -100 settlers found Jamestown, the first colony (nearly all starved & died over the first 3 years) 1612 - Answer -Virginia becomes profitable with the discovery of tobacco (England's drug of choice) 1616 - Answer -decision made to give settlers land 1619 - Answer -colonists given a share in the government (from high to low: governor, council, house of burgesses) 1620 - Answer -more settlers come across on the Mayflower and form the Plymouth colony 1622 - Answer -Great Indian Massacre-Native Americans almost succeed in wiping out the colonists, but fail b/c a few Indians warned some of their colonist friends who hid and survived 1559 - Answer -Queen Elizabeth takes the throne and England becomes a Protestant nation (although the church looked remarkably Catholic) 1625 - Answer -Charles I takes the throne of England (dislikes Parliament & hates Puritans)