Yeomen Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

John Smith - ANSWER-- English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia - Taken captive by Powhatan men when exploring on the York River- greeted him with a ceremony and feast, then tried to execute him but daughter of mamanatowick (paramount chief) Pocahontas saved him - Co-wrote "The General History"- romance b/t him and Pocahontas; talks abt her rescuing him & his time in Virginia- believed to be exaggerated- myth - Wrote as if he was a knight in a chivalric romance...

which group of workers had their rhythms of work governed by traditions rooted int premodern and preindustrial practices in English-speaking colonial North America? wageearning agricultural laborers s which characteristic of native american societies English-speaking colonials utilized trade in furs which factor was a significant reasons for women in many preindustrial societies worldwide to specialize in work in and around the house, homestead or village? infant care which colony had ...

James I of England correct answer: He was convinced to start the North Berwick witch trials after storms affected his return from Denmark with a new wife James I of England correct answer: Took the Scottish throne at 13 months old James I of England correct answer: Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes targeted him in the Gunpowder Plot James I of England correct answer: The first Stuart monarch of England who succeeded Elizabeth I Magellan correct answer: This man was replaced by Juan ...

U.S. History Chapter 13 exam – 50 Questions and Correct Solutions In 1833 this was the longest railroad in the world. - Answer -Charleston and Hamburg line This invention filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with the industrial growth and fast-paced travel. - Answer -telegraph An invention that ensured that raising wheat would remain the main economic activity in the Midwestern prairies was the - Answer -mechanical reaper. An invention that promoted the start of do...

AQA A-Level History: Henry VII 1. Definition: Usurper A person who takes power by force/illegally, usually through conquest (e.g. Richard III) 2. Why did many think Henry had a weak claim (three reasons)? - Was a 'bastard'; came from illegitimate child (Margaret born before marriage). - Edmund Tudor descended from a chamber servant. - Descent from John of Gaunt was through maternal line. 3. What was Henry Tudor's claim to the throne? John of Gaunt (Lancaster) had chil...

What machine separated seeds from cotton? Cotton Gin Who invented the Cotton Gin? Eli Whitney What fraction of White southern families owned slaves? 1/3 Who did most of the work in urban areas (cities?) Slaves What were people in the South who owned small farms called? Yeomen How many Whites were killed in Nat Turner's Rebellion? 60 What were the wealthiest members of Southern society called? Planters What were living conditions like for slaves? Bad -- dirty floors, poor clothing What w...

TAMU History 105 Resch Exam 2 Questions and Answers with Expert Verified Solutions Minstrel shows forged a common "whiteness" out of working class ethnic diversity and allowed Northern workers to express their ambivalence about the process of proletarianization to which they were being subjected - False The tidal wave of immigrants between 1840 and 1860 provided essential wage laborers in an American society where large numbers of people still lived on their own land - false Because...

TAMU History 105 Resch Exam 1 Questions and Answers with Expert Verified Solutions In the minds of European imperialists once Indians ceased to be powerful enough to demand respect or economically profitable as trading partners, they became merely obstacles to be removed. - True Puritans believed that religion was necessary to control the disorders of capitalism and competitive individualism. - True Bacon's Rebellion was neither a revolt against colonial authority nor a class conflict ...

the Third Rome - This is the Russian doctrine that begain to gain currency after 1453. It essentially claimed that Moscow had become the new defender of true Christianity (and hence civilization) since the first two Romes, Rome and Constantinople, had fallen. The Golden Horde - The Mongol group that controlled southern Russia and much of the area north of the Caspian Sea. It also theoretically controlled Muscovy and demanded annual tribute until the reign of Ivan III. The tribute payments wer...

The late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (part 2) 86 Questions with Answers Abraham Lincoln - CORRECT ANSWER 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis.[2][3] In so doing he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government and modernized the economy. Alfred Thayer Mahan -...