The general history of Virginia – Flashcards
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History
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Record of the occurrences of a certain place and it's people
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Common types of settlers
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Seekers religious freedom, seekers of financing and goods, adventures, and those avoiding prison
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First hand/primary account
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Someone who experienced an event and wrote about it
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How long before the sickness set in
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Ten-days
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What were the settlers waiting for
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Supply ships
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What was wrong with the "common kettle"
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It was dirty
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Who does John smith feel is responsible for their problems
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Their president
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Did they have shelter
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No
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What did they eat and drink
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Corn and water
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Why were they falling ill
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the heat, no shelter, and no food
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How many died in five months
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50
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What really happened to the first president of Jamestown
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He was kicked out
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Who really save the people of the settlement
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The Native Americans
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Why are the settler so unprepared
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They were unaware on how long the voyage would last so they lost time to plant
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What does John about obtaining worth
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It's full of difficulties
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Who is left in charge of everything outside of the palisades
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Capt. Smith
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What happens to Capt. Smith
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He's taken prisoner by Indians
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How are the native Americans described
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Barbarian
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What does the Powhatan chief one of Smith
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Cannons and a grindstone
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How does Pocahontas save captain smith
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She throws herself on top of him so he wouldn't die
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What happened at Jamestown while smith was gone
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They ran out of food
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How does Pocahontas save again
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She brings people food
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What is Smith's final message
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Obtaining worthy things is full of difficulty
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john smith
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author; 1580-1631; english; governor of jamestown 1608-1609
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time period
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1607-1609
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point of view
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starts 1st person, shifts to 3rd person
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president
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edward maria wingfield
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aqua vitae
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brandy
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ratcliffe
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replaces the president who sails back to england
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at sea for ___ months
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five
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who is put in charge
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captain smith
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opechancanough
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king of pamunkee
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peace offering
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a compass
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powhatan
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emperor
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the barter
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powhatan wants two guns and a grindstone in exchange for capahowasic land and being his son
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rawhunt
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asst
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demiculverin
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large cannon
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saker falcon
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small cannon
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the people blame smith for the deaths of
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robinson and emry
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pilfer
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(v.) to steal in small quantities
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palisades
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High wooden fences built for protection
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conceits
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fancies, whims, or imaginative ideas
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gluttony
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(n.) engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence
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canonize
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to declare a person a saint; raise to highest honors
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extremity
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the outermost point or edge; the greatest degree; grave danger; a limb or appendage of the body
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presumption
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n. That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
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ensue
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(v.) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result
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conjuration
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: the act of calling on or invoking a sacred name; an incantation
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What was Smith's prupose in describing the Jamestown settlement?
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to encourage others to join it and to boast about his own strength and cleverness
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What is Smith's view of the Native Americans?
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backward, ignorant, and dangerous, barbarians, savages --but they can be kind
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Whom did Smith want to view his account as favorable?
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his finacial backers
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What were Smith's motivations for writing his account?
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to entertain and to promote his own heroism
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How does Smith portray himself in the eyes of the Native Americans?
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intelligent, dazzling, sophisticated
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Why did the Native Americans let Smith live but killed others?
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respected Smith as a leader and the way he defended himself
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What is Smith's attitude toward people who are not European?
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when not afraid of them, they are "curiosities"
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What is Smith's opinion of himself?
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a capable, resourceful, influential man
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Why does Smith use the third person pronouns "he", "him", and "his" and refer to himself as "Captain Smith?"
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to distance himself from his writing and make it seem more subjective
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What does Smith acknowledge about Pocahantas?
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her charitable acts
