Quiz 3 1.) The settlement of the Virginia was sponsored by Answer-The Virginia Company 2.)English colonization of North America in the seventeenth century was impacted by what transformational event in the sixteenth century? Answer-Under Henry VIII, England declared independence from the Catholic Church 3.)English colonization in North America followed patterns established in its conquest of what other nation? Answer-Ireland 4.)Prior to successfully colonizing Virginia, English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh led a failed attempt to colonize in what is now North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Answer-Roanoke Island 5.)How did religion impact England’s efforts to colonize North America? Answer-The English sought to liberate to the New World from Papal/Catholic tyranny 6.)How was English colonization of North America impacted by demographic (population) trends? Answer-The English needed more room for its growing population, particularly in cities 7.)In the seventeenth century (1600s). % of English settlers arrived as Answer-Indentured servants 8.)In the seventeenth century (1600s), the English viewed as the foundation of liberty. Answer-Land 9.)What does the reading suggest was the original intention of the English towards the indigenous inhabitants of Virginia and New England. Answer-Displace them from their ancestral lands. 10.)Viginia’s House of Burgesses was the first in North America. Answer-Elected legislative assembly.
