AP US history Chapter 2 - Cause and Effect
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The English victory over the Spanish Armada | Enabled England to gain control of the North Atlantic sea-lanes |
| The English law of primogeniture | Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization |
| The enclosing of English pastures and cropland | Forced numerous laborers off the land and sent them looking for opportunities elsewhere |
| De La Warr's brutal Irish tactics in Virginia | Led to the two Anglo-Powhatan wars that virtually exterminated Virginia's Indian population |
| The English government's persecution of Roman Catholics | Led Lord Baltimore to establish the Maryland colony |
| The slave codes of England's Barbados colony | Became the legal basis for slavery in North America |
| John Smith's stern leadership in Virginia | Forced gold-hungry colonists to work and saved them from total starvation |
| The English settler's near-destruction of small Indian tribes | Contributed to the formation of powerful Indian coalitions like the Iroquois and the Algonquians |
| The flight of poor farmers and religious dissenters from planter-run Virginia | Led to the founding of the independent-minded North Carolina colony |
| Georgia's unhealthy climate, restrictions on slavery, and vulnerability to Spanish attacks | Kept that buffer colony poor and largely unpopulated for a long time. |
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