Uga Hist 2111 Midterm Exam Questions And Answers

The English Feudal Fantasy: {Ans: The English Feudal Fantasy, around the time Jamestown was established, was the sales pitch to encourage more colonization. The first, of the three fantasies, was the English Religious Fantasy, which portrayed the colonists as saviors to the natives, converting them to Christianity. The second fantasy was the English commercial fantasy, which showed the natives eager to trade goods with the English, allowing them to live better lives. Lastly, the Shock and Awe Fantasy, was a seductive view that Native Americans would be in awe of the European technology and advancements. The truth behind the advertisement was that converting Native Americans (Powhatans) was not peaceful; Native Americans actually saved English people from starvation and demise, not the other way around; fighting between the two groups limited the amount of trading; and the natives were not in awe of the English colonist, because they were not the first Europeans that the Powhatans had been in contact with.}Powhatan {Ans: Powhatan was the leader of the Powhatan chiefdom, a coalescent society, that helped the Jamestown colonists in their beginning. Chief Powhattan and John Smith, a prominent leader in New England, wanted the other to be their subordinate