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Jamestown VS.3
Vocab and Study Guide Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is Powhatan? | This is the chief of many tribes, led his people and taught the settlers survival skills |
| Who is the King of England? | This person granted the charters to the Virginia Company of London |
| Who are burgesses? | These people served as elected representatives in the General Assembly in 1619 |
| Who are the stockholders of the Virginia Company of London? | This group financed, or paid for, the settlement of Jamestown |
| Who is the Governor? | This person called the first meeting of the General Assembly in 1619 |
| Who is Captain John Smith? | This leader of Jamestown began trading relationships with the Native peoples and a forced work program for the settlers |
| Who is Pocahontas? | This daughter of Powhatan served as a contact between the native people and the English colonist |
| What were the 3 things that England wanted to find in North American? | Gold, Silver, and raw materials |
| What was the first permanent English settlement? | Jamestown |
| When was Jamestown founded? | 1607 |
| Jamestown was an economic venture. What is an economic venture? | doing something to make money/ a profit |
| Why was the charters of the Virginia Company of London important ? | -they gave the company permission to establish the settlement - they extended English rights to the settlers -they defined the colony's boundaries (how big it should be) |
| What are the reasons the settlers selected Jamestown? | -it could be easily defended from sea attack - they thought it had fresh water - it was located inland -there was room for ships to dock |
| Jamestown in 1607 was on what? | a peninsula |
| Jamestown is now on what? | an island |
| Jamestown is on what river? | James River |
| List the hardships Jamestown faced | - was on marshy land -unsafe drinking water - many died of starvation -a drought reduced access to food |
| What skill did the Natives teach the settlers? | how to harvest corn and tobacco |
| Sam was a English settler who needed some leather so he decided to make a trade with one of the native people. in order to get the leather what would he likely have to give? list 3 items | tool, pots, copper, or jewelry |
| how did the native peoples eventually feel about the settlers? | the natives eventually saw the settlers as invaders who were going to take over their land |
| Africans arrived in Virginia against their will in ____. ______________________ sailors had captured them from an __________________ region in west central Africa and forcibly brought them to old point comfort. | ____1619____ ______Portuguese______ ____Angolan_____ |
| General Assembly of 1619 contained | - burgesses -governor -governor's council |
| General Assembly of 1640's | -House of Burgesses -governor's council |
| Why was the General Assembly improtant? | it was the first elected legislative body in English North America. It allowed some settlers (white, male land owners) to have a voice in their government |
| Complete the cause and effect... Additional women came to Jamestown in 1620 | more settlers began having families, causing it to be a more permanent settlement |
| Complete the cause and effect... A major economic difference was created between the English colonist and Africans in Virginia because... | Virginia was greatly dependent on servitude. The colony brought Africans by force to work in Virginia. |
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