Founding and Early Challenges
Key Figures
Economy
Daily Life
Name that John!
100

What was the "Starving Time?"

When winter hit and there was not enough food for everyone due to the Powhatan's controlling the fort.

100

Name one key figure in the establishment of Maryland.

George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, King Charles, etc.

100

What type of economy did the Southern Colonies have? (What did it rely on?)

Agriculture.

100

Why did settlers prefer large plantations in Georgia?

More land, more crops, more money.

100

The John who founded Jamestown

John Smith

200

Which Native American Confederacy initially helped the settlers?

The Powhatan Confederacy

200

Who started the colony of Jamestown?

The Virginia Company of London

200

What was the role of indentured servants?

To work on plantation to pay off their debts in order to gain land in the New World.

200

How did women and children contribute to daily life?

House chores, taking care of animals, food preparation, education.

200

The John who founded Roanoke

John White

300

What challenges did early settlers of Jamestown face?

Disease, Native American Attacks, Weather, or Lack of Survival Skills.

300

Who introduced a profitable tobacco strain to Jamestown?

John Rolfe.

300

Name two cash crops besides Tobacco.

Cocoa, Rice, Indigo.

300

What significant event highlighted tensions between settlers?

Bacon's Rebellion

300

The John who introduced Tobacco to Jamestown

John Rolfe

400

What year was Jamestown founded?

1607

400

Who was Pocahontas?

The daughter of the Powhatan leader, married John Rolfe as a way to make peace.

400

What was the primary labor source for plantations?

Slaves and Indentured Servants.

400

Why did the colonists switch to slave labor?

They ran out of willing indentured servants over time.

400
The John who married Pocahontas

John Rolfe

500

What was the first permanent English settlement in America?

Virginia

500

What did John Smith introduce or create to save Jamestown?

The Fort, the deal with the Natives, and the rule of working to eat.

500

What cash crop became vital to the Southern Colonies?

Tobacco.

500

What system incentivized land ownership in Virginia?

The Headright System

500

The worst of the Johns

John Southard

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