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This English king allowed the Virginia Company to create Jamestown in 1606.
Who is King James I
Cause: Jamestown was built on swampy land with salty water.
Effect: What is colonists got sick and many died?
This word describes land that is wet, muddy, and full of water like the land around Jamestown.
What is swampy
Problem: Colonists were starving.
Solution: What is trading with the Powhatan for food?
This colony was England’s first permanent settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown
This leader helped save Jamestown by enforcing the rule, “Those who don’t work, don’t eat.”
Who is John Smith
Cause: Many settlers were upper-class men who expected to find gold.
Effect: What is many refused to work and the colony struggled?
This word means a document that gives a group permission or rights to start a colony.
What is CHARTER
Problem: Colonists refused to work.
Solution: What is John Smith required everyone to work?
This large bay near Jamestown helped ships reach the colony.
What is the Chesapeake Bay
This Powhatan leader led the confederacy of about thirty tribes when the English arrived.
Who is Chief Powhatan (Wahunsonacock)?
Cause: Captain John Smith forced colonists to work for food.
Effect: What is the colony began to survive?
This term describes a crop grown to sell for profit.
What is Cash Crop
Problem: The colony lacked food and supplies.
Solution: What is supply ships from England brought food and settlers?
This earlier English colony mysteriously disappeared before Jamestown was founded.
What is Roanoke
This Native American woman helped improve relations between the colonists and the Powhatan and later married John Rolfe.
Who is Pocahontas
Cause: John Rolfe introduced tobacco.
Effect: What is the colony became wealthy and grew in population?
This term describes workers who agree to work for several years to repay travel costs.
Problem: The colony lacked leadership after John Smith left.
Solution: What is new leadership and rebuilding the colony with new settlers?
Jamestown was located in this present-day U.S. state.
What is Virginia
This Jamestown colonist introduced tobacco, which became the colony’s most profitable crop.
Who is John Rolfe
Cause: Tobacco farming required a lot of labor.
Effect: What is indentured servants and enslaved Africans were brought to the colony?
This word means an official approval of something, such as making a colony or government rule accepted.
What is Ratify
Problem: Jamestown was located in unhealthy swamp land.
Solution: What is finding better farmland or improving sanitation and water sources?
This island location was where shipwrecked settlers were stranded before arriving in Jamestown in 1610.
What is Bermuda