Vocabulary
A long period without rain
Drought
He was the leader of Jamestown who encouraged colonists to work hard and helped establish better relations with the Powhatans.
John Smith
3 years
True or false. Jamestown immediately started to make lots of money for the investors of the colony.
False
What monarch was Virginia named for?
Queen Elizabeth I
An individual who gives money to a business hoping to earn more money in return.
Investor
This individual gave the Virginia Company a charter to start a colony.
King James I
In what year did Sir Walter Raleigh first send settlers to Roanoke Island? 1584, 1585, 1587
1585
DAILY DOUBLE: Name 2 obstacles the settlers of Jamestown faced at the start of their colony.
Starvation
Disease/Mosquitoes
Unfit drinking water
Attacks from Native Americans
What was John Smith's motto to attempt to encourage colonists to work hard?
"If you don't work, you don't eat!"
What is a cash crop?
A crop raised for sale, not for use by the people who farm it
DAILY DOUBLE: This individual first introduced a new type of tobacco to Jamestown.
John Rolfe
When was the Starving Time?
Winter of 1609-1610
Name the 3 ships that originally brought the colonists to Jamestown.
Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery
What instructions were the colonists given about the location they should choose for the colony?
It should be inland on a river and a place that was easy to defend.
A person chosen to act on behalf of others.
Representative
A Virginia Company pamphlet gave the colonists advice about how to treat who?
Native Americans
In what year did the leader of the Roanoke colony return to find all the colonists gone and "CROATOAN" carved on a tree?
1590
The marriage between _________ and ________ helped keep the peace between the English and the Powhatans.
Pocahontas and John Rolfe
DAILY DOUBLE: What important tradition for the American colonies began with the House of Burgesses?
Self-government
The first legislative body in the American colonies.
House of Burgesses
The Powhatan leader who led the Indian Massacre of 1622, Wahunsenacawh or Opnechancanough?
Opechancanough
In what year did John Rolfe introduce an important cash crop to Jamestown?
1612
The colonists were given specific jobs that they had to do. Name 3 of these jobs.
Build houses, plant crops, search for gold, and try to find a shortcut to Asia.
Name 3 important exports of the Jamestown colony
Lumber, tobacco, glass, tar, and pitch