People
Indian princess married English man J. Rolfe, converts to christianity and changes name to Lady Rebecca
Pocahontas
Plantation
A large farm
A crop grown for the purpose of making money from the sale of it. (Tobacco, Indigo)
Cash Crop
Used to finance starting colonies/Spread the risk of starting colonies
Joint Stock Company
Name 1 problem of Jamestown
Built in Swamp
Didn’t dig wells for water, but drank contaminated river water
Built poor, leaky roofed houses
Did not plant crops
Only 12 of the men were workers
No woman
Explored the eastern coast of North America
John Cabot
A large farm where cash crops are grown
Plantation
The idea that people can and should rules themselves
Self Government
A group of English sea captains who worked at to weaken Spain by piracy
Sea Dogs
Where there woman in Jamestown?
No. This is a PROBLEM
1 of the 12 “Workers” in Jamestown who is elected the leader and insists that all must help in manual labor needed to have Jamestown succeed
John Smith
The 1st successful English colony in North America
Jamestown
Name 1 cash crop
Tobacco
Captured spanish ships that eventually brought about the end of the Spanish Armada
Francis Drake
True or False Skilled workers were brought over to help establish the colony (Farmers, blacksmiths, coopers, weavers, seamstresses) which made Jamestown Successful
True!
The 1st English child to be born in America
Virginia Dare
The ”lost colony” in Virginia paid for by F. Raleigh
Roanoke
The spanish fleet of ships
Armada
What brought in the MOST money for Jamestown?
Tobacco
Name one success of Jamestown
Tobacco was successfully grown as a cash crop
Skilled workers were brought over to help establish the colony (Farmers, blacksmiths, coopers, weavers, seamstresses)
London Co. offered free land if they grew tobacco and would also pay them for the tobacco
London Co. allowed Virginia colonists to elect representatives to a legislature so they could make their own laws
Set up the 1st english colony in North America (Roanoke)
Walter Raleigh
Roanoke
A burgess- A free white landowning man
Free Citizen
Throwback: Who was Giovanni Caboto?
John Cabot, Italian sea captain sailing for France
What did Virginia Colonists do to make Jamestown successful?
London Co. allowed Virginia colonists to elect representatives to a legislature so they could make their own laws