Jamestown
the first permanent English colony
What is Jamestown?
The Mayflower Compact was the 1st written plan for a democratic government in America and set this type of government system.
What is self-government?
This person served as the negotiator/peacemaker between the Powhatan Confederacy and the Jamestown settlers
Who is Pocahontas?
celebration that happened when the Plymouth settlers had an abundant harvest and invited members of the Wampanoag tribe to a feast that became known as Thanksgiving
What is the Autumn Harvest Festival of 1621?
•Drought reduced the amount of food available to the settlers.
•Settlers stole food the Powhaten tribe.
•The Powhaten tribe blocks the settlers inside the Jamestown Fort.
•The settlers have no access to food and many starve.
What is the Starving Time?
the reason that settlers did not have safe water so many got sick
How did the nasty river water and salt water affect the Jamestown settlers?
The government of Jamestown that was made up of a group of elected representatives who met to make laws for the colony.
What is the House of Burgesses?
helped establish permanent homes and families in the colonies
Who are women?
The reason the Pilgrims wanted to start a new colony in North America.
What is religious freedom?
People who were legally freed after their debt was paid or the period of the contract ended.
Who were indentured servants?
effect of poor soil on the Jamestown settlers’ food supply
What is hunger, disease, and starvation?
Farmers want the governor to send militia to stop the Natives from taking land. When the governor refused, the farmers led an attack against the natives and Jamestown
What was Bacon's Rebellion?
the person that made Jamestown successful by growing tobacco
Who is John Rolfe?
this group of people wanted to separate from the Church of England, which caused them to be persecuted
Who are the Pilgrims?
People that were captured and forced to migrate to the Americas and denied freedom.
2 geographical challenges for Jamestown settlers
What are poor soil and polluted water
The government system in Ancient Rome where the Senate and assemblies were the legislative bodies.
What is a representative government?
People who worked without pay, could be physically punished, and their contract could be sold to another.
Who were enslaved Africans and indentured servants?
reason the French want a strong trade relationship with Native American people
What is the profit from fur trade?
the most impactful negative affect of Bacon's Rebellion
What is it increased the use of African slaves by plantation owners?
•Forced work program
•No more searches for gold.
•Moved settlers farther inland for safe water
What are the policies/rules that John Smith put into place?
a type of government system in Ancient Greece where the legislative bodies included all citizens
What is a direct democracy?
He created policies that helped settlers in the PLYMOUTH colony survive the early years and served as governor of the PLYMOUTH colony for over 30 years.
Who is William Bradford?
•He taught the colonists how to grow crops.
•He served as an interpreter, so the colonists could trade with nearby American Indian groups.
Who is Squanto?
Chief that made a treaty with the Plymouth governors to secure mutual defense between the settlers and the Wampanoag people.
Who was Chief Massasoit?