Jamestown
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
What year was plymouth colony founded?
1620
What is self-government?
The ability of people to govern themselves and make decisions about their community.
What was an indentured servant?
A person who worked for a set period in exchange for passage to the colonies or other benefits.
Were Indigenous peoples already living in North America when English colonists arrived?
Yes.
What company established Jamestown?
The Virginia Company.
Who founded plymouth?
The Pilgrims.
What was the House of Burgesses?
An elected representative assembly in Virginia.
What was a cash crop?
A crop grown mainly to be sold for profit.
Name TWO ways Indigenous peoples and colonists interacted.
Trade, alliances, sharing knowledge, competition, or conflict.
What cash crop helped Jamestown succeed?
Tobacco.
Why did colonists seek out plymouth?
For religious freedom.
When was the House of Burgesses created?
1619.
Name TWO groups that were part of colonial society.
Farmers, landowners, merchants, artisans, indentured servants, enslaved Africans, or Indigenous peoples.
What Indigenous man interacted with the Plymouth colonists? Translating and ultimately saving them.
Squanto.
What was the most major reason Jamestown was founded?
Financial gain/wealth/economic ability.
What document created an agreement for self-government at Plymouth?
The Mayflower Compact.
Why was the House of Burgesses important?
It was an early example of colonial self-government.
Why was slavery important to the (Southern) Colonies?
Enslaved labor became an important source of labor for plantation agriculture.
What Indigenous group was located around Jamestown?
The Powhatan (Confederacy).
Why were native americans attacking the colonists of Jamestown?
They were stealing food.
What Indigenous group interacted with the Plymouth colonists?
The Wampanoag.
What is one way the House of Burgesses and Mayflower Compact were similar?
Both were examples of colonists participating in or creating systems of self-government.
What was one major difference between an indentured servant and an enslaved person in the English colonies?
An indentured servant generally worked for a limited period of time, while an enslaved person was forced to work without freedom and was treated as property under the system of slavery.
Name TWO major effects English colonization had on Indigenous peoples.
Land loss, conflict, disease, or disruption of existing ways of life.