Vocabulary
Colony
land controlled by a distant/foreign nation
Powhatan
native chief who negotiated with John Smith to trade and keep peace
There were 5 "firsts" what was one of them?
Teacher will check list.
Relations between the colonists and native people were strained.
What did William Tucker do to prove this?
Poisoned 200 natives after pretending to be nice
Yeoman
Farmer of small farms
Chief Opechancanough
A Native chief who planned the massacre of 1622 against the colonists
There were 5 "firsts" what was one of them?
Teacher will check list
Relations between the colonists and native people were strained.
Who was kidnapped?
Pocahontas
Divine Right
belief that God gave you the right to rule
Lord de la Warr
Made all the people leaving Jamestown go back and rebuild
There were 5 "firsts" what was one of them?
Teacher will check list.
Relations between the colonists and native people were strained.
What did Chief Opechancanough do?
Planned a massacre of the colonists.
London Company
used to be known as Virginia Company, paid for the colony in Virginia, many people bought stock in it
Who were John Rolfe and Pocahontas, and why were they important to the Jamestown colony?
Pocahontas was a Native princess who married John Rolfe. She helped to keep the peace between natives and colonists until she left for England, He made the sweet variety of tobacco
There were 5 "firsts" what was one of them?
Teacher will check list.
Relations between the colonists and native people were strained.
What was happened during the Starving Time?
Native people wouldn't let colonists leave their homes to fish or hunt.
What is the difference between enslaved people and indentured servants?
Enslaved people did not choose to work for someone-they were forced into it, were not paid or able to leave
Indentured servants worked for someone to pay off a debt; were usually released after 4-7 years
George Percy and Thomas Dale were both governors of Jamestown. What were each known for?
Percy: carried out brutal attack on the natives
Dale: built Henrico
There were 5 "firsts" what was one of them?
Teacher will check list.
Relations between the colonists and native people were strained.
What did George Percy do?
in August 1610-he went after the natives and brutally kills many of them (wants them all gone)