Jamestown 1
Which Region of Virginia was first settled by the Europeans?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
Which continent did the Europeans land on and make a settlement?
What is North America
Which Legislative body came from the establishment of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown in 1619?
Virginia General Assembly
Africans
What country did the English settlers come from?
England
Give a reason the Europeans wouldn't have wanted to settle in Jamestown
No Fresh Drinking water
What two groups of people arrived in Jamestown and made it more diverse?
Women and Africans
What was the document that the King of England wrote giving the Va Company of London permission to settle in North America?
What is a Charter
Jamestown was a strip of land bordered on 3 sided by water. We call this type of land mass a what?
Peninsula
This young woman was said to have kept peace between the Natives and English, and ultimately married John Rolfe
Who is Pocahontas
Jamestown was founded on a peninsula and bordered on three sides by the what?
James River
Name 2 hardships the settlers faced?
No survival skills, starvation, disease, marshy lands
Food
What was the main goal of the stockholders who financed Jamestown?
To make money
What major crop was grown in Jamestown that helped the colony survive?
Tobacco
What did the arrival of women in Jamestown do for the colony?
1) More families were established
2) A permanent settlement became possible
In which order did the Virginia government evolve?
General assembly, House of Burgesses, Virginia General Assembly
What region of Virginia was Jamestown settled in?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
Who could join the House of Burgesses?
Free white men who owned land
These were the names of the 3 ships that made the first voyage to Jamestown
Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery
If you were a Jamestown settler, what is a book you might want to bring with you that would help you survive?
a book about farming, and survival
Who granted the charter that allowed for an English settlement in North America?
Jamestown was settled on which river?
James
True or false? The Powhatan natives helped the Settlers build the Jamestown fort, and form their new government?
False
What were the 3 things the king wrote in his Charter that explained where to land?
Docking, Drinking, Defending