colonization
1. gold and silver
2. Jamestown
type of landform was Jamestown in 1607
a peninsula
who had the power to grant the charters in va company of London
king James 1 of England
by 1640 the burgesses became a separate legislative body called
house of burgesses
1619
1. Jamestown was primarily an ______
2. when they realized the settlement would continue to grow, natives started to see the English settlers as ____ who would take over their ____.
1.Economic venture
2. invaders, land
why did settlers choose the site at Jamestown
1. further inland
2. easily defended
3. water deep enough to dock ship
4. believed good fresh water supply
3 important things charters did for Jamestown
1. established a settlement in north america
2. defined the physical boundaries of the colony
3. extended English rights to the settlers
having a elected representative government gave settlers an opportunity to
control their own government
african arrived in Jamestown against their _______
will
furnish raw materials and open new markets for trade
what type of landform is today
island
what were the charters of the Virginia company of London
a document
in 1619 what was the name of the first representative legislative body in America
general assembly
Portuguese sailors captured Africans in the area that is now present-day______
angola
1.Native American traded _____ and English exchange____
2. how else did native people contribute to the survival of Jamestown settlers?
1.food, fur, leather
tools, pots, copper for jewelry
2. showed English how to plant crops, including corn and tobacco
4 major hardship did the settlers in Jamestown face
1. land marshy and lacked safe drinking water
2. settlers lacked survival skills like farming and hunting
3. drought decreased amount of available food
4. settlers died from starvation and disease
what 4 changes lead to Jamestown survival
1. arrival of ships from england
2. strong leadership John smith and his forced work program
3. emphasis on agriculture and learning to farm
4. developing new settlement away from Jamestown unhealthy environment
at that time only who had the right to take part in government
certain free adult men
the arrival of additional women made it possible for the settlers to establish what?
families
England wanted to compete with other European countries by increasing their
wealth and power
who financed the Jamestown settlement
the Virginia company of London
1. who initiated trading relationship with native people?
2. who provided leadership for his own people and taught the settlers how survive?
1. captain John smith
2. chief Powhatan
who served as a contact between the native Americans and English
Pocahontas
the arrival of africans made it possible to expand which economy
tobacco