Colonization
England wanted to grow stronger and richer by starting colonies in America to compete with
What is other European nations?
Jamestown’s water was deep enough for _____________.
What are ships to dock?
This leader used the words “He that will not work shall not eat” when establishing a forced work program.
Who was John Smith?
She served as a contact between the Powhatan people and the English.
Who was Pocahantas?
England hoped colonies would help create these new opportunities for trade.
What are new trade markets?
This was the location of the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What was Jamestown, on the James River?
This event reduced the amount of food available to the settlers.
What was a drought?
English goods traded with the Powhatan people:
What are copper, tools, and pots?
England hoped its American colonies could produce raw materials such as these. (not silver and gold)
What are lumber and iron?
The settlers believed that Jamestown’s location on a peninsula would make it easier to do this.
What is defend?
This challenge made it difficult for the settlers to provide for themselves.
What was a survival skills?
These people financed the Jamestown settlement.
Who were the Virginia Company of London’s stockholders?
This raw material was available at the Jamestown site.
What is timber?
Agriculture helped the settlers survive by providing this.
What was a source of food?
This ruler granted the charters to the Virginia Company of London.
Who was the King of England? or Who was King James?
This natural process changed Jamestown from a peninsula into an island.
What is erosion?
Chief Powhatan and his people began to see the settlers as ________________.
What are invaders?