Early Settlement & Reasons for Colonization
This European nation established Jamestown to increase wealth, power, and compete with other countries.
What is England?
Jamestown was originally located on this geographic feature bordered on three sides by water.
What is a peninsula?
This Native American chief provided leadership and taught settlers survival skills.
Who is Chief Powhatan?
This was the first legislative body of government in English North America, established in 1619.
What is the General Assembly?
This Native American woman served as a contact between the native peoples and the English and contributed to settler survival.
Who is Pocahontas?
Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?
What is The Virginia Company of London?
This river bordered Jamestown on three sides.
What is the James River?
Captain John Smith created this plan that helped Jamestown survive by requiring everyone to work.
What is a forced work program?
A burgess was this type of person in Virginia's colonial government.
What is a citizen representative?
Native peoples traded fur, copper, and leather for these items from English settlers.
What are pots? (Accept: tools, metal goods)
These two valuable items that England hoped to find in America (but didn't find much of).
What are silver and gold?
Settlers chose the Jamestown site because it could be easily defended from sea attacks by this European nation.
What is Spain? (or Who are the Spanish?)
This change in Jamestown in 1619 helped establish it as a permanent colony.
What is additional women arrived from England to start families?
By the 1640s, the burgesses became this separate legislative body.
What is the House of Burgesses?
Over time, native people came to see the settlers this way.
What are invaders who would take over their land?
An American settlement would provide these materials for England and open new markets for trade.
What are raw materials?
Deep water near Jamestown was important for this reason.
What is to dock boats traveling with goods to and from Europe?
To ensure survival, Jamestown shifted from looking for gold to focusing on this.
What is agriculture? (or What is farming/tobacco?)
In 1619, only these people could take part in Virginia's system of government.
Who are certain free, adult men?
In 1619, these people arrived in Virginia against their will.
Who are Africans?
The King of England granted these documents to the Virginia Company of London to define boundaries and extend English rights to settlers.
What are charters?
Over time, erosion of the Jamestown peninsula caused this change to the geography.
What is Jamestown became an island?
The Portuguese sailed to present-day Angola for this reason.
What is to capture African men and women?
The current Virginia General Assembly dates back to this year.
What is 1619?
With the forced arrival of Africans, the colony could expand this economic activity.
What is the tobacco economy?