JAMESTOWN 1
WHO WAS POWHATAN?
HEAD CHIEF OF THE IROQUIAN TRIBES IN VIRGINIA. FATHER OF POCAHONTAS.
WHEN DID JAMESTOWN BECOME A PERMANANT SETTLEMENT?
1607
JAMESTOWN IS SURROUNDED BY WHICH BODY OF WATER?
JAMES RIVER
WHAT ARE THE 4 MAJOR RIVERS OF VIRGINIA?
JAMES; POTOMAC; RAPPAHANNOCK; YORK
ENGLAND
WHY DID THE KING OF ENGLAND WANT TO ESTABLISH A COLONY IN JAMESTOWN?
FOR WEALTH (MONEY) AND POWER
WHAT WAS THE DOCUMENT THAT THE KING OF ENGLAND WROTE? IT GAVE THE VA COMPANY OF LONDON PERMISSION TO SETTLE IN NORTH AMERICA.
A CHARTER
WHICH LEGISLATIVE BODY CAME FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES AT JAMESTOWN IN 1619?
VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THIS YOUNG WOMAN KEPT PEACE BETWEEN NATIVES AND THE COLONISTS. SHE MARRIED JOHN ROLFE AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE CHIEF. WHO IS THIS WOMAN?
POCAHONTAS
WHAT 3 THINGS WAS ENGLAND HOPING TO FIND IN NORTH AMERICA?
SILVER, GOLD, NEW NATURAL RESOURCES
WHAT MAJOR CROP WAS GROWN IN JAMESTOWN THAT HELPED THE COLONY SURVIVE?
TOBACCO
IN WHICH ORDER DID THE VIRGINIA GOVERNMENT EVOLVE?
GENERAL ASSEMBLY --> HOUSE OF BURGESSES --> VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WHO WAS THE KING OF ENGLAND DURING THIS TIME?
KING JAMES I
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WHAT 3 HARDSHIPS DID THE COLONISTS FACE IN JAMESTOWN?
DISEASE; STARVATION; NO SAFE DRINKING WATER; FIGHTING WITH NATIVES; NO SURVIVAL SKILLS
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF JAMESTOWN THAT ENFORCED THE FORCED WORK PROGRAM? HE STATED THAT "HE THAT DOES NOT WORK, DOES NOT EAT."
NAME 3 REASONS WHY THE COLONISTS DECIDE TO SETTLE AT JAMESTOWN.
THEY WERE TOLD BY THE KING TO GO INLAND;
THE LOCATION COULD BE EASILY DEFENDED FROM SEA WAR BY SPANISH;
THE JAMES RIVER WAS DEEP ENOUGH FOR THEM TO DOCK THEIR SHIPS;
THEY BELIEVED THAT THEY HAD A FRESH SUPPLY OF WATER
HOW DID THE NATIVE PEOPLES' FEELINGS CHANGE ABOUT THE COLONIST OVER TIME?
THEY HELPED THE COLONIST SURVIVE, BUT THE NATIVES FELT THAT THEY WERE BEING INVADED BY COLONISTS
WHAT WERE THE 3 PARTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY?
THE GOVERNOR; THE (GOVERNOR'S) COUNCIL; THE BURGESSES
WHAT ARE THE 5 STATES THAT BORDER VIRGINIA?
WEST VIRGINIA; TENNESSEE; NORTH CAROLINA; MARYLAND; KENTUCKY