Native People
These people greatly helped the colonists.
Who are the Powhatan People?
The year Jamestown was founded.
What is 1607?
This country founded Jamestown.
What is England?
Name one reason the British founded Jamestown.
What is - wealth, power, raw materials?
Name two of the things the Powhatan People showed the colonists how to farm.
What are corn, soybeans, squash, and tobacco? (Any two answers are okay!)
The year the colonists set sail from England
What is 1606?
What was the name of the COMPANY (key word) that provided money for the settlers to come to Jamestown?
What is The Virginia Company of London?
One of the reasons the British settled in Jamestown was because the land was a peninsula. A peninsula is...
What is a piece of land surrounded by water on only three sides?
Powhatan People wore these as clothing.
What are animal skins?
This is the year that the Starving Time happened.
What is 1610?
The King of England at the time Jamestown was founded
Who is King James I?
Name one reason the British chose the location of Jamestown.
What is easily defensible so the Spanish couldn't get to them, a supposed clean water source, and the water was deep enough for their ships?
The name of the house that Powhatan people lived in.
What are yehakens?
The year that enslaved African people arrived.
What is 1619?
King James wrote this document that said that the colony of Jamestown should be founded. (HINT - it is also a type of bus)
What is a charter?
The name of the time where the Jamestown settlers had not enough food and nearly all died.
What is the Starving Time?
What is bone?
The year women arrive to Jamestown.
What is 1619?
Who is John Smith?
What is the James River, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean?