Settling Virginia
Virginia Company of London
Jamestown Category
Jamestown Category
Incentives for colonization
100
The economic system promoted by the British was_________
mercantilism
100
What was the name given to Roanoke Colony due to what happened to the colonists?
“The Lost Colony”
100
The location of Chesapeake Bay was central to what______________, ___________,_________?
rivers, fertile land and harbor
100
What did the colonists do under John Smith’s leadership in Jamestown colony?
They planted crops and worked as a community.
100
What incentive did the Virginia Company give the English settlers to settle to Virginia?
50 acres to people who were willing to pay their own way to the colony
200
Queen Elizabeth I gave permission to _____________ to establish an English colony in the New World.
Sir Walter Raleigh
200
What business company sells shares or stocks to investors?
a joint stock company
200
What language was spoken by the Indian tribes by the Chesapeake Bay?
Algonquian
200
In 1609, John Smith needed to return to England. Why?
He suffered serious burns in a gunpowder accident.
200
What became of the settlers who did not have money for passage to the New World?
They became indentured servants.
300
What did the English colonists do with the Indians under Ralph Lane’s authority?
stole food from the Indians raided Indian Village killed the Indian chief
300
What was the first joint-stock company that was established in the new English colonies?
Virginia Company of London
300
Why did the colonists became sick of malaria?
because the swampy land bred malaria mosquito
300
Who was the governor of Jamestown that was killed by the Powhatan Indians?
John Ratcliff
300
What did an indentured servant receive after his service?
clothes, tools, money for support or purchase of land
400
Sir Walter Raleigh chose another governor to the colony after Ralph Lane. Who was he?
John White , the cartographer
400
The first king who granted the Virginia Company of London to establish a colony in the New World was ____________.
King James I
400
Why did the Jamestown settlers experience a shortage of food and supplies?
the warm climate caused the food to spoil rapidly
400
After the winter of 1609-1610, only 500 colonists were still alive. What did they name that winter?
“Starving Time”
400
The company sent women to the colony to marry. What happened to the women who did not marry?
They became indentured servant.
500
In 1590, John White returned to Roanoke Island and found it abandoned. What was the only clue to the location of the settlers?
the word “Croatoan” carved in a fencepost
500
What did the Virginia Company of London charter give the colonists aside from land grants?
the same individual rights as English citizens
500
The Indian chief who ordered to stop the raids in Jamestown was ___________
Powhatan
500
What crop was the ideal crop in Jamestown?
tobacco
500
What ship arrived with the first African slaves, in 1619?
the first Dutch ship
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