Pre-Jamestown
Jamestown System of Government
The Jamestown Site
Hardships and Native Peoples
Job Titles
100
Who granted the charter to the Virginia Company of London?
King James
100
Who were the Burgesses elected by?

Other settlers

100
When was the official site of Jamestown settled?
1607
100
What is a hardship?
A hardship is an obstacle or a boundary that is holding someone or something back from success.
100

This daughter of Powhatan served as a contact between the native peoples and the English

Pocahontas

200
What is a charter?
An official document that gives an organization or group of people permission to do something.
200

The current Virginia Assembly dates back to what year?

1619

200
What type of land is the Jamestown settlement located on?
A peninsula
200
What were some items the Native people traded with the settlers?
food, fur, leather
200

This group financed, or paid for, the Settlement of Jamestown.

stockholders of the Virginia Company of London

300
What did the Jamestown Charter grant to the colonists?
Permission to Start a Colony and English Rights.
300

In 1619 who called the meeting of the General Assembly?

The Governor
300
What body of water is Jamestown located on?
The James River
300

What were some changes that resulted in the survival at Jamestown?

Arrival of ships with new people and supplies.

The forced work program.

The development of new settlements.

The emphasis on agriculture.


300

The chief of many tribes led his people and taught the settlers survival skills.

Powhatan

400

What country was the first to settle Jamestown?

England

400

By the 1640's the Burgesses became a separate legislative body called?

The House of Burgesses

400

What type of weather event made it hard for the settlers when they arrived in Jamestown?

a drought

400

Give  examples for the main hardships that the colonists faced.

The site was marshy

A drought

The lack of skills by the settlers to take care of themselves

Settlers died from starvation and disease

400

This leader of Jamestown began trading relationships with the native peoples and forced work programs for the settlers.

John Smith

500
Why did the Virginia Company of London want to go to Virginia in the first place?
To find economic opportunity, a pathway to the orient, and to prevent other countries from becoming more powerful.
500

What are the 3 parts of the General Assembly?

Burgesses

Governor's Council

Governor

500
What were the three reasons that the colonists chose this location for the Jamestown settlement and fort?
They believed it had a good supply of fresh water, they could easily defend themselves from an attack, and the river was deep enough to dock their large ships.
500

In 1619 what country did people begin arriving from against their will?

Africa

500

These people served as elected representatives in the General Assembly.

burgesses

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