Dates
What year was the first permanent English settlement established?
What is 1607?
One reason England set up a colony in the New World was to obtain wealth and _____________
What is power?
Who's strong leadership and emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture (growing your own crops) helped Jamestown survive?
Who is John Smith?
A hardship that the settlers had to endure was that the land was ________?
What are swampy or marshy?
A reason the colonists chose the site to call Jamestown was because they thought they had fresh_________________?
What is drinking water?
What year did the women come over?
What is 1620?
Another reason England wanted a colony in the New World was to get wealthy by finding ___________ and ______________.
What is gold and silver?
Who served as a contact between the native people and the English?
Who is Pocahontas?
A hardship that the settlers had to endure was starvation and ______________.
What is disease?
A reason that the colonists chose the site to call Jamestown was that the spot was far enough inland to be safe from attack by the ____________?
Who are the Spanish?
What year did the Africans come over?
What is 1619?
What type of trip was Jamestown?
What is economic venture?
Who showed the settlers how to grow corn and tobacco?
Who were the Powhatan Indians?
A hardship that the colonists had to endure was contaminated _______________?
What is drinking water?
A reason the colonists chose the site to call Jamestown was because the water was deep enough for what?
What is for the ships to dock?
What year was the General Assembly established?
What is 1619?
England also wanted to obtain raw materials, such as __________ and ___________. They also wanted to open new markets for ___________.
What is timber and iron? What is trade?
Who arrived and made it possible for the settlers to establish families and to become a more permanent settlement?
Who are the women?
What new rule did John Smith create that helped the colonists survive?
What is the forced work program? (If you don't work, you don't eat!)
Who granted the charter to the Virginia Company of London?
Who is the King of England? (King James)
What year was the House of Burgesses established? (the 1st elected legislative body in North America)
What is 1640?
What company got a charter from the King of England to establish a settlement in North America?
What is the Virginia Company of London?
Who were the elected representatives in the General Assembly?
Who were the burgesses?
Supply ships came with strong people and food supplies that helped the colony survive. How many supply ships came?
What are two supply ships?
What was the name of the large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came. It was the headquarters of the leader Powhatan in 1607.
What is Werowocomoco?