Jamestown: Ups & Downs
Jamestown is historically famous because it was the first ... ? (Be specific)
Permanent European colony in North America
What crop was the first to be successfully grown at Jamestown?
Tobacco
What was a plantation?
A large farm where a single crop was grown
What type of labor was used to replace indentured servants?
African slavery
What colony was founded by Lord Baltimore, as a safe place for Roman Catholics?
Maryland
In what year was Jamestown founded?
1607
Why would agriculture become the primary means of economic success in the southern colonies?
Because the warmer climate allowed for long growing seasons
The Headright System
Who led the indentured servants in a rebellion against Virginia's government? (the rebellion was named after him)
Nathaniel Bacon
What colony was founded by settlers who moved south from Virginia?
North Carolina
Who saved Jamestown during its first year, and what rule did he create?
John Smith - He who won't work will not eat.
Who introduced tobacco to Jamestown?
John Rolfe
1. Someone who came and worked on a plantation in exchange for their ship's passage
2. 4-7 years
What was the result of the indentured servants' rebellion?
It was put down, and the leader was killed.
What colony was founded by eight wealthy men who built large plantations when they came?
South Carolina
What was the name of the Native American tribe who initially supplied Jamestown with extra food?
the Powhatans
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What made the Virginia House of Burgesses so important in history?
How did the headright system create both plantations AND the system of indentured servants?
1. Wealthy people paid for many people to travel to VA, and in return were given large amounts of land
2. Indentured servants became the labor system wealthy people used to run their large plantations
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What was the African Diaspora?
What colony was founded by James Oglethorpe?
Georgia
What three things led to many deaths in Jamestown during the first year?
1. An obsession with looking for gold
2. Laziness (not farming)
3. Living near a swamp w/ mosquitoes
Adult, white, landowning males got to vote - to choose men serve in the government and represent their interests
Why did indentured servants in Virginia begin to get frustrated?
They weren't being given the land that was promised to them once they worked off their contracts.
Name two modern day nations where slaves were transported to in large numbers, BESIDES the USA.
Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Caribbean island nations
1. To serve as a protective barrier between the other colonies and Spanish Florida
2. As a place English debtors could go instead of serving time in jail for not paying their debts