Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?
The Virginia Company of London
Africans arrived against their will in _________.
1619
The General Assembly included two citizen representatives, called __________.
Burgesses
Why did the Portuguese sail to the area that is present-day Angola?
To capture African men and women
Who was allowed to take part in the Virginia General Assembly?
Certain free adult men
The arrival of women in Jamestown made it possible for people to start _________.
Families
What is one thing the English would trade with the natives in return for food?
Copper/tools/pots
Who was a burgess?
An elected representative from each division of Virginia sent to serve in the General Assembly.
The colony's _________ was greatly dependent upon temporary and permanent servitude.
economy
The native people showed the settlers how to plant _________ and harvest _________.
corn; tobacco
One reason the colonists decided to pick Jamestown to settle was because ___________ told the settlers to go inland.
Instructions/VA Company of London/Charters
The King of England granted charters to the Virginia Company of London. What were two reasons the Virginia charters were important?
1. To define the physical boundaries of the colonies
2. To extend English rights to the settlers.
True or False: The first Africans who were forcibly brought to Old Point Comfort were originially free people.
True