Setting Sail
Indigenous Peoples
Decisions and People
Government
Its Tough Being A Colonist
100
What company sold shares of stock to finance the economic venture that was Jamestown?
What is the Virginia Company of London?
100
This is what the settlers traded TO the native peoples.
What is tools, pots, beads, and copper?
100
This person granted the charters to the Virginia Company of London, which extended English rights to the settlers.
What is King James of England?
100
This was the first representative legislative body in English America. It included burgesses, the governor, and the governor's council.
What is the General Assembly?
100
True or false: If more supply ships hadn't arrived to help, Jamestown would have survived just fine.
What is false? The arrival of supply ships with more people, supplies, and food was a huge help to the people at Jamestown.
200
England hoped to increase its _______ and _______ by colonizing America.
What is power and wealth?
200
The native peoples traded this TO the settlers.
What is food?
200
The arrival of this group of people helped make Jamestown a more permanent settlement.
What are women?
200
These were two representatives from each of the divisions of Virginia who participated in the General Assembly.
What are burgesses?
200

What lead to the settlers starving at Jamestown?

What is a lack of survival skills (including farming).

300
The first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown, was located on a peninsula. However, today it is located on_____________.
What is an island?
300
The native peoples helped the settlers survive by showing them how to plant______________
What is corn and tobacco?
300
The arrival of this group of people was important because they worked as the main source of labor on tobacco plantations.
What are Africans? They came from Angola (from the continent of Africa) against their will.
300
The establishment of this governing body meant that the settlers were able to control their own government for the first time in America.
What is the House of Burgesses/General Assembly? The House of Burgesses is part of the General Assembly.
300
The site the settlers chose to live on was___________ and lacked__________________.
What is marshy and safe drinking water?
400
Name the 3 reasons why Jamestown was chosen as the place to settle.
What is the location could be easily defended from attack by sea (from Spanish), water along shore was deep enough for ships to dock, and they believed they had a good supply of fresh drinking water.
400
This is how Captain John Smith created a positive relationship with the native peoples.
What is trading?
400
This colonist became a leader for others, and believed that Jamestown would succeed if everyone worked, including the gentlemen.
Who is Captain John Smith? "He who shall not work, shall not eat!"
400
True or false: today's Virginia General Assembly traces its beginnings back to the House of Burgesses/General Assembly of Jamestown.
What is true?
400
This is what many settlers died from (2 things).
What are starvation and disease?
500
What year was Jamestown established?
What is 1607?
500
At first the Indians saw the settlers as visitors, but eventually saw them as ______________
What is invaders who would take over their land?
500

In 1619 and 1620, two groups of people arrived that helped ensure the survival of the Jamestown colony.

Who are women and Africans? Women--to have families Africans--to work on tobacco plantations--tobacco was sold in England to make money

500
Only these people were allowed to be part of the legislative body of government.
Who are certain free adult men?
500
This Indian served as a contact between the Powhatan and the settlers.
Who is Pocahontas?
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