Geography
In 1607, Jamestown was located on a(n)-
Peninsula
What year was Jamestown founded/established?
1607
Who arrived in Jamestown to help establish families and make Jamestown a more permanent settlement/colony?
Women
What 3 things did the Indigenous people trade to the settlers?
Food, Fur, Leather
What did the charter extend to the settlers?
It defined boundaries, gave the stockholders profits, and extended rights to settlers.
Today, Jamestown is located on a(n)-
Island
What year was the charter signed by King James I?
1606
Who had skills (like craftsmanship) and had different cultures than those already in Jamestown? These individuals were also brought by force to help expand tobacco plantations.
African Americans
What did the settlers trade to the Indigenous people?
Tools, pots, and copper for jewelry.
A faraway place where a group of people settle but are still ruled by their home country is called a -
colony
Jamestown is located along what river?
The James River
In what year were African American men and women captured against their will and brought to Jamestown?
1619
Who was a contact person between the settlers and the Indigenous people, which helped with the survival of Jamestown?
Pocahontas
What individual could take part in the government of Jamestown in 1619?
Only certain, free, adult men.
Overtime the Indigenous people began to view the settlers as--
invaders taking over their land
They chose the location of Jamestown for 3 reasons, what were they?
Natural resources, Deep waters, Easily defended from the Spanish
In what year did women arrive in Jamestown to help make it a more permanent settlement?
1620
Who helped teach the settlers survival skills which resulted in the survival of Jamestown?
Chief Powhatan
Elected representatives in the General Assembly were called--
burgesses
What 3 hardships did the settlers face in Jamestown?
Marshy area lacking safe drinking water, a drought causing a lack of food, the settlers did not have survival skills.
Africans that were captured had to travel across the _____________ ocean to arrive in Jamestown.
Atlantic
The government in Jamestown changed over time. What year was The General Assembly established and when did it shift to The House if Burgesses?
1619 & 1640
John Smith
What was the government known as in Jamestown come 1640?
House of Burgesses
English colonists lacked many skills needed to survive in a new settlement. This led to the -