Colonization
What was the period during the winter of 1609–1610 when Jamestown settlers suffered extreme food shortages, disease, and high death rates?
What is the "starving time"?
The Jamestown settlers chose a location that they wrongly believed had this.
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What is a source of clean water?
This leader took control of Jamestown in 1608 and famously said, "He who will not work shall not eat."
Who is John Smith?
0This document, granted by the king, allowed the Virginia Company to start the Jamestown colony and gave the company legal permission to settle and govern there.
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What is a charter?
The colonists hoped to get rich by finding this material in the New World.
What is gold?
0The arrival of these from England brought food to the starving colonists.
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What are supply ships?
Native people traded mainly this with the English in exchange for weapons and tools.
What is food?
This man started growing tobacco in Jamestown and helped make it a profitable crop; he married Pocahontas later.
Who is John Rolfe?
England established Jamestown primarily for this reason.
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To expand wealth and power.
Jamestown was located in this present-day U.S. state
What is Virginia?
This Native American woman acted as an interpreter and helped the English communicate with Powhatan’s people.
Who is Pocahontas?
He initiated trading relationships with the native people.
Who is John Smith?
This was the first elected representative government in the Americas.
What is The House of Burgesses?
This group financed the settlement of Jamestown.
What is The Virginia Company?
This system allowed people to come to Jamestown to clear their debts to England in exchange for work for a set number of years.
What are indentured servants?
The arrival of enslaved people and indentured servants allowed Virginia to expand the production of this crop.
What is tobacco?
The native leader of many tribes, he taught the Jamestown settlers survival skills.
Who is Chief Powhatan?
One of the first laws established by the House of Burgesses was to set the price of this.
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What is tobacco?
After Chief Powhatan died, this younger leader became the main Powhatan chief and led major attacks against the English colonists.
Who is Opechancanough?
As the Jamestown settlement grew, the native peoples came to see the settlers as these.
What are invaders?
Two of these represented each division of Virginia in the General Assembly.
What are burgesses?