Regions
English settlers primarily settled in these regions of Virginia (hint: there is 2).
What is he Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions?
These people provided a cheap source of labor to work on plantations and allowed the colonists to make money.
Who are Africans? (slaves)
A large farm.
What is a plantation?
These granted rights to the colonists and allowed them to establish their own government.
What are charters?
In 1620, these people arrived to establish families and help create a more permanent settlement.
Who were the women? (Bride Ship)
Africans settled in these regions due to forced labor.
What are the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions?
Barter was necessary because the settlement had no ___ and little access to ____
What are banks and paper money?
The soil was marshy and too wet to grow many things due to this.
What is Jamestown is on a peninsula?
This is the first elected legislative body of government in English America.
What is the House of Burgesses?
In 1619, these people were brought to the new world from Angola against their will to work.
Who were the Africans?
The Germans and Scots-Irish settled primarily in this region.
What is the Valley and Ridge Region?
The colonists were starving due to a lack of ___.
What are resources and skills?
Jamestown most profitable crop.
What is Tobacco?
In 1619, this group of men were elected to represent each settlement in the General Assembly.
Who were the burgesses?
This is how long the starving time lasted.
What is one year?
These people moved to new countries permanently often to escape religious persecution.
What is an immigrant?
England wanted a colony in the new world to survive in order to gain this.
What is wealth and power?
This person introduced a sweeter crop of tobacco that became more popular in England.
Who is John Rolfe?
These people could be a member of the House of Burgesses.
The year that Jamestown was first established.
What is 1607?
Before the arrival of colonists, American Indians lived here.
What is throughout Virginia?
The marriage of these two people bridged the gap between the colonists and American Indians helping them be successful.
Who is Pocahantas and John Rolfe?
Most Virginians ate this.
The General Assembly included these three groups of people.
What is the Governor, Governor's Council, and House of Burgesses?
In 1608, this person started a forced work program.
Who is Captain John Smith?