Reasons of Colonization
Who granted the legal documents for Jamestown?
King James
Charters
In what year was the first general assembly called?
1619
What did the colonists and native Americans trade?
Colonist traded tools, pots and copper for food, fur and leather from the Native Americans.
What group of people came in 1619 that made Jamestown's population more diverse?
Africans from Angola
Why did England want to establish Jamestown?
They wanted to increase their wealth and power
Who did king James grant the charters to?
The Virginia Company of London
2 burgesses and they were elected by the colonists
What was Captain John Smith's forced work program?
if you don't work, you don't eat!
Who served as the contact between the settlers and native Americans?
Pocahontas
England hoped to find what 2 things to make them rich?
Silver and Gold
Who paid for the colonly?
Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
In 1619, who could take part in Virginia's system of government?
certain free adult men
What 3 things changed that allowed the settlers to survive in Jamestown?
1. Captain John Smith's forced work program
2. trading with the native Americans
3. moving to new, clean sites
What group of people came in 1620 that made Jamestown a more permanent settlement?
Women
England hoped to find _____ ____________ that could not be grown or obtained in England. These items would increase ______ markets.
Raw Materials
Trade
What is this image called?
The seal of the Virginia Company of London
The House of Burgesses became the first elected legislative body in America which means that the settlers _________________.
had the opportunity to control their own government
The main reason it was hard for the Jamestown colony to survive was because the settlers —
they lacked necessary survival skills
What crops did the native Americans teach the colonists to plant?
Corn and tobacco
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement?
Jamestown
What 3 things did the charters of the Virginia company of London state?
1. Allowed the English to establish a settlement in North America
2. Defined the physical boundaries
3. Extended the English rights to the settlers
The representatives in the 1619 General Assembly were called __________________?
burgesses
What were the 3 main hardships settlers faced in Jamestown?
1. No safe drinking water
2. Lacked survival skills
3. Many died of starvation and disease (because it was dirty)
What causes the American Indians and the colonists to have problems again?
Colonists begin to take more and more of the Native American's land