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Why did England want to establish a colony in North America?
What is England wanted to increase her wealth and power.
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The artifacts discovered at the archaeological dig at Jamestown are evidence that -
What is Indians were occasionally inside the fort to trade with the settlers.
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All three major language groups of Virginia’s American Indians were part of the -
What is Eastern Woodland Indians.
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Name 3 reasons for Choosing the Jamestown Site as the First Settlement
What is 1. location could easily defend itself from the Spanish, 2. good supply of water, and 3. water was deep enough along the shore to dock the ships.
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Who elected burgesses to the House of Burgesses?
What is Free, white male settlers who owned property
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Jamestown was founded primarily as -
What is an economic venture.
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Name 2 different types settlements in early Virginia and the regions they lived in?
What is Germans and Scots-Irish settled in the Shenandoah Valley.
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True or False: Monacan tribe in the Piedmont spoke the Siouan language
What is True
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What is one reason the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg?
What is Salt water seeped into the wells and contaminated the fresh water in Jamestown.
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How did the Jamestown government change in the 1640s?
What is The burgesses met separately from the Governor’s Council to pass laws.
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Who was the leader that who had strong leadership skills and was brave enough to trade with the Indians.
What is Captain John Smith
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True or False: The native peoples (the indians )attacked the settlers for taking over their land.
What is FALSE because they helped the settlers survive by teaching them survival skills, and how to grow corn and tobacco.
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How did the American Indians adapt to the climate in the winter?
What is lived on foods they had stored from the fall
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Read the sentence below from the charters of the Virginia Company of London. “All settlers and their children who may be born in the colony shall enjoy the liberties, franchises, and immunities as if they lived or were born in England.” This passage means that -
What is the colonists had the same rights as anyone in England.
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The House of Burgesses later became the -
What is Virginia General Assembly.
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Because Jamestown did not have survival skills, what happened?
What is they died of starvation
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Pocahontas was the daugter of _________________ and was the contact between _____________________ and _______________________.
What is the daughter of Powhatan who served as a contact between the Indians and the English.
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Where are the current state-recognized tribes located in Virginia today?
What is the Coastal Plain
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To whom did the King of England grant permission to settle in North America?
What is Virginia Company of London
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What was the primary source of wealth for the Virginia colony?
What is agriculture
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What was the importance of more women arriving in Jamestown in 1620?
What is to help establish families and a more permanent settlement
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What was Werowocomoco?
What is headquarters of the Indian leader, Powhatan
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True or False: Today, most Virginia Indians live like other Americans.
What is True
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What happened in between the time that the first tobacco crop was established and the capital was moved to Williamsburg.
What is The General Assembly was established.
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The native people mainly traded food with the English in exchange for
What is tools, pots, and copper jewelry.