Jamestown 1
Why did England want to establish a colony in North America?
England wanted to increase her wealth and power.
The artifacts discovered at the archaeological dig at Jamestown are evidence of-
How they lived and what they traded with the Indians.
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.
In 1619, who could take part in Virginia's system of government?
Only certain free, adult men
The Virginia Company of London financed Jamestown for what reason?
What was the named of the first English colony in Virginia that disappeared?
Roanoke
A faraway place where a group of people settle but are still ruled by their home country is called-
Colony
The location of Jamestown in 1607 was-
A narrow peninsula
Who was the leader that made the forced work program? (You don't work, you don't eat)
Captain John Smith
True or False: The native peoples attacked the settlers for taking over their land.
FALSE because they helped the settlers survive by teaching them survival skills, and how to grow corn and tobacco.
Who was the chief of the Indigenous people who taught the settlers skills to survive?
The House of Burgesses later became the -
Virginia General Assembly.
Because the English Colonists did not have survival skills, what happened?
Some died of starvation
Pocahontas was the daughter of
Powhatan
To whom did the King of England grant permission to settle in North America?
Virginia Company of London
With the forced arrival of Africans, what could the people of the Jamestown settlement do?
Increase tobacco production
What was the importance of more women arriving in Jamestown in 1620?
What is to help establish families and a more permanent settlement
What was Werowocomoco?
Headquarters of the Indian leader, Powhatan
Overtime, Indigenous people viewed the Jamestown colonists as-
invaders who would take their land from them
The native people mainly traded food with the English in exchange for
What is tools, pots, and copper jewelry.