Notable People
Created a short-term peace by marrying John Rolfe
Pocohontas
True or False. The expedition to Jamestown was expected to be long term.
False
What cannot be found in Virginia?
Gold
Rolfe discovered that this was an ideal crop to grow in Virginia.
Tobacco
An English goal was to defeat these people
Spanish
Coined the phrase "He who will not work, shall not eat."
John Smith
Carried diseases like yellow fever and malaria.
Mosquitoes
The Virginia colonists were subject to this. What was it?
starvation
By 1610, the settlers at Jamestown were about to ________ the colony.
leave or abandon
What is land that is soft, wet, waterlogged, and muddy, like a swamp or bog,
Marshy
These people did not work with their hands.
Gentlemen
What one word describes the land the settlers chose at Jamestown?
Terrible (I'll also accept marshy)
What season of 1609-1610 was called the starving time?
Winter
Only ______ of the settlers who went to Jamestown survived.
15%
A word that describes a place infested with bugs
buggy
This person had three goals for exploring the New World
King James I
What did colonists do in the 1st summer in Jamestown?
Look for gold
The English raided the supplies of Powhatan. What kind of supplies?
Food
Instead of finding this, the colonists became wealthy by growing Tobacco.
gold
King James wanted to find a passage to this place
Indies
Who were the women sent to Colonial Virginia to marry settlers?
Tobacco Wives
The colonists expected to get wealthy and live like what?
Kings
Powhatan does not execute John Smith to show that he is what type of leader?
Merciful
Lord De La Warr introduced a war of what against the Powhatan?
Extinction
What is a state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended as between Powathan and English
peace