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The struggles to survive
Representative Government
Financing a Colony
Tobacco Transforms The Colony
House of Burgesses Is Formed
100
Only 38 colonists remained alive. He then later that year took control of Jamestown.
Who is the founder John Smith?
100
Colony Ruled by the king's appointed officials
What is the Royal Colony
100
Queen Elizabeth gave him permission to sponsor England's first American colony.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh
100
Land grant given to one who can pay his or her way to the colonies
What is headright
100
The Virginia assembly, which was the first representative assembly in the American colonies
What is The House Of Burgesses
200
The colonist ate rodents and snakes
What is "Starving time"
200
Company funded by a group of investors
What is a joint-stock company
200
Began spreading along the James river
What is Tobacco
200
The power of a local government to raise taxes remained a closely guarded right
What is the colonial period
300
He was a new governor and imposed discipline.
Who is Lord De La Warr
300
Who opposed the idea of elected governments, also got rid of the assembly.
Who is James 1
300
Person who puts money into a project to earn a profit
Who are investors
300
Made it easier to ship crops directly to England
What is the region's many rivers
300
soon became frustrated at the lack of self government
Who are the settlers
400
Chief Powhantan's daughter
Who is Pocahontas
400
Launched the an attack on settlements all along the James river.
What is the Powhatan
400
Economic system that European nations used to enrich their treasuries
What is mercantilism
400
One who worked for a set time without pay in exchange for a free passage to America
What is indentured servants
400
Would meet once a year
What is elected representatives
500
Had traded corn to the colonists
What is Powhatan's tribe
500
Took back the company's charter and turned Virginia into a royal colony.
Who is King James 1
500
Written contract giving the right to establish a colony
What is a charter
500
The company offered headright
What is the Virginia company
500
Had the authority to pass local laws and to raise taxes
What is the House Of Burgesses