Site Choice and Charters
The King of England granted charters to the Virginia Company of London to establish a settlement here.
Where is North America?
In this year, the governor of Virginia called a meeting of the General Assembly.
What is 1619?
Many settlers died from diseases carried by this bug.
What are mosquitos?
This person was the chief of many tribes, provided leadership to his people, and taught the settlers survival skills.
Who is Powhatan?
A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers
What is a cash crop?
The King of England granted charters to the Virginia Company of London to extend English ________ to the settlers.
What are rights?
The General Assembly included two of these from each of the divisions of Virginia.
Who are burgesses?
The settlers lacked these which were necessary to provide food and shelter for themselves.
What are skills?
This person was the daughter of Powhatan and served as a contact between the native peoples and the English.
Who is Pocohontas?
The economy of the Virginia colony depended on this as the primary source of wealth.
What is agriculture or farming?
The chosen site at Jamestown had water that was deep enough for this.
What are ships?
Only these individuals had the right to take part in government.
What are free adult men?
Because of this, the Virginia colony was not able to grow enough food for everyone.
What is a drought?
This person initiated trading relationships with the native peoples.
Who is John Smith?
This became the most profitable agricultural product because it was sold in England as a cash crop.
What is tobacco?
The chosen site at Jamestown could be easily defended from this.
What are attacks by sea by the Spanish?
By the 1640s, the burgesses became a separate legislative body, called this.
What is the House of Burgesses?
The site they chose to live on was marshy and lacked safe__________.
What is drinking water?
The arrival of this group in 1620 made it possible for more settlers to start families, which helped to establish Jamestown as a permanent colony in Virginia.
Who are women?
The Virginia colony depended on labor from this group of people to cultivate tobacco.
What is enslaved Africans?
Colonists believed the chose Jamestown site had a good supply of this.
What is fresh water?
The governor chose this group to help him make decisions in the General Assembly.
What is the governor's council?
Captain John Smith started this program to ensure that everyone helped out in the colony.
What is a forced work program?
This group captured African men and women from what is present-day Angola.
Who are Portuguese sailors?
What is corn and tobacco?