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Arrivals & Meetings
Charters and in Charge
Mystery
100
Reason the capital was moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg
What is Williamsburg had a higher elevation and safer drinking water?
100
He provided leadership and worked with the Powhatan Indians. Credited with the survival of Jamestown. . .
Who is John Smith?
100
Which three ships sailed to America in 1607 to begin the first permanent English settlement?
What are the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery?
100
In the 1600s, the government official who had the power to grant charters allowing settlement in North America
Who is the King of England or James the I?
100

What region of Virginia spoke Algonquian?

Coastal Plain

200
Why did England want colonies in North America?
What is to increase her wealth and power and gain new locations for trade?
200
Who was credited with the exploration of the Jamestown site?
Who is Christopher Newport?
200
In 1619, Governor Yeardley called a meeting of two citizen representatives from each of the divisions of Virginia. What was the name of this meeting?
What is the Virginia Assembly ?
200
The importance of the First Charter of the Virginia Company of London. .
What is the establishment of colonies in North America?
200

Richmond is located on this river

The James River

300
The cause of many men at Jamestown dying by the end of the first summer. . .
What is disease or malaria carried by mosquitoes from the swampy wetlands?
300
Credited with developing the Colony's first cash crop. . .
Who is John Rolfe?
300
The year the first Africans were brought to Jamestown. . .
What is 1619?
300
The importance of the Third Charter of the Virginia Company of London.
What is extending English rights to the colonists?
300

Mrs. Jones is traveling from North Carolina to Virginia. Which way is she traveling.

North

400
The three reasons the site of Jamestown was chosen. . .
What are fresh water, deep harbor, and a location that was easy to defend from the Spanish?
400
Provided a reliable and inexpensive source of labor to grow tobacco. . .
What are Africans or slaves?
400
In the 1600s, who could be elected to serve in the House of Burgesses?
Who are White English men who owned land?
400
The importance of the Second Charter of the Virginia Company of London. . .
What is the establishment of representative government?
400

Daily Triple: Triple the points 400x3

Name the following of Virginia and their Acronyms:

Bordering states:

Rivers:

Regions:

(Mustard With Ketchup Tastes Nice or Nasty) Bordering states: MD, WVA, Ken., Tenn., NC

(Please Remember Your Jacket) Rivers: Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James

(A Very Big Piece of Cake) Regions: Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge Mtns., Piedmont, Coastal Plain

500
Name 3 hardships that the Jamestown colonists faced.
What are disease, starvation,and brackish water?
500
Helped raise families, made homes, and made life easier on the colonists.
What are the women?
500
In the 1640s, the name of the first elected legislative body in North America
What is the House of Burgesses?
500
In the 1600s, the group of investors who received permission to establish settlements in North America
What is the Virginia Company of London?
500

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What did the Indigenous Peoples do each season?

Winter: Hunt for small animals and eat stored food

Spring: Fished and picked berries

Summer: Grew Crops: Beans, Squash, and Corn

Fall: Harvested crops and stored food