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Vocabulary
Native Americans
Government
Economy
Early Settlement
100
Natural Resources
What are Raw materials?
100
Food, furs, leather, tools, pots, guns, and other goods.
What did the Powhatans and English trade with?
100
Who gave the charters to the Virginia Company of London?
The King of England.
100
Tobacco
What is the most profitable agricultural product?
100
Why did the English want to establish a colony in America?
For wealth and power.
200
Something that is done to make money.
What is an economic venture?
200
Daughter of the Powhatan Chief.
Who is Pocahontas?
200
What did the English think they would find in America?
Raw materials and gold.
300
They gave the Virginia Company of London the right to establish a settlement in North America.
What were charters?
300
How did the Powhatans feel about the English?
The Powhatans saw the colonists as invaders that would take over their land.
300
How was Jamestown financed?
By the stockholders of the Virginia Company of London.
400
A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers.
What is a cash crop?
400
Where was jamestown located when it was first established?
On a narrow peninsula surrounded on three sides by the James River.
500
Trading/exchanging of goods and services without the use of money.
What is barter?
500
Easily defended from attacks Deep enough for ships to dock They believed they had a good supply of fresh water
Why did the colonists decide on the location of Jamestown to settle?