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English Colonization
Virginia Charters
Jamestown
Reasons for Site Choice
Native Peoples and Jamestown
100
What did England want to find in America?
Silver and Gold
100
What was the name of the King who granted the charters?
King James I
100
Jamestown was an economic venture. What is an economic venture?
A way for others to make money.
100
The settlers were told to go where?
Inland
100
Who initiated trading relationships with the Powhatans?
John Smith
200
England wanted to an American colony to increase it's _______ and __________
Wealth and Power
200
What was the name of the company that the charters were granted to?
The Virginia Company of London
200
Who paid for the settlement of Jamestown?
The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London.
200
The site could be defended from attack by the sea from the ________.
Spanish
200
The English traded ____,_________, and ________.
tools, pots, and guns.
300
England hoped to also get _____ materials such as lumber from America.
raw
300
What did the charters do?
Extend English rights to the settlers.
300
Jamestown is the first permanent English settlement in the year_________.
1607
300
The water along the shore was deep enough for ships to ______.
Dock.
300
The Powhatans traded _____, ______, and ________.
Food, furs, and leather.
400
What is a colony?
A colony formed when a group of people leave their land to settle in a new land.
400
The charters also said that what could happen in America?
That the English could establish a settlement in America.
400
In 1607 Jamestown was on a narrow peninsula. It was bordered on _________ sides by the _________ river.
three, James.
400
They thought they had a good supply of __________ water.
Fresh
400
_____________, the daughter of Chief Powhatan, started a friendship between her people and the settlers.
Pocahontas
500
England wanted to open _________ markets for trade.
new
500
How many charters were there?
There were 3 charters.
500
Today Jamestown is on an _________ in the James river.
Island
500
The hardships faced by the settlers include ___________ water, ____________, and ___________. They also lacked __________ for survival.
unsafe drinking water, diseases and starvation. Skills.
500
The native peoples showed the settlers how to plant __________ and __________.
corn and tobacco.