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Charters
The General Assembly
Hardships
Reasons for Colonization
Decisions to Settle
100
Granted charters to the Virginia Company of London
Who is The King
100
What year did the governor of VA call a meeting of the General Assembly and who had the right to take part in it?
What is 1619 and adult men.
100
The Jamestown site the settlers chose to live on was _____ and lacked safe ______.
What is Marshy and safe drinking water
100
England wanted to establish an American colony to increase what TWO things in order to compete with other European countries?
What is wealth and power
100
Today, Jamestown is located on an _____ in the James River due to what?
What is Island, Erosion
200
Who did the charters extend English rights to?
Who are The Colonists
200
Who was included in 1619's General Assembly that met as one legislative body?
What is Burgesses, governor's council, and governor
200
What did the settlers lack that was necessary to provide for themselves?
What is skills
200
What would an American settlement furnish? and what TWO things did England hope to find in America?
What is raw materials and Silver and Gold
200
Instructions from England told the settlers to go _____.
What is Inland
300
Who did the King of England grant charters to?
What is The Virginia Company of London
300
By the 1640's, the burgesses became a separate legislative body called what?
What is the House of Burgesses
300
Many settlers died of what TWO things?
What is Disease and Starvation
300
The stockholders of the ______ financed the settlement of Jamestown.
What is Virginia Company of London
300
Instructions from England told the settlers to find a _____ place for their colony.
What is suitable.
400
What did the charters give the colonists permission to establish in North America?
What is A Settlement
400
The General Assembly and its burgesses in Jamestown give some settlers the opportunity to take part in controlling their own _____?
What is government
400
The emphasis on ______ also helped the Jamestown colony to survive.
What is agricultural
400
An American settlement would open _______ for trade
What is new markets
400
The native peoples traded mainly food with the English in exchange for what three things?
What is tools, pottery, and copper for jewelery
500
This was also defined by the charters?
What is Physical Boundaries
500
The General Assembly and its burgesses was the first _____ legislative body in English North America.
What is Elected
500
The arrival of what TWO things helped the colony of Jamestown survive?
What is ships bringing new supplies and new settlers
500
Jamestown was primarily an economic venture. What does that mean.
What is $$$$$$
500
The natural resources from Jamestown included what TWO things?
What is Timber and Iron