Vocabulary
What is a document granting the recipient the right to settle in a colony? The King gave this to settlers to form a colony.
charter
Who sailed from England with his family and 115 other settlers to Roanoke to start a new colony?
John White
How long did it take for John White to return to Roanoke?
3 years
What current state is Jamestown located in?
Virginia
What crop helped Jamestown be successful?
tobacco
What is a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits?
joint-stock company
Who was the Queen of England during this time?
Queen Elizabeth
Why did it take John White 3 years to return to Roanoke from England with supplies?
England and Spain were in the middle of a war, and Queen Elizabeth needed all English ships for battle.
What was the name of the joint-stock company that King James I granted a charter to?
Virginia Company
Who introduced the crop of tobacco to the Jamestown settlers?
John Rolfe
What is a 50- acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way?
headright
What current state was Roanoke located in?
North Carolina
What did John White find when he returned back to Roanoke?
Nothing! The only clue he found was the word “CROATOAN” carved into a post and the letters “CRO” carved into a tree.
Who made the men work for food?
John Smith
Who did John Rolfe marry?
Pocahontas
What is an elected representative to an assembly?
burgess
What was the name of the first English child born in the New World?
Virginia Dare
What happened to the settlers of Roanoke?
Nobody really knows. It is a mystery.
What was the time called in the winter of 1609-1610 where the colony struggled to find food called?
The Starving Time
Why did the settlers of Jamestown start to vote for burgesses (representatives)?
The burgesess helped make laws for the colony. The House of Burgesses was the first form of government in North America elected by the people.
What means to try to discover facts and other information about something
investigate
Why did John White decide to go back to England?
The colony needed more supplies.
Was the colony of Roanoke successful or unsuccessful?
Unsuccessful!
What other settlers joined the men in Jamestown after the Starving Time?
women and children
Was Jamestown a royal colony or a charter colony?
The colony started losing money because the tobacco was not growing as well, so the King took away the charter and made it a royal colony under the government of England