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New World
First Colony
Virginia Company
Hardships
Government
100
The king and queen of Spain agreed to give Columbus these to make his voyage to the New World.
What are ships?
100
The ocean traveled upon from Europe to Virginia.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
This group of men who organized a journey to Virginia and helped run the colony in America
What is the Virginia Company?
100
The term used to describe the colonists first winter.
What is The Starving Time?
100
A person elected by the people.
What is a representative?
200
Columbus did not find the Indies, he found islands near the coast of what current US state?
What is Florida?
200
The site of the Lost Colony.
What is Roanoke?
200
Document that gave the Virginia Company permission to settle in Virginia.
What is a charter?
200
What happened to colonists who tried to leave the fort in search of food during their first winter.
What is attacked by Native Americans?
200
The name of the group in Virginia made up of representatives that met to make decisions about the colony.
What is the House of Burgesses?
300
A settlement that is run by a distant country.
What is a colony?
300
The continent on which Sir Walter Raleigh tried to build a colony.
What is North America?
300
A person who worked for another person for a period of time to pay back money owed.
What is an indentured servant?
300
Something that the gentlemen had never done, did not know how to do, and/or did not want to do in Jamestown.
What is work/farming?
300
A settlement managed by a king or queen.
What is a Royal Colony?
400
Three riches (jewels) that Europeans hoped to find in the New World.
What are gold, silver, and pearls?
400
The condition of the colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh, after realizing they did not bring enough food and supplies.
What is starving?
400
Gave the Virginia Company the land around Jamestown and as far west as they wanted to go.
What is the Second Charter?
400
A common disease carried by mosquitoes that killed several colonists.
What is malaria?
400
The agreement to end Opechancanough’s War which gave colonists more land.
What is the Treaty of 1646?
500
Two natural resources that the colonists could use.
What are timber and furs?
500
Saved the first colonists and convinced them to stay.
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
500
Arrived in 1620 and helped the colony grow.
What are women?
500
The number of people left out of 500 after the Starving Time.
What is 65?
500
The position of leadership in the colony, chosen in England.
What is a governor?