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Native People
Reasons for Colonization
Location at Jamestown
Charters & General Assembly
Africans & Woman Arrive, Hardships
100
What do we call the "study of the past"?
Archeology
100
True/False: Some European countries, including England, were in competition to expand their empires.
True
100
What do we call a piece of land bordered by water on three sides?
Peninsula
100

Who had the power to grant charters allowing the settlement in North America?

King of England

100

What group of people arrived in Jamestown against their will in 1619?

Africans

200
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
200
England wanted an American colony to increase their _________ and __________. (MAIN IDEA!)
Wealth and power
200
What river is Jamestown bordered by?
James River
200

In _____, the Governor of the Virginia colony called a meeting of the General Assembly.

1619

200

Who arrived in 1620 making it possible for the settlers to establish families and a more permanent settlement?

additional women

300
What is the large Indian town used by Indian leaders several hundered years ago?
Werowocomoco
300
What two things did England hope to find in America?
Silver and gold
300
One reason the colonists decided to move to Jamestown was because the location could be easily __________ from attack by the sea.
Defended
300

The burgesses because a separate legislative body called the House of Burgesses in what year?

1640s

300

Over time, what did the Indigenous peoples come to see the settlers as?

invaders

400
How many state tribes are still recongnized by the Commonwealth of VA today?
Eight
400
An American settlement would furnish raw ___________ that could not be grown or obtained in England.
Materials
400
One reason the colonists decided to pick Jamestown to settle was because they thought the water along the shore was __________ enough for ships to dock.
Deep
400

Who financed the Jamestown settlement?

The Virginia Company of London

400

What changes resulted in the colonists' survival?

-the arrival of ships with supplies and more settlers

-forced work program

-the developments of new settlements that spread away from the unhealthy environments

-emphasis on agriculture

500
Seven of the eight state tribes live in the Coastal Plain Region. Where does the "lonely" tribe live? (Name AND region)
Piedmont; Monacan
500
Jamestown was founded is a _______________ venture.
Economic
500
One reason the colonists decided to pick Jamestown to settle was because ___________ told the settlers to go inland.
Instructions
500

Why was the General Assembly in 1619 important?

It gave settlers a voice in their government.

500

Portuguese sailors captured African men and women from what is present-day _____.

Angola