Why are we here?
What year did the colonists arrive to Virginia?
What is 1607?
What were the primary problems colonists faced when first arriving? (at least 3)
What is unsafe drinking water, lack of skills, bad land to farm, drought, starvation, and disease?
Why did King James tell the colonists they needed to create a government?
What is because without rules/ laws there's chaos?
What is money?
Define culture.
What is the arts and customs of a group of people?
Why did King James of England want to come over here?
What is to find gold, spread Christianity, and have all the glory.
What did Captain John Smith say?
What is "men who don't work don't eat"?
Between what years were the government becoming established?
What is 1619-1640s?
What were the 2 groups of people brought to the New World in 1619 and 1620 and why?
What is Africans and English woman and permanence?
Give an example of an English name vs an Indigenous name.
What is English is Norfolk or Williamsburg and Indigenous is Roanoke and Rappahannock.
Define a charter.
What is special permission/ special rights?
Who did the colonists receive some help from?
What is Chief Powhatan and Pocahontas?
What was required to be involved in the government?
What is free adult white men with 50 acres of land?
Why were slaves needed in the colonies and English woman?
Where did Africans come from and where did they go?
What is Angola and they went to Point Comfort (Fort Monroe)?
What is a sponsor?
What is someone who pays for something for you?
Why did the colonists and Native people have problems?
What is because the Natives saw the colonists as invaders?
What was the government in 1619?
What is governor, governor's council, General Assembly, burgesses?
Define money and cashcrops.
What is paper bills, coins and plants that were grown to be sold for money?
What regions did Africans go to work in plantation fields?
What is Coastal Plains and Piedmont?
Who sponsored the colonists' voyage to the New World?
What is the Virginia Company of London?
Who is Wahunsenacawh? (hint: He has another name we already learned about)
What is Chief Powhatan?
What was the government in the 1640s?
What is governor, governors council, General Assembly, and House of Burgesses?
Define debt, credit, savings and bartering.
What is money owed to someone, buying now and paying later, money put to the side to be used later, and trading and exchanging goods or services without using money.
Where did the capital of Virginia move to and why?
What is Williamsburg and because of contaminated salt-water, diseases, buildings caught on fire, and because Williamsburg was on higher ground.