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The first successful English colony in America
What is Jamestown
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private elementary schools that were taught by women at the womens house
What is a Dame School
100
What group of people did the Jamestown colony come across when they settled in America
Native Americans
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what year did colonists arrive in jamestown
1607
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How many kids did the average women have
14
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someone who paid off their debt by working for the person who paid their passage to America
What is an indentured servant?
200
in which region was education a priority
New England Region
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What was the original structure of Jamestown?
a fort
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how many members were originally part of the Virginia Company of England
100
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At what age were girls expected to be married
13
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the plant in which the Virginia economy was based on (cash crop)
What is tobacco
300
Who was education mainly meant for
Boys
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a large farm used for growing crops
what is a plantation
300
what was a major problem in the Jamestown colony when it first started
lack of food
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What animal roamed the streets as a trash collector
hogs
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the founder of the Virginia colony
Who is John Smith
400
what was the main school children were taught at
One room school house
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By which year was Virginia governed as a royal colony
1775
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What major illness affected the Jamestown colony
malaria
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how fast did women remarry after their first husband died
sometimes less than a day
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The assembly that was elected in 1619. They passed a law making African workers slaves for life.
What is the House of Burgesses
500
In what year did Massachusetts pass a law that required every town with at least 50 families to hire an instructor
1647
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What river was Jamestown located close to
James River
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who granted a charter to help create a settlement in Jamestown
Virgnia company of London
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why did women tend to have so many kids
because people died more often and they needed more people to work on farms