Colonization
What is a colony?
What is a colony?
A settlement away from the "mother land" that still belongs to and is ruled by the mother land.
What landform was Jamestown originally built on?
peninsula
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What is a charter?
The type of venture Jamestown was
What is an economic venture?
Instruction from England told settlers to build the colony _________.
What is inland?
What is the reason England wanted to establish a colony?
To gain wealth and power
The settlers believed Jamestown had a good supply of ______.
What is fresh water?
Who issued charters
Who is King James I
The first PERMANENT English settlement
What is Jamestown?
Timber is provided by _________.
The trees (forests) around Jamestown.
What are things settlers hoped to find in Virginia?
Gold and Silver
The Jamestown location could easily be defended from an attack by _________.
What is the sea, especially by the Spanish?
What groups was given the charter to establish the Jamestown settlement
Virginia Company of London
What is the year Jamestown was established?
1607
Jamestown is located and surrounded by this _____.
What is the James River?
What are things settlers did find to send back to England?
Raw materials like timber and iron
The landform Jamestown is now on.
What is an island?
What did charters extend to settlers who came to Jamestown
What are English rights
What group financed the Jamestown colony.
stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
The reason Jamestown now on an island instead of a peninsula?
What is erosion?
Who was England in competition with for wealth and power?
Other European countries like Spain
The Jamestown location was chosen because the water was __________ to dock their ships.
What is deep enough?
Charters did these three things: 1. granted permission, 2. extended rights, and 3. __________.
What is defined the boundaries of the settlement (Jamestown)?
What group of Native Americans lived closest to Jamestown.
What are the Powhatan (Algonquian speaking)?
The body of water settlers crossed to get to Jamestown.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?