Economy
What was the first product that the Jamestown settlers tried to make
Glass
Enslaved people
Sir Thomas Dale noticed that the men of the colony were not doing what?
Working
What year were women sent to Jamestown?
1620
The first Africans to arrive to Jamestown became what?
Indentured servants
Many early settlers tried trading with who?
American Indians
Why did the Jamestown colonists want more workers?
Tobacco took a lot of labor to grow
Why weren't the men at Jamestown Colony working?
They didn't want to work land that they didn't own.
Why did the Virginia Company send women to Jamestown after the men asked?
They hoped they would marry and start families.
How much land did Sir Thomas Dale grant to each man in Jamestown?
3 acres
Why was it so important for the colonists to find a product they could send back to England that would make money?
The Virginia Company expected the colony to make money to send back to them.
What did the colonists do when they needed more workers?
They began to use enslaved labor.
Why did the Jamestown colonists start to work harder when they had their own land?
What did a man have to do to get a wife sent to Jamestown?
give 150 pounds of tobacco to the Virginia Company
Why did settlers need enslaved labor?
Tobacco was a difficult crop to grow and needed lots of workers.
What two things did the settlers need to make glass?
Wood and sand
How many tobacco mounds could an experienced worker do in a day?
500
At the time of exploration and early settlement, what did the American Indians believe about owning land?
Name one of the first 2 women in Jamestown.
Margaret Foxe or Anne Burras
How many Africans arrived first that came over on a ship called the White Lion?
20
Other than glass and tobacco, name the two remaining ways the colonists tried to make money.
Growing flax to make linen and raising silkworms to make silk
What could ruin a tobacco crop in just a few days?
Hornworms
What did settlers do when they claimed land?
They divided the land and fenced it.
The Virginia Company believed if the men of Jamestown married and had families what would happen?
They were more likely to stay in Jamestown and grow tobacco.
By the 1660's what happened to Africans who came to Jamestown?
They were enslaved for life.