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29 Cards in this Set
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Starting colonies in North America would help European countries become
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wealthier and stronger
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What thing did the English think they were going to find in America?
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silver and gold
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The first English settlement was started in what year?
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1607
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What company began a colony in Virginia?
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Virginia Company of London
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The main goal of the Jamestown Colony was to make
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money
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What was the name of the first settlement in Virginia?
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Jamestown
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Instead of finding gold and silver, the Virginia Company made money by
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shipping raw materials, like lumber and tobacco, back to England.
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Jamestown was mostly a business to make
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money
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The Virginia Company was given money by __________ to make the expedition to America.
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wealthy English Gentlemen
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Why was the Jamestown settlement easily defended by sea?
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it was located on a peninsula
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Today Jamestown is located on an island in the middle of the _______.
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James River
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Why was Jamestown a good place to bring in supplies from Europe?
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The water was deep for ocean going ships.
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What happened to the water in Jamestown?
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The salt water polluted the shallow wells.
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What did the Virginia Company need to start the Jamestown Colony?
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permission in the form of a charter
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A charter from England gave the colonist the same rights as
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English citizens.
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In 1619 the Governor called a meeting of the
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Virginia Assembly
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The new government was made up of the Governor and ____ other parts.
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two
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What were the three parts of the new Virginia Colony government?
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Governor
Governor's Council House of burgesses" |
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One of the parts of the first Virginia government was the ________ whose members were appointed by the Virginia Company.
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council
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The Governor received advice from the _________.
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Council
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The representatives were _________ by all the people who could vote.
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elected
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Only ________ were allowed to vote in Jamestown.
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male land owners
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By the 1640s, the burgesses or representatives became the separate law making body called the
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Virginia House of Burgesses.
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Without the arrival of ______, Jamestowns people would never have been able to start families.
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women
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_______ were taken from the continent of Africa.
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Slaves
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Life at Jamestown was hard because
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of disease and starvation.
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Name the main problems of the Jamestown colony.
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Fighting with the Powhatan.
Bad water. Swampy land. No hard working people. |
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The strong leadership of _________ helped the colonist survive.
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Captain John Smith
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Who believed the English and the Powhatan could live in harmony.
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Pocahontas
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