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What was the primary significance about Jamestown, Virginia?
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First permanent colony established by the British on the Americas.
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What year was Jamestown, Virginia founded?
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Founded in 1607
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What was the reason Jamestown, Virginia was founded?
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Founded for economic gain
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What was the role of Virginia company? (Jamestown, Virginia)
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This was a pair of English stock companies, London Company and Plymouth Company, founded in 1606 to establish settlements on the coast of north America
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What was the role of tobacco? (Jamestown, Virginia)
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The cash crop tobacco was saved Jamestown economicallyf.
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House of Burgesses? (Jamestown, Virginia)
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The first representative government in North America located in virginia
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What was the colonists relationship with Powhata? (Jamestown, Virginia)
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The Powhatan were a powerful Native American tribe that was in constant conflict with Virginia settlers.
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Bacons Rebellion? (Jamestown, Virginia)
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A 1676 uprising in the Virginia colony led by frontiersmen against government corruption and oppression
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