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15 Cards in this Set
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What was the first British colony in America
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Virginia
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Why did colonists name the settlement Jamestown?
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After King James
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Why did the colonists come to Jamestown?
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To make money
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What did the colonists think they would find in Jamestown?
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Gold
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What saved the Jamestown colony and helped it become rich?
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Tobacco
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What did the colonists need in order to harvest tobacco?
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Workers, picking tobacco is work!
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What didn't the colonists make Europeans there servants?
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They would die of small pox and other diseases
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Why didn't the colonists make Indians there servants?
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Because they could run away they knew the land
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Why did the colonists choose to make Africans their servants?
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They were stronger,They were healthier,They were immunne to smallpox, Africans were already enslaving other Africans.
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Who was the most famous leader of Jamestown?
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John Smith
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Who did John Rolfe marry?
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Pocahontas
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How many British colonies were originally in America?
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13
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What passage were some people looking for when they came to America.
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Northwest Passage
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What company recieved the first charter for a colony in 1607
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Virginia
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What year did Columbus sail the ocean blue
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1492
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