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31 Cards in this Set
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Q1. Why did the English want to colonize in America?
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Q2. What did England hope for in an American colony?
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Q3. Jamestown was primarily an ________________venture.
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Q4. Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?
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Q5. What year was the first English settlement in America?
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Q6. Describe the landform where Jamestown was founded?
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Q7. Where is Jamestown currently located?
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Q8. Name 4 reasons why settlers chose Jamestown as the site to settle.
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a) silver and gold b) raw materials c) new markets for trade |
A1. wealth and power
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A4. The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London.
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A3. economic
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A6. a narrow peninsula bordered by water on three sides by the James River
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A5. 1607
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a) instructions told settlers to go inland b) could defend from attack by sea (Spanish) c) deep water to dock ships d) believed site had fresh water |
A7. on an island in the James River
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Q9. Who granted the charter for the English settlement?
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Q10. Why were the Virginia charters important? (2 reasons)
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Q11. What year did the governor call a meeting of the General Assembly?
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Q12. What makes up the General Assembly and how did they meet?
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Q13. Who could take part in the General Assembly?
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Q14. Why is the Virginia General Assembly of 1619 important?
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Q15. What happened to the burgesses in 1640?
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Q16. How did Africans first arrive to the Jamestown settlement?
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a) established a settlement in North America b) extended English rights to the settlers |
A9. The King of England
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A12. two representatives, a governor's council, and governor.
They met as one legislative body. |
A11. 1619
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A14. 1st elected legislative body and gave them opportunity to control their own government.
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A13. free adult men
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A16. Portuguese sailors captured the African men and women from what is present-day Angola.
(It is unknown whether they came as servants or enslaved persons.) |
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Became separate legislative body, called the House of Burgesses |
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Q17. What year did Africans arrive to Jamestown?
Did they come freely or against their will? |
Q18. How did the arrival of Africans help the English colony.
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Q19. When did women arrive at Jamestown and why were they important?
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Q20. What hardships did the settlers face? (3)
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Q21. What changes occurred to help the survival of Jamestown? (3)
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Q22. Who inititated trade relationships with the native people?
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Q23. The native people traded food in exchange for ____________. (3)
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Q24. How did the native peoples contribute to the survival of the Jamestown settlers? (3)
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A18. It made it possible to expand the tobacco economy.
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A17. 1619
Against their will |
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a) site was marshy and lacked safe drinking water b) settlers lacked skills c) died of starvation and disease |
A19. 1620
- families - allowed for a permanent settlement |
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A22. John Smith
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- supply ships - forced work program and leadership of John Smith - agriculture |
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- Chief Powhatan (leadership and taught survival skills) - Pocahontas (contact between natives and English) - Natives (taughts settlers to plant corn and tobacco) |
A23. tools, pots, and copper for jewelry
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Q25. Over time, how did the native peoples view the settlers?
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Q26. What is the name of a crop that is grown to make money?
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Q27. The Virginia colony depended on _______________ as the primary source of wealth.
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Q28. What was the most profitable agricultural product sold in England as a cash crop?
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Q29. How did agriculture in the Virginia colony influence the institution of slavery?
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A26. cash crop
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A25. as invaders who would take over land
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A28. tobacco
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A27. agriculture
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A29.
- enslaved people worked on plantations |
