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PERMANENT THE FIRST _________________ ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN
NORTH AMERICA
Jamestown was primarily an __________ venture. economic
England wanted to establish an American colony to increase her _________ and _________.
wealth power
Name 3 ways that an American colony would do this:
1. They hoped to find gold and silver.
2. The settlement would furnish raw materials.
3. It would open new markets for trade.
Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?
James I
Who was the English king who granted the charters?
What did the charters guarantee to the English
colonists?
When was Jamestown settled?
1607
Jamestown was located on a narrow __________ on
the ________ River.
peninsula
James
Today the original Jamestown site is located on an _________ in the James River.
island
gentlemen who lacked the necessary
______________.
Most were...
skills for survival
It was easy to defend.
4 reasons they chose a peninsula:
The water was deep enough for ships to dock. They thought they had a good supply of fresh water. The river provided food and a pathway for exploration.
marshy
unsafe water
diseases
First strong leader
John Smith’s forced work program rule: “He that will not work, shall not eat!”
John Smith maintained a good relationship with the Powhatans and initiated ____
Winter of 1609-10
starving time
They decide to leave but...
Lord De La Warr arrives with more men and 2 supply ships.
The Powhatans had introduced the colonists to 2 new crops:
corn and
tobacco
Who planted a new kind of tobacco?
Tobacco was sold in England as Jamestown’s _______ _______. cash crop
The economy of the Virginia colony now depended on ______________ as a primary source of wealth.
agriculture
So everything was just great in Jamestown. Or was it? The Powhatans saw the colonists as ________ that would take over their ______.
invaders
land
Who arrived, against their will, in 1619?
African men and women from Angola
were captured and sold by sailors from Portugal.
Slavery allowed what to expand (grow)?
In 1619, what else began?
GOVERNMENT THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The House of Burgesses were the first elected legislative (law making) body in the New World.
GOVERNOR chosen by
the VA Company
Governor’s COUNCIL 6 men picked by the King
2 BURGESSES ELECTED
by CITIZENS to represent each area
of the colony
Who arrived in 1620?
_________________ arrived on a “bride ship,” and helped establish ___________ and a more permanent colony.
Women
families