3.1 Flashcards
What lead to the creation of plantations?
Tobacco.
What was the head right system?
Colonists paid their own way to America, then got land for everyone they brought with them later.
Why was the headlight system created?
To bring more people to the colonies.
Who did most of the work in Virginia?
Indentured servants.
How did slave labor come to Virginia?
Tobacco farmers wanted more than what they could grow on small farms.
Created bigger farms that needed more workers.
Farmers Wanted cheap labor.
Slaves were eventually brought from Africa.
How was bacon’s rebellion sparked?
Colony officials began to tax the colonists
The colonists were also unhappy with the governments Native American laws.
Felt unprotected from natives.
Felt that they should be able to take natives’ land.
Who led a rebellion against government policies in 1676, and attacked and burned Jamestown?
Nathaniel Bacon.
In Virginia, were did most people build and live?
On scattered farms
When did the first colonists arrive in america?
April 26, 1607
Where were the first English colonies settled?
on the east coast.
What were motives for founding the southern colonies?
Religious freedom and economic opportunities
Why is Jamestown considered the first permanent settlement?
Because Roanoke failed and they were the first ever, jamestown acctually survived.
Why did most colonists not survive in Jamestown?
They were not prepared. Thinking they would find a lot of gold, the Jamestown colonists bought over more miners and jewlers than they did farmers.
Who was th leader of Jamestown?
John Smith
What dies John Rolfe do for Jamestown that pulls them out of the metaphorical gutter?
He introduces tobacco, a cash crop that got Jamestown rich.
