African's & Women

Question 1

25. Where did Portuguese sailors capture African men and women from?

Answer 1

Present day Angola (in Africa)

Question 2

26. Were the early African men and women used as slaves or indentured servants?

Answer 2

It is unknown (we do not know)

Question 3

27. When and how did Africans arrive in Jamestown?

Answer 3

• 1619

- They came “against their will” (they had no choice, they were forced to come)

Question 4

28. Why was the arrival of Africans important to Jamestown?

Answer 4

-They helped expand the tobacco economy

Question 5

29. When did women arrive in Jamestown?

Answer 5

-1620

Question 6

30. What was the importance of the arrival of women to the colony in 1620? (2 reasons)

Answer 6

• made it possible for more settlers to establish families

- made for a more permanent settlement at Jamestown