Chapter 7 - Jamestown Flashcards
He grew tobacco in Jamestown and also married Pocahontas
John Rolfe
What was the first permanent English settlement in America called?
Jamestown
Who started the settlement of Jamestown?
Virginia Company
Jamestown was named after what King?
King James I
Who is the Native woman who supposedly saved John Smith’s life and she died before returning to Jamestown?
Pocahantas
Who stated “Those who do not work, shall not eat!” and returned to England after being injured?
John Smith
How did the colonists of Jamestown suffer?
- Natives and colonists fighting
- Water was unsafe to drink
- There were disease-carrying mosquitoes.
- The soil was too sandy to grow crops.
In 1619, Who made laws for the Jamestown colony?
The House of Burgesses
The population increased in Jamestown in 1619 due to what?
Arrival of slaves, children and women.
Who was responsible for bringing in Africans to be indentured servants and slaves in Jamestown?
Dutch
Indentured servants could have their debt paid off in how many years?
5 to 7 years
Shares of ownership of a company are called what?
Stock
The chief of the tribe was known as what?
Powhatan
The people under the Powhatan united in order to protect what?
Hunting grounds
A crop, such as tobacco, that could be sold for a profit was called what?
cash crop
King Henry VII started a new church in England called what?
The church of England
The members of the Church of England were called what because of their protests against the Catholic Church?
Protestants
Where did Protestants move who wanted more religious freedom?
Netherlands
Parents who moved to Netherlands were worried that their children would grow up more Dutch than English. They were called what?
Pilgrims
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims sailed on across the Atlantic?
Mayflower
The pilgrims called their settlement what?
Plymouth
What was the form of government enacted by the Pilgrims? It was a document named after their ship and stated laws that would be fair and equal for all.
Mayflower Compact
What did many Pilgrims die from during their first winter?
Lack of food and cold temperatures.
Three Native Americans who helped the Pilgrims?
- Squanto
- Samoset
- Massasoit
Who was the leader of a tribe of Native Americans located in New England?
Sachem
What did Squanto show the Pilgrims?
- How to plant corn by using fish as a fertilizer.
- How to hunt deer
- How to trap rabbits.
