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How many years after Roanoke was Jamestown established?

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20

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What year was Jamestown founded?

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1607

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Who was John Cabot?

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An Italian living in London inspired by Columbus to sail across the Atlantic to find a western route to Asia

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Where did John Cabot land?

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Newfoundland, an island off the coast of Canada

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What continent did Cabot think he landed on?

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Asia

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How did John Cabot claiming Newfoundland and planting a flag influence other English settlers?

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To create a new life in North America

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Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?

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An English nobleman who tried to start a colony in Roanoke

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Where was Roanoke?

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An island off the coast of North Carolina

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How did the American-Indians react to the colonists coming to Roanoke?

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They were very welcoming and gave them traps for catching fish

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What were the newcomers at Roanoke interested in?

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Looking for gold

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What happened when the first group of colonists at Roanoke ran out of supplies?

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Sailed back to England

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What year did Raleigh send a second group of colonists to Roanoke?

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1587

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What quickly happened to the second group of Roanoke colonists?

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They arrived to late in the year to plant crops and when the supplies ran out, their leader, John White, sailed back to England for more supplies.

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Why was John White’s return delayed and by how many years?

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Fighting broke out between England and Spain. 3 years.

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What happened when John White returned?

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The colonists had disappeared and carved on the doorpost was the word CROATOAN.

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What was Jamestown?

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The first permanent English colony.

17
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What was the London Company?

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A company formed by a group of merchants to start a moneymaking colony in Virginia

18
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What did the London Company do?
How many settlers were there?
How many sailors

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Crammed 105 settlers and 39 sailors and sent them across the Atlantic to ship back valuable goods such as furs and timber

19
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Where did the first colonists at Jamestown settle?

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A swampy peninsula in Virginia which they thought could easily be defended by the Spanish ships and the Indians

20
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Why did they call their new home Jamestown?

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After King James I

21
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What was unfortunate about the spot the colonists chose for Jamestown?

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It was swarming with disease-carrying mosquitoes and surrounded by powerful tribe Powhatan

22
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Who were the Jamestown settlers and why was this a disadvantage? Why were they at Virginia?

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They were gentlemen and craftsmen who did not know about farming
To look for gold, not to provide for themselves

23
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What happened as the food started to disappear?

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The colonists started bartering with the Powhatan tribe

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What did they barter?

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Muskets, copper, jewels, and musket balls for food and fur

25
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Why was barter not easy?

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Many Powhatan people decided they would sooner kill the English or let them starve than trade

26
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Why did settlers die?

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Hunger + disease

27
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What did John Smith do in 1609?

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Took control of Jamestown and forced the men to work to eat

28
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Who was Pocahontas and what did she do?

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Save John Smith from the Powhatan tribe
Brought food
Kept peace with people

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“Starving Time”

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W/o encouragement, colonists stopped trading, winter of 1609, only 60 of 500 colonists remained alive

30
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Why and when was Smith sent back to England?

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1609 - gunpowder explosion

31
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What fortunate event followed the “Starving Time”

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3 English ships brought food, 150 new colonists and 100 soldiers

32
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What happened due to remaining conflict between colonists and Powhatan

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Colonists held prisoner
Powhatan captured to force release
Learned English and Christianity for 1 year

33
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Who was Pocohontas teacher and what did he do

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John Rolfe
Helped colony by finding tobacco that could be raised in Virginia and sold in England for $
Proposed to Pocohontas and helped bring peace between settlers and tribes

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