Jamestown Flashcards
What problems did Jamestown have?
1) Usually had little to eat
2) Settlers die from diseases
3) Houses burned down
4) Settlers fought with natives
5) Needed more land
Why did settlers come to Jamestown?
1) To make a profit
2) Adventure
3) To have land of their own
4) To convert natives to Christianity
5) To look for gold and silver
How did the settles fix these problems?
1) Planting gardens and fishing like the natives traded with natives, Pocahontas was helpful
2) Made natives leave so they could plant tobacco
3) plant tobacco for cash
What is tobacco?
A cash crop
What is the House of Burgesses?
Where representatives make laws
Who is Pocahontas?
The daughter of the of chief Powhatan
Why did houses burn down?
Because the roofs were made of dried grass and when sparks touched them they would burn
Why did settlers die from disease?
Because they lived in swampy areas where mosquitoes carried diseases
Why did Indians and settlers fight?
Because the settlers wanted the Indian’s land
What is The Starving Time?
One particularly bad winter that settlers ate tree bark, acorns, and rats
True or False? The settlers and Indians traded in times of peace.
True
