Jamestown Flashcards
Who was lord de la ware
1st governor of Jamestown
Who was sir Thomas dale
2nd governor
Who came to Jamestown in 1619
The first African came to Virginia in 1619 aboard a Dutch ship
The ship which the first African was aboard had been sailing from port to port. In was in need of what?
In bad need of supplies
What did the ships captain offer to trade ? And who agreed?
The African for supplies, the governor of the colony
The African had been brought to Virginia against his will, but it is believed that these people were treated like?
Indentured servants
Another ship arrived in Virginia the same year…it came from England with how many women on board?
Ninety young women
Other women came to the colony before the ninety women but the ninety women was the?
Largest o arrive together in the colony
Why did the women come?
To marry the settlers because they wanted to start a life in Virginia and raise a family there.
Now that the colony was doing well, it was important to
Establish families so that the colony could expand
Jamestown was founded as. Permanent English settlement in
1607
Jamestown grew and in 1619 it established its_________ and
___________ ______________ to maintain order and make decisions
Government and general assembly
Africans arrived in Jamestown against their will in
1619
It is unknown whether these African men and women were either servants or
Enslaved persons
The Africans had first been captured by
Portuguese sailors from present day Angola
The tobacco Economy in Virginia expanded due to
The new help from the Africans
Additional women were brought to Jamestown in 1620. This allowed for more settlers to establish families and further maintain Jamestown as a
Permanent enduring settlement
The colony grows… The va company gave away land to its stockholders and to any settler who could pay their own way to the colony. Cities in England were crowded and expensive, so the offer appealed to many people. As people continued to come to Virginia where did they settle?
Along the rivers and streams of Virginia
Some of the new settlers gained large sections of land that was ideal for?
Farming
These large farms were called
Plantations
Most plantations were located directly on the waters edge. Water was the easiest and most efficient
Form of transportation and also a great source of food
The tobacco grown on these plantations could be loaded right onto a
Ship and sent back to England for sale
The colony continued to grow and by 1619 ther were how many different settlements
11
By 1619 Virginia had a governor that helped keep the Jamestown settlement in order. The governor convened with the general assembly. The general assembly was the?
Legislative body for the settlement that was comprised only of certain free adult men who had the right participate.
Virgina general assembly
Burgess, governors council, governor
By the 1640’s, the burgesses became their own separate legislative body called
The house of burgess
The meet separately from the
Governor ad the governors council
Who brought tobacco to the colony?
John Rolfe
House of burgesses was made up of how many representatives?
22
Governor George yeardley called for the first meeting of
The general assembly
Powhatan died and his brother _________________ became leader
Opechancanough
King James I, decided to make Virginia a
Royal colony
After John Rolfe and Pocahontas married the colonist and the native people’s enjoyed a
Time of peace
When did the massacre begin?
March 22 1622
By 1622, both Pocahontas and chief Powhatan had ?
Died
The Powhatan attacked different parts of the colony at the same time, catching the colonist by surprise. More than _______ colonist were killed in one day.
350
The new chief, chief opechancanough, organized an attack on the colonist to stop them from taking over anymore
Indian lands
Many crops, houses, and supplies were destroyed in the massacre . When winter came, there was not enough food to feed everyone. Many settlers did not make it through the winter.
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The second va charter….
What did this new charter do for the colony?
- Provided for a council and governor to manage the colony
2. Gave the VCL control over a much larger area
