Jamestown Quiz Flashcards
privateer
also known as “sea dogs”; privately owned ships hired by a government to attack foreign ships
charter
certificate of permission
joint stock company
a company funded and run by a group of investors who share the company’s profits and losses
royal colony
a governor appointed by the king
legislature
lawmaking assembly
house of burgesses
legislative made up of representatives from the colony
indentured servant
people who had to work for a master for a period of time, usually seven years, under a contract called an indenture
bacons rebellion
revolt in 1676 by Virginia’s colonists against the royal governor
what challenges did they face in settling where they did
they were near a swamp which was infested with disease-bearing mosquitos; they settled near native americans which ended up being bad
what were the two civilizations that had a joint stock company
London company (Virginia company) plymouth company
what year did they come over
1607
how many men were there and how many ships did they take
144 and three ships
what were the three ships names
god sped
discover
susan constant
what was the tribe that was located just outside the settlers of jamestown
Powhatan
who was a famous powhatan
Pocahontas
who was the guy that saved everything for jamestown
john smith
what year did john smith come
1608
what were most of the settlers in jamestown interests
to find gold and get rich, not to do all the work that had to be done to be successful
what did john smith say about the people that only wanted gold
if they didn’t build and work then they couldn’t eat
what happened to smith
he got hurt in a gunpowder incident and was forced to go back to england
what happened when smith left
everything went back into chaos
what was 1609-1610 known as
the starving time
what were some of the things they had to eat in order to stay alive
snakes boot leather worms rats dug up corpses
who was smiths replacement
Lord de la Ware
how did de la ware come over
on the ship of about 60 men that was ran aground coming form england
what did de la ware come with
he came with supplies which helped the settlement stay on its feet
what did de la ware to do the people that were already there
he convinced them to stay because of the supplies that he brought
what was the major crop that the settlement had
tobacco
who brought over the tobacco and in what year
John Rolfe in 1612
what was needed for all the tobacco
a lot of land and workers
what did they do in order to get all of the land
they expanded westward into Virginia, and eastward down the james river
how were they able to get people to work on the land with tobacco
they developed the head right system
head right system
every person that went over to help was given 50 acres of land
what happened if the people that came over convinced others to come
the “add-ons” would get their own 50 acres of land and the person that convinced them to come would get an additional 50 acres for themselves;a total of 100 acres
what did England also send over to help the economy
other craftsmen to diversity the economy
what people were sent over and when
100 women and children in 1619
what was developed in 1619
the house of burgesses
what was the house of burgesses an example of
the first representative government in the America’s
who also came over in 1619
african amerians
what were the africans known as at first
indentured servants; not slaves…. yet
how did the people farm all of their 50 acres
themselves along with the native americans that were forced to work
how did working the native americans work out
not good
why didn’t the native americans work out
they were not used to the intense labor, the climate, and having to endure everything else that came with it
when it didn’t work out with the native americans, what did they resort to
the africans; this was how slavery began in our country
