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Jamestown Quiz Flashcards

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privateer

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also known as “sea dogs”; privately owned ships hired by a government to attack foreign ships

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charter

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certificate of permission

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joint stock company

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a company funded and run by a group of investors who share the company’s profits and losses

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royal colony

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a governor appointed by the king

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legislature

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lawmaking assembly

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house of burgesses

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legislative made up of representatives from the colony

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indentured servant

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people who had to work for a master for a period of time, usually seven years, under a contract called an indenture

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bacons rebellion

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revolt in 1676 by Virginia’s colonists against the royal governor

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what challenges did they face in settling where they did

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they were near a swamp which was infested with disease-bearing mosquitos; they settled near native americans which ended up being bad

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what were the two civilizations that had a joint stock company

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London company (Virginia company) plymouth company

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what year did they come over

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1607

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how many men were there and how many ships did they take

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144 and three ships

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what were the three ships names

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god sped
discover
susan constant

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what was the tribe that was located just outside the settlers of jamestown

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Powhatan

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who was a famous powhatan

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Pocahontas

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who was the guy that saved everything for jamestown

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john smith

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what year did john smith come

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1608

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what were most of the settlers in jamestown interests

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to find gold and get rich, not to do all the work that had to be done to be successful

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what did john smith say about the people that only wanted gold

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if they didn’t build and work then they couldn’t eat

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what happened to smith

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he got hurt in a gunpowder incident and was forced to go back to england

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what happened when smith left

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everything went back into chaos

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what was 1609-1610 known as

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the starving time

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what were some of the things they had to eat in order to stay alive

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snakes
boot leather
worms
rats
dug up corpses
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who was smiths replacement

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Lord de la Ware

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how did de la ware come over

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on the ship of about 60 men that was ran aground coming form england

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what did de la ware come with

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he came with supplies which helped the settlement stay on its feet

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what did de la ware to do the people that were already there

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he convinced them to stay because of the supplies that he brought

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what was the major crop that the settlement had

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tobacco

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who brought over the tobacco and in what year

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John Rolfe in 1612

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what was needed for all the tobacco

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a lot of land and workers

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what did they do in order to get all of the land

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they expanded westward into Virginia, and eastward down the james river

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how were they able to get people to work on the land with tobacco

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they developed the head right system

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head right system

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every person that went over to help was given 50 acres of land

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what happened if the people that came over convinced others to come

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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

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what did England also send over to help the economy

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other craftsmen to diversity the economy

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what people were sent over and when

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100 women and children in 1619

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what was developed in 1619

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the house of burgesses

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what was the house of burgesses an example of

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the first representative government in the America’s

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who also came over in 1619

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african amerians

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what were the africans known as at first

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indentured servants; not slaves…. yet

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how did the people farm all of their 50 acres

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themselves along with the native americans that were forced to work

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how did working the native americans work out

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not good

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why didn’t the native americans work out

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they were not used to the intense labor, the climate, and having to endure everything else that came with it

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when it didn’t work out with the native americans, what did they resort to

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the africans; this was how slavery began in our country

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