Jamestown/ Vocab

Question 0

Freedom

Answer 0

The power or right to act think and speak what you want

Question 1

Slavery

Answer 1

Bonrage, servetive and voluntary subjection to others

Question 2

Rebellion

Answer 2

Act of violence or open resistance

Question 3

Revolution

Answer 3

Over throw or social order

Question 4

Indentured servants

Answer 4

A person under contract to for another

Question 5

Shareholder

Answer 5

Someone who own shares of a company

Question 6

Women in Jamestown

Answer 6

They could not vote. They made everything from scratch.

Question 7

Africans in Jamestown

Answer 7

1619-first african arrive in va.

Colonists valued them for their agricultural skills.

Question 8

How many Africans were in the english colonies in 1644

Answer 8

300 slaves for life

Question 9

Pilgrims means

Answer 9

Separatists who want to separate from the Church of England

Question 10

Voters in Jamestown

Answer 10

Any free adult, later only land holding males could vote

Question 11

Pilgrims seek _________________

Answer 11

Religious freedom

Question 12

Before they leave the boat for shore, the pilgrims set up an agreement call the

Answer 12

Mayflower compact

Question 13

1st thanks giving- the ________ Indians helped the pilgrims.

Answer 13

Wampanoag

Question 14

Squanto brought them

Answer 14

Seeds of corn, beans, and pumpkins and showed them how to plant these seeds. Next harvest was successful

Question 15

Representative government

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A government in which voters elect representatives to govern for them

Question 16

Parliament

Answer 16

A representative assembly in England

Question 17

Mayflower compact

Answer 17

An agreement made in 1620 it established methods which the Plymouth colony was to be ruled. It was signed by the pilgrims.

Question 18

Sir ___________ encourages Richard Hakluyt to write Queen Elizabeth I to persuade her to set up colonies in North America

Answer 18

Walter Raleigh

Question 19

Why did I think settlement in North America would be good for England?

Answer 19

North America had good harbor, plenty of timber to make ships, plenty of trees to make masts, it was all free

Question 20

In 1585 they landed on________

Answer 20

Roanoke island (off of the coast of North Carolina

Question 21

The Virginia company receives a charter from

Answer 21

King james 1

Question 22

What disease is spread by Mosquitos

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Malaria

Question 23

Smith meets with the most powerful indian chief in the area

Answer 23

Powhatan

Question 24

Powhatan agrees to sell cir to the

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English

Question 25

Tobacco is

Answer 25

A cash crop

Question 26

The English take the corn ___

Answer 26

Violently

Question 27

This marks the start of representative government where voters elect ___ makes laws for them

Answer 27

Representatives

Question 28

Magna Carta

Answer 28

1215 king john is forced to sign a document that states that monarchs, like everyone else, must obey the law