Keller - SS Chapter 5 Flashcards
WHAT ARE 3 REASONS THAT ENGLAND WANTED TO ESTABLISH A COLONY IN VIRGINIA
1, TO GET WEATHY AND RICH.
- FIND GOLD AND SLIVER.
- SEND RAW MATERIALS
WHEN WAS JAMESTOWN FOUNDED? ______ WHO FINANCED (PAID FOR) THE SETTLEMENT
1607, IT WAS THE VIRGINIA COMPANYS STOCK HOLDER
WHAT WAS THE GOAL OF THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON
TO SOMTHING VALUABLE
WHAT WAS THE LOCATION OF JAMESTOWN IN 1607
IT WAS ON A PENINSULA ON JAMESTOWN RIVER
WHY DID THE ENGLISH CHOOSE THE SITE OF JAMESTOWN
- THEY COULD DEFENT THE LAND EAZILY
- IT WAS ENLAND
- IT APPEARED NO INDIANS WERE USING THE LAND
- DEEP WATER FOR DOCKING SHIPS
WHO GAVE THE CHATER FOR JAMESTOWN
KING JAMES 1
WHAT DID THE CHATER GRANT PERMISSION TO DO
TO MAKE A COLONY IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND HE SAID YOU HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ELECTED LEGISLATIVE BODY OF AMERICA?
HOUSE OF BURGESSES
WHO WAS IN THE 1619 VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY?
BURGESSES, GOVERNOR, COUNCIL
WHAT VIRGINIA LEGISLATIVE BODY TODAY CAME FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMESTOWN IN 1619?
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WHO WAS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY?
BURGESSES, GOVERNOR, COUNCIL
WHAT INDEPENDENT THINKING CAME FROM THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES?
SETTLERS COULD CONTROL THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT
WHEN DID WOMEN ARRIVE IN JAMESTOWN?
1620
WHAT 2 CHANGES DID WOMEN BRING TO JAMESTOWN?
- THEY COULD GROW THE COLONY 2. AND MAKE IT MORE PERMANENT
WHEN DID AFRICANS COME TO VIRGINIA?
1619
HOW DID AFRICANS COME TO VIRGINIA?
THEY WERE CAPTURED OR KIDNAPPED BY PORTUGUESE INDIANS. THEY WERE ON A DUTCH SHIP.
WHAT DID JOHN SMITH DO FOR THE COLONY OF JAMESTOWN?
HE GAVE THEM MILITARY TRAINING, HE WAS A GOOD LEADER, HE WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE INDIANS, AND HE FORCED PEOPLE TO WORK.
WHAT DID THE NATIVES BEGIN TO THINK OF THE ENGLISH SETTLERS?
THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE A THREAT.
HOW HAD THE NATIVES HELPED THE PEOPLE AT JAMESTOWN?
THEY GAVE THEM FOOD, THEY TAUGHT THEM HOW TO GROW TOBACCO AND FOOD
WHAT HELPED THE JAMESTOWN COLONY SURVIVE?
THEY STARTED GROWING TOBACCO
WHAT WERE THE HARDSHIPS THAT THE COLONISTS FACED IN JAMESTOWN?
THERE WERE CONFLICTS WITH THE POWHATANS, THEY HAD VERY LOW SUPPLIES, AND POOR SOIL AND THEY COULD NOT GROW ANYTHING. MOSQUITOS WERE DISEASED, BAD WATER, STARVING TIMES
