Test 1 Flashcards
1
Q
A person that stands for a group
A
Representative
2
Q
Representative from Jamestown
A
Burgesses
3
Q
Group that makes the laws - burgesses, governor and governors council
A
Legislative
4
Q
What was in the general assembly and when did it meet?
A
Governor, governors council and burgesses- 1619
5
Q
When did women arrive at Jamestown and why was this important?
A
1620 - they started families
6
Q
When did the burgesses become the house of burgesses?
A
1640
7
Q
What made Jamestown a bad place for a settlement?
A
Marshy land, bad drinking water, no skills to survive, died of starvation and disease
8
Q
How did the settlers survive?
A
2 supply ships, John smith - no work no food, native Americans taught the settlers how to grow food and traded with them
