The virginia colony Flashcards
James town was founded in
1607
Was formed in 1605 to establish a new settlement
London company
Name two difficulties of Jamestown
Poor location and settlers unprepared to start a settlement
How much of the settlers died the first winter in Jamestown
Two thirds
Who forced settlers to work and build better housing in Jamestown
John smith
Who was the leader of the Powhatan confederacy
Wahunsonacock
How did the Powhatan confederacy help colonists
Gave them food
What were the Powhatan confederacy unhappy about
Colonists taking food by force
Initially did not produce a profit for the London company
James town
Colonist ____________ introduced a new type of tobacco to virginia
John Rolfe
Became a valuable export for the colony and allowed it to survive
Tobacco
Johne Rolfe married _______ daughter of wahunsonacock
Pocahontas
- american Indians launched a major attack on virginia settlers in 1622
- colonists desired American Indian land for tobacco farms
- the English crown canceled the London company’s charter and virginia became a royal colony under the kings control
3.,2.,5.
Virginians lived on _______ rather than in towns
Scattered farms
Allowed colonists to earn 50 acres of land for every settler they brought over from England
The head right system
Most plantation workers were _____ or colonists who agreed to work for four to seven years in exchange for passage across the Atlantic
Indentured servants
First Africans arrived in
1619
Wealthy farmers with large plantations
Planters
In 1676, ____________ a wealthy frontier planter led former indentured servants in an attack against peaceful American Indians to take there land
Nathaniel bacon
Bacon and his followers attacked James town in an uprising called
Bacons rebellion
Bacons rebellion:failed succeeded
Failed
