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| 1. Why did the English want to establish a colony in America? |
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| 2. What did the English think they would find in America? |
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| 3. What are raw materials? |
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Unprocessed natural products used in manufacturing (used to make other things). |
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| 4. What did England hope to do with America's raw materials? |
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| An American settlement would furnish raw materials that could not be grown or obtained in England, while opening new markets for trade. |
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| 5. What is an economic venture? |
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| Something that is done to make money. |
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| 6. Why was Jamestown founded? |
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| 7. How was Jamestown financed? |
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By the stockholders of the Virginia Company of London? |
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| 8. What was the Virginia Company of London? |
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| The stockholders who financed Jamestown |
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| 9. What was the first permanent English settlement in North America? |
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| 10. When was Jamestown started |
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| 11. Where was Jamestown located when it was first established |
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| On anorrow peninsula surrounded on three sides by the James River. |
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| 12. Where is Jamestown located today? |
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| On a n island in the James River. |
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| 13. Why did the colonists decide on the location of Jamestown to settle? |
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| It was easily defended from attack by sea, it was deep enough for ships to dock and they believed they had a good supply of fresh water. |
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| 14. Who gave the charters to the Virginia Company of London? |
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| 15. What did the charters do? |
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The charters gave the Virginia Company - the right to establish a settlement in North America
- the right to establish companies to begin other colonies in the New Worlds
- extended English rights to the colonists
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| 16. When was the first Virginia Assembly? |
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| 17. During the time of Jamestown who was considered a citizen? |
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19. When did the Burgesses become a seperate legislative body? |
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| 25. What was different about the Africans that arrived to the colony? |
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| They arrived against their wil. It is believed that they arrived as babtized Christians and therefore were labeled indentured servants for a period of 5-7 years. |
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| 26. What did the arrival of the Africans make it possible to do? |
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It made it possible to expand the tobacco economy. |
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| 27. What were the hardships the colonists faced? |
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The land was marshy and lacked safe drinking water The settlers lacked the skills necessary to provide for themselves. Many settlers died of starvation and disease. |
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| 28. What helped the colonists survice? |
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| The arrival of two supply ships, the forced work program, the strong leadership of Captain John Smith, and the emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture |
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| 29. Who initiated trading relations with the Powhatans? |
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| 30. Who did the early settlers trade with? |
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| 31. What did the Powhatans trade with the English? |
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| 32. What did the English trade with the Powhatans? |
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| Tools, pots, guns and other goods. |
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| 33. How did the Powhatans contribute to the survival of the colony? |
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| Pocahontoas became friends with the Englash and believed they could live in harmony. They introduced new crops to the English, including corn and tobacco. |
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| Daughter of Chief Powhatan |
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| 35. What changed the Powhatans view of the English? |
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| They realized the English settlement would continue to grow. |
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| 36. How did the Powhatans feel about the English? |
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| The Powhatans saw the colonists as invaders that would take over their land. |
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