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Jamestown Colony

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How did Captain Smith carry out his solution? only people who worked ate
Jamestown was failing until John Smith ruled that anyone who didnt work didnt eat. Jamestown was failing until John Smith ruled that anyone who didnt work didnt eat.
Why did King James take over control of the Virginia Colony? He took control after war against Powhatans
What did Captain Smith decide was a good way to solve the problems? To make the rule " If you don't work you don't eat."
What problems did Captain Smith see in Jamestown? 1. Food was running out. 2. Indians may attack.
To establish a new colony English must first get...(and from whom) Get permission from England's monarch
Authority the right to control and make decisions
Stock a share of ownership in a business
Legislature lawmaking branch of government
Jamestown prospered with the development of tobacco Jamestown prospered with the development of tobacco
Cash crop crop that people raise to sell rather than to use themselves
The royal governor was appointed to do... he represented the King and shared ruling authority with the House of burgesses
Name the Company that started a trading post and who owned it.. Virginia Company owned by many people (investor)
Burgess representative in the legislature appointed to represent
Who helped save the settlement and what was his main rule for the colonists? Captain John Smith rule anyone who didn't work didn't eat
Where was the first settlement located and on what river? Jamestown on James River
What group threatened the Jamestown colonists? powhatan Indians
How did Captain Smith's solution help solve the colonist's problems? improved food supplies and defense
Who saved Capt. Smith? Pocahontas
What crop became a cash crop? tobacco
King James made Virginia a royal colony King James made Virginia a royal colony
More success came to colonists when? gave land to colonists if they stayed for 7 years allowed woman to become colonists began to get slaves from Africa
Why was this a bad place for the settlement? wet land, disease carrying mosquitoes water was bad didnt know how to farm/fish
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