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Jamestown Colony
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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