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Jamestown 1607
Facts about Jamestown during year of 1607
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did England want to establish an American colony? | Increase its wealth and power |
| What did England hope to find in America? | Gold and Silver |
| An American settlement could ship what back to England? | Raw materials like tobacco. |
| Jamestown was primarily an _________. | Economic venture (money-making) |
| Who financed the settlement of Jamestown? | Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London. |
| What year was Jamestown established? | 1607 |
| Jamestown was the first _______. | Permanent English settlement in North America |
| Who granted the charters to the Virginia Company of London? | The Kind of England (King James I) |
| What did the charters do for Jamestown? | Permission to establish a settlement, and extend English rights to the settlers. |
| Where was Jamestown located? | On a peninsula jutting out into the James River. |
| Where is Jamestown located today? | On an island in the James River. A storm changed the peninsula into an island. |
| Why did the settlers go inland to find a suitable place for Jamestown? | The location could be easily defended from attack by sea. (Spanish) |
| Why was the Jamestown peninsula good for ships? | The water along the shore was deep enough to dock ships. |
| How were the settlers mistaken about the water? | They thought they had a good supply of fresh drinking water at Jamestown. |
| What was a hardship faced by the settlers? | The site was marshy and lacked safe drinking water. |
| What was a 2nd hardship faced by the settlers? | The settlers lacked skills necessary to provide for themselves. |
| What happened to many of the settlers? | Died of starvation and disease. |
| Name one change that resulted in survival. | The arrival of supply ships into Jamestown. |
| Captain John Smith demonstrated strong leadership by _________. | His forced work program. (No work, no eat) |
| Instead of looking for gold and silver, what did the colony begin to concentrate on? | Emphasis on agriculture (farming) |
| Captain John Smith initiated (began) ___________ with the native people? | Trading relationships between the colonists and the Indians. |
| The native people traded food for what? | Tools, pots, and copper for jewelry. |
| Powhatan, Chief of many tribes, taught the settlers ___________. | Survival skills |
| What did Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, do for Jamestown? | Served as a contact between the native people and the English |
| The native people showed the settlers how to ________________. | Plant corn and tobacco |
| Over time, the Indians saw the settlers were staying, and came to see the settlers as ____. | Invaders who would take over their land |
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