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Jamestown
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what year was Jamestown founded? | 1607 |
| What was the 3 reasons that the New World was going to be useful to the colonists? | Could be used for its abundant natural resources, a market for their manufactured goods, and a location to send the poor. |
| Where is Jamestown located? | Off the coast of what is now North Carolina. It was along Virginia’s James River |
| The Virginia Company financed Jamestown in the hopes of? | finding precious metals. |
| What Indians lived there, and who were they ruled by? | The Algonquian Indians and they were ruled by Powhatan |
| The population of poor increased because? | New land restrictions |
| The____________ Indians lived in the area who were ruled by __________________? | Algonquian, Powhatan |
| Dure to English focusing on precious metals, they spent little time farming and had to? | Depend on the Algonquian for food until Powhatan cut off the supplies. |
| Who was well versed in outdoor living? | Captain John Smith |
| Smith served as president in Jamestown from | 1908-1908 |
| In 1909, he was injured how? | he was wounded in a gunpowder accident and returned to England. |
| What happened when Smith left? | it caused a conflict between the English and the Powhatan confederacy after the colonists began to clear land to plant tobacco. |
| Who did John Smith marry? | Pocahontas |
| What happened during the starving time? | Colonist trapped in James Fort due to bad relations with Algonquian. -Low food supply -Dissesse rate is high -Cold Winter -Resort to Cannibalism |
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