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Jamestown
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the colonists resort to when they had no food? | Cannibalism |
| When did the Starving Time Winter take place? | 1608-09 |
| When Powhatan cut off the colonists food supply because they didn't plant any crops and just kept building houses, what did John Smith do to get them food? | John Smith made them work to get food. |
| Who financed Jamestown? | The Virginia company. |
| Where was Jamestown located? Why was this a problem? | JamesTown was located on the James river. This was a problem because they didn't go far enough upstream to get away from the salt water. |
| What year was Jamestown founded? | 1607 |
| Why was it a problem that Jamestown was in a marshy area? | Many disease carrying mosquitoes. |
| How was the relationship between the Algonquins and the colonists? | It started out good but when the Algonquins cut off their food supply they had conflicts with each other. |
| Why did John Smith have to leave Jamestown? | He had a gunpowder "accident" |
| What did John Rolfe introduce to Jamestown? | Tobacco |
| Great Britain realized the New World could be used for... | abundant resources also as a market for their manufactured goods and a location to send their poor |
| Great Britain had failed attempts to set up permanent colonies in... | Newfoundland and Roanoke |
| The first successful colony was in... | Jamestown, Virginia 1607 |
| Raw Material is... | Something in its natural state |
| manufactured goods are.... | Something that was made into something we can use. Example- Cotton made into a T-shirt.The T-shirt is a manufactured good. |
| The Algonquins where the neighbors to Jamestown and lead by... | Powhatan |
| The English came... | Looking for precious metals |
| Captain John Smith was... | Well versed in outdoor living and farming. |
| John Rolfe married... | Pocahontas because they wanted to settle the conflict between them |
| Primary reasons for starving time | Trapped in James Fort due to bad relations with Algonquins Low food supply Resorted to cannibalism |
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