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jamestown
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| in what year was jamestown founded | 1607 |
| why did some people resort to cannibalism in jamestown | there was an extremely low food source in jamestown |
| what resources where the jamestown miners looking for | gold |
| why was it bad that the people of jamestown lived near a marsh | there were many disease carrying mosquitoes |
| what was wrong with the location of jamestown | they did nolt go far enough upstream to escape the salt water |
| when was the starving time in jamestown | from 1608-1609 |
| Great Britain realized that the new world could be used for its | abundant natural 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 | in its natural state |
| due to the english_____________they spent little time on farming and where reduced to depending on the algonquin for food. | focusing on precious metals |
| ________was well versed in outdoor living and farming. | Captain John Smith |
| john smith as a presisdent of jamestown____________ | all people to work |
| problems of the fort location | salt water, close to a marsh so there were many mosquitoes that carried diseases. |
| what happened in the starving time | they were trapped inside the fort, they had very low food supply, resorted to cannibalism |
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