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Jamestown
Question | Answer |
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In what year was Jamestown colonized? | 1607 |
What was a problem that jamestown had involving the river near their fort? | The fort was close to the sea right next to a river so the water would flow from the tide into the river making the area around the fort muddy and swampy |
Who introduced tobacco into Jamestown? | John Rolfe |
Who financed Jamestown? | The Virginia Company |
In what state would Jamestown of been in if there where states back then? | Virginia |
Why was it named Jamestown? | In honor of King James |
What did they name the river near the James fort? | The James river |
Why did the Indian not like the people of Jamestown? | The people in Jamestown Thought they |
What three uses did Great Britain have to colonize America? | Abundant Natural Resources, Market manufactured goods, Send poor people over to work. |
What is a raw material? | A material in its natural state |
What is a manufactured good? | Something that has been refined. |
What is interesting about Roanoke | It disappeared off the earth |
Jamestown was the first ------ colony | successful |
Jamestown was in what indian territory | The algownkins |
What was the focus for the first colonist to get? | gold |
James Smith did what for Jamestown? | He made the colonist work if they wanted to eat and developed a relationship between the indians |
Who did James Rolfe marry and why | Pocahontas, and to establish a relationship witht the Indians. |
The starving time? | Trapped in the fort because of Indians, missed shipments, cannabkism |
2 problems with the Jamesfort | To close to the sea made salty water, mosquito cared diseases |