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Jamestown
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What year was Jamestown founded? | Jamestown was founded in Virginia 1607 |
| What did England want from the new world? | England wanted precious metals from America. |
| What company financed Jamestown? | The Virginia Company financed Jamestown. |
| Who was the chief for the Algonquian indians? | Powhatan. |
| Who was Jamestown's president? | There president was Captain John Smith. |
| What other uses does England see for the new world? | Market for manufactured goods and location to send their poor and abundant natural resources. |
| Who saved Captain John Smith's life? | Pocahontas |
| What did Captain John Smith make the colonists do? | He made them plant crops for the winter. |
| What did John Rolfe introduce to Jamestown? | John Rolfe introduced the first cash crop known as tobacco. |
| What was the fort Jamestown created called? | James fort |
| Why were the colonists trapped in James fort | Bad relations with Algonquian indians, they weren't far enough upstream, and the supply ship did not make it there. |