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Jameston
Question | Answer |
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Where was the first successful colony at? | Jamestown, Virginia 1607. |
How many Algonquian Indians lived in Jamestown? | Approximately 30,000 divided into 40 tribes. |
Where was Smith forced to go? | Back to England. |
When did John Smith arrive in Jamestown? | 1607. |
When was the starving time? | 1609-1610 |
How did Pocahontas die? | She had a disease. |
Who did John Rolfe marry? | Pocahontas. |
What did Great Britain realize what the new world could be used for? | Abundant natural resources,a market for their manufactured goods and a location to send their poor. |
What did people resort for food? | They ate each other. |
What did Powhatan do to his tribe? | He cut off their supply. |
Why did the Algonquian and the Jamestown fight? | Because Jamestown people were stealing from the Algonquian. |
How did most of the people die in Jamestown? | Disease and Algonquian attacks. |
What was the shape of Jamestown? | A triangle. |
Where was Jamestown located? | In the swampy marshlands in Viginia. |
When was Jamestown founded? | 1607. |
Who financed Jamestown? | The Virginia Company. |
Who was well versed in outdoor living and farming? | Captain John Smith. |
Who was the colonist to introduce the first cash crop of tobacco? | John Rolfe. |
What was a problem in Jamestown? | They did not go far enough upstream to get away from the salt water. |
What happened in the Starving time. | Colonists trapped in Jamestown Fort due to bad relations with Algonquian. Low food supply. Resort to cannibalism. |