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8th Grade History

Chapter 3 Social Studies - Early Colonies

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First attempt by the English to colonize North America Roanoke
Define Joint Stock Company Investors bought stock or part ownership in the company in return for a share of its future profits
Why is John Rolfe considered the savior of Jamestown? He encouraged them to plant tobacco.
Define Headright system incentive - give land
What was the motivation for establishing Jamestown? religion, look for gold
What is significant about the House of Burgesses? They would make local laws. First representative government
In general, what difficulties did ALL of the early colonies face regardless of what region settled? starvation, disease, Native Americans
Jamestown - purpose The settlers were supposed to look for gold and attempt to establish trade in fish and furs.
Jamestown The settlers built Jamestown on a penin- sula so they could defend it from attack.
Jamestown - problems The swampy land swarmed with mosquitoes that carried dis- ease. Jamestown also lacked good farmland.
Jamestown - saved it Jamestown - planted tobacco in 1619—twenty Africans who were sold to Virginia planters to labor in the tobacco fields.
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