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Ch. 7 Lesson 3
Jamestown Colony
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the English want to build colonies in the Americas? | They had heard that the Americas abounded in fish and furbearing animals. |
| Why did the English choose the Chesapeake Bay area? | The bay provided good fishing and land around it provided good hunting. |
| Who was Chief Powhatan? | a powerful ruler who united his people, traded with Jamestown settlers but fought against them |
| Who was John Smith? | a powerful leader of Jamestown colonists; respected by Powhatan and his people |
| What were some drawbacks to the site of the English settlement? | the water there was salty and dangerous to drink; the swampy land harbored disease-carrying mosquitoes |
| Why was Smith disgusted with the colonists? | They were more interested in finding gold than in planting crops. |
| What did the Smith force the colonists to do? | build houses, plant crops, and raise livestock |
| Who did Smith claim saved him from being killed by the Powhatan? | Pocahontas, Powhatan's daughter |
| What was one way the colonists obtained food? | by trading with the Powhatan |
| What did Chief Powhatan suggest to the English as a substitute for fighting? | friendly trade |
| What even helped keep peace between the English and the Powhatan? | the marriage between Pocahontas and John Rolfe |
| How long did the "Peace of Pocahontas" last? | about 8 years |
| Why do you think that the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe helped keep peace? | Chief Powhatan probably did not want to fight the people his daughter now lived with; the chief might have felt that through his daughter's marriage, the English colonists had become his own people |
| What were the indentured servants? | people whose passage was paid by the Virginia Company in return for 5 to 7 years of work |
| What was the status of the first Africans in Jamestown? | they were indentured servants who could become landowners |
| What happened to the Africans in Virginia by 1661? | large numbers of them had become enslaved |
| What two important events took place in 1619? | women came to the colony and the House of Burgesses met for the first time |
| Why is the House of Burgesses important? | It was one of the first steps that colonists took to govern themselves. |
| Who was Openchancanough? | the man who became chief in 1618 |
| What did Openchancanough do in 1622? | he led an attack in which about 350 colonists were killed |
| How did King James I take control of Virginia in 1624? | He sent a governor to rule the colony |
| How did Captain John Smith help the Jamestown colony? | by bringing order to the colony |
| What helped the Virginia colony to grow in 1619? | growing tobacco for money |
| What problems did the colonists face in Jamestown? | bad water and disease-carrying mosquitoes |
| What effects did Virginia's "stinking weed" have on the growth of the colony? | It enabled them to make enough money for the colony to thrive and caused the need for more land, which brough about conflicts with the Powhatan |
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