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Jamestown
Jamestown Virginia
Question | Answer |
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Why was Jamestown established ? | Search for raw goods like gold ECONOOMIC |
What crop saved the colony with the king? | Tobcacco |
Who introduced tobacco to the colony? | John Rolfe |
Where was Jamestown located? | Chesapeake Bay |
Why did Jamestown pick their location? | Good defense |
What year was Jamestown established? | 1607 |
What type of government did Jamestown have? | representative assembly |
What is a representative assembly ? | white, male, landowners gathered and voted for laws for the community |
What is the representative assembly called? | House of Burgesses |
What is important about Jamestown? | 1st lasting/permanent colony in North America |
What is important about House of Burgesses? | 1st representative assembly in the colonies and self government |
What is self government | making laws for ourselves without the King |
What is a joint stock company ? | people make a business to make money |
What is a charter | Permission from the king to rent his land |
What was the starving time? | Colonists were starving until Pochahauntas saved them. |