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Early Days of Jamestown

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1.ENGLAND WANTED TO ESTABLISH AN AMERICAN COLONY TO INCREASE _______________ AND __________________ TO COMPETE WITH OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS. WEALTH AND POWER
2. JAMESTOWN WAS PRIMARILY AN ___________ VENTURE ECONOMIC
3. WHAT DID ENGLAND HOPE TO FIND IN AMERICA? SILVER AND GOLD
4. AN AMERICAN SETTLEMENT WOULD FURNISH _________ __________ , WHILE OPENING NEW MARKETS FOR TRADE. RAW MATERIALS
5. WHO FINANCED THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN? THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON
6. INSTRUCTIONS FROM ENGLAND TOLD THE SETTLERS TO GO _______________ AND FIND A SUITABLE PLACE FOR THEIR COLONY. INLAND
7. WHATBECAME THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA? WHAT YEAR WAS IT FOUNDED? JAMESTOWN; 1607
8. WHAT INFLUENCED THE DECISION TO SETTLE AT JAMESTOWN? LOCATION AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
9. WHEN THE SETTLERS ARRIVED IN 1607, THEY FOUNDED JAMESTOWN ON A NARROW PENINSULA BORDERED ON THREE SIDES BY THE ________ RIVER. JAMES
10. TODAY, JAMESTOWN IS LOCATED ON AN __________ IN THE JAMES RIVER. DUE TO THE EROSION OF THE JAMESTOWN PENINSULA. ISLAND
11. ONE OF THE REASONS JAMESTOWN WAS CHOSEN FOR SETTLEMENT WAS THE LOCATION COULD BE EASILY DEFENDED FROM THE ATTACK BY THE ___________. SPANISH
12. ANOTHER REASON JAMESTOWN WAS CHOSEN FOR SETTLEMENT WAS THE WATER ALONG THE SHORE WAS DEEP ENOUGH FOR _________ TO _______________. SHIPS TO DOCK
13. ANOTHER REASON JAMESTOWN WAS CHOSEN FOR THE SETTLEMENT WAS THEY BELIEVED THE SITE HAD A GOOD SUPPLY OF FRESH ____________. WATER
14. THE KING OF ENGLAND GRANTED THE CHARTERS TO THE _____________ _____________ OF ___________. VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON
15. THE CHARTERS FROM THE KING GAVE THE VIRGINIA COMPANY THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH A _____________ IN NORTH AMERICA. SETTLEMENT
16. THE CHARTERS EXTENDED __________ ____________ TO THE SETTLERS. ENGLISH RIGHTS
17. THE KING OF ENGLAND HAD THE POWER TO GRANT ________________ ALLOWING SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA. CHARTERS
18. AS JAMESTOWN GREW, ITS SYSTEM OF __________ EVOLVED. GOVERNMENT
19. IN WHAT YEAR DID THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA CALL A MEETING OF THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY? 1619
20. WHAT DID THEY CALL CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES SENT TO THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY? BURGESSES
21. BY THE 1640'S THE BURGESSES BECAME A SEPARATE LEGISLATIVE BODY CALLED THE _________ OF _________. HOUSE OF BURGESSES
22. WHO HAD THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 1619? CERTAIN FREE ADULT MEN
23. WHICH ASSEMBLY IN 1619 INCLUDED TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE DIVISIONS OF VIRGINIA ALONG WITH, THE GOVERENOR'S COUNCIL, AND THE GOVERNOR? THEY MET AS ONE LEGISLATIVE BODY. THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
24. THE ___________ OF ____________ MET SEPARATELY FROM THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL AS ONE OF THE TWO LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HOUSE OF BURGESSES
25. WHAT WAS THE FIRST ELECTED LEGISLATIVE BODY IN ENGLISH AMERICA CALLED? HOUSE OF BURGESSES
26. THE CURRENT VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY DATES BACK TO _________ WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ITS BURGESSES IN JAMESTOWN. 1619
27. WHAT LEGISLATIVE BODY GAVE THE SETTLERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT? HOUSE OF BURGESSES
28. IN WHAT YEAR DID AFRICANS ARRIVE IN VIRGINIA AGAINST THEIR WILL? 1619
29. THE FIRST AFRICANS WHO WERE FORCIBLY BROUGHT TO OLD POINT COMFORT WERE ORIGINALLY FREE PEOPLE. THEY WERE CAPTURED BY ___________________ SOLIDIERS IN AN ANGOLIAN REGION OF WEST CENTRAL AFRICA. PORTUGUESE
30. WITH THE FORCED ARRIVAL OF THESE AFRICANS, VIRGINIA WOULD CREATE A SYSTEM OF PEOPLE TREATED AS PROPERTY BASED ON THEIR _______________ _______________. SKIN COLOR
31, THE VIRGINIA COLONY'S ____________________ WAS GREATLY DEPENDENT UPON TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SERVITUDE. ECONOMY
32. WITHIN JUST A FEW YEARS, _______% OF THE VIRGINIA POPULATION WAS IN SOME FORM OF SERVITUDE; THEREFORE, CREATING A DISPARITY BETWEEN ENGLISH COLONISTS AND AFRICANS. 90%
33. IN WHAT YEAR DID ADDITIONAL WOMEN ARRIVE IN JAMESTOWN? 1620
34. HOW DID THE ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL ENGLISH WOMEN IMPACT THE JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT? MORE SETTLERS COULD START FAMILIES, WHICH HELPED TO ESTABLISH JAMESTOWN AS A PERMANENT COLONY IN VIRGINIA.
35. NAME 4 REASONS WHY THE SETTLERS CHOSE THE SITE AT JAMESTOWN. 1.GOOD SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER. 2. THE WATER ALONG THE SHORE WAS DEP ENOUGH FOR SHIPS TO DOCK. 3. COULD BE EASILY DEFENDED FROM ATTACK BY THE SEA (SPANISH). 4. SETTLERS WERE INSTRUCTED TO GO INLAND TO FIND A SUITABLE PLACE FOR THEIR COLONY.
36. THE ENGLISH BELIEVED THE NATURAL RESOURCES AT JAMESTOWN WOULD BENEFIT ENGLAND. NAME 2 NATURAL RESOURCES FROM JAMESTOWN. TIMBER AND IRON
THE CHARTERS FROM THE KING ALSO DEFINED THE PHYSICAL ______________ OF THE COLONY. BOUNDARIES
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