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Jamestown

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What was the goal of the Virgina Company? Make money by starting trading posts in Virgina
What do you receive if you have a share of the ownership in a company? Stock
How did Jamestown and The James River get their names? To honor the king
Why was Jamestown not an ideal place to build a settlement? Land was wet and full of disease carrying mosquitos. The water in the wells were bad.
Why did the colonists do instead of planting crops that caused them to starve? They went looking for gold.
Who kept Jamestown from becoming another lost colony? Captain John Smith
What is a cash crop? Crop that people raise to sell rather than use themselves
What is the branch of goernment that makes laws? Legislature
What is a representative who is chosen by and speaks for other people called? Burgess
Wjat Native Americans went to wr with the Jamestown colonists? Powhatans
What Native American is said to have saved John Smith's life? Pocahontas
What cash crop allowed Jamestown to prosper? Tobacco
What was the first legislature in the English colonies? House of Burgesses
What does the word posperity mean? Economic success
After the wars with the Pohatans, King James took away the charter of the Virginia Company and made Jamestown what type of colony? Royal
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