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What was name of the 1st permanent English Settlement in the New World Jamestown
When was the 1st permanent English settlement established in the New World? 1607
What type of company established the Jamestown settlement? A joint stock company
What was the name of the joint stock company that established the Jamestown settlement? The London Company
What was a joint stock company? A group made up of individuals who purchased shares of companystock and was given a monopoly to explore, trade or settle a particular region of the world
What crop made the Jamestown settlement sustainable after many years of starvation and death? Tobacco
Out of every 10 settlers in the colony, how many people died? 7 out of 10
Because the investors in the London Company were anxious to attract more settlers, what system did they initiate? The Headlight System
What did the Headlight system consist of? It provided land to anyone who paid their own passage or the passage of others to settlement
What did the Headlight system lead to or promote? the establishment of large plantations
How did the tobacco grower enlarge the landholdings? through the headlight system and secured workers. They paid for indentured servents passage to the new settlement. Slaves became a more reliable source of labor by the end of the 1600's
What was established by the London Company to give the settlers a voice in the goverence of the colony House of Burgesses
When was the House of Burgesses established? 1619
What does sustainable mean? able to be maintained at a certain rate.
The Jamestown settlement eventually grew into a what? A colony
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