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Facts about Jamestown during year of 1607

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Why did England want to establish an American colony?   Increase its wealth and power  
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What did England hope to find in America?   Gold and Silver  
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An American settlement could ship what back to England?   Raw materials like tobacco.  
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Jamestown was primarily an _________.   Economic venture (money-making)  
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Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?   Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London.  
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What year was Jamestown established?   1607  
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Jamestown was the first _______.   Permanent English settlement in North America  
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Who granted the charters to the Virginia Company of London?   The Kind of England (King James I)  
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What did the charters do for Jamestown?   Permission to establish a settlement, and extend English rights to the settlers.  
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Where was Jamestown located?   On a peninsula jutting out into the James River.  
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Where is Jamestown located today?   On an island in the James River. A storm changed the peninsula into an island.  
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Why did the settlers go inland to find a suitable place for Jamestown?   The location could be easily defended from attack by sea. (Spanish)  
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Why was the Jamestown peninsula good for ships?   The water along the shore was deep enough to dock ships.  
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How were the settlers mistaken about the water?   They thought they had a good supply of fresh drinking water at Jamestown.  
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What was a hardship faced by the settlers?   The site was marshy and lacked safe drinking water.  
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What was a 2nd hardship faced by the settlers?   The settlers lacked skills necessary to provide for themselves.  
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What happened to many of the settlers?   Died of starvation and disease.  
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Name one change that resulted in survival.   The arrival of supply ships into Jamestown.  
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Captain John Smith demonstrated strong leadership by _________.   His forced work program. (No work, no eat)  
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Instead of looking for gold and silver, what did the colony begin to concentrate on?   Emphasis on agriculture (farming)  
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Captain John Smith initiated (began) ___________ with the native people?   Trading relationships between the colonists and the Indians.  
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The native people traded food for what?   Tools, pots, and copper for jewelry.  
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Powhatan, Chief of many tribes, taught the settlers ___________.   Survival skills  
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What did Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan, do for Jamestown?   Served as a contact between the native people and the English  
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The native people showed the settlers how to ________________.   Plant corn and tobacco  
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Over time, the Indians saw the settlers were staying, and came to see the settlers as ____.   Invaders who would take over their land  
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