Jamestown
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What were the reasons why the colonists stayed in Jamestown during the Winter Starving Times? | *Colonists trapped in James Fort due to bad relations with Algonquians
*Low food supply
*Resort to Cannibalism
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Who was the person that saved John Smith? | Pocahontas
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Who introduced tobacco and married Pocahontas? | John Rolfe
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What was one problem with where Jamestown was located? | They didn’t go far enough upstream to get away from the salt water.
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What was one problem with settling near a marsh? | Many disease carrying mosquitoes and it would be all wet in there area.
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What did the colonists used North America as? | they used it for supplying raw materials, fur, abundant resources, and it could also serve as a place for the poor to be sent.
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What was the first successful colony? | Jamestown, Virginia 1607
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What was one of the failed attempts to settle? | Roanoke
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Who financed Jamestown? | Virginia Company
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Why did the English not have enough food? | They were to busy in search of precious metals.
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Who was well versed in outdoor living and farming? | Captain John Smith
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What did John Smith require the colonists to do? | He forced them to work
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What was John Smith involved in? | A gunpowder incident
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Who lead the Algonquins? | Powhatan
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Cash Crop in North America? | Tobacco
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