Jamestown Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
In what year was Jamestown founded? | 1607 |
Why did Powhatan cut off the Englishes food supply? | The english refused to work for their food |
Who was the president of Jamestown? | Smith was the president of Jamestown. He required the colonists to work and traded with the Algonquins for food. Powhatan cut off the English’s food supply until they started to work. Smith was forced back to England when he was involved in a gunpowder ac |
Who introduced the first cash crop? (tobacco) | John Rolfe |
Raw Material | something in its natural state |
What were the English focusing on? | Finding precious metals |
Algonquin Indians | Lived in the region and were ruled by the powhatan |
Who financed Jamestown | The Virginia Company |
James Fort | James Fort Location: James River Problem: They didn’t go far enough upstream to get away from the salt water. *Marsh: Many disease carrying mosquitoes |
Who did John smith marry? | Pocahontas |
Starving time | -Colonists trapped in James Fort due to bad relations with Algonquin. -Low food supply -Disease rate is high -Cold winter -Resort to cannibalism -low food rate because supply boat never comes -1609-10 |
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