Jamestown YAS U BADDIE SLAY

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indentured servant

a worker with a contract to work for a specific amount of time; after the contract they are free

House of Burgesses

The first representative government of Jamestown

John Smith

A leader of Jamestown Colony

cash crop

plants that are grown to be sold for money

Powhatan

indigenous people living in Jamestown and surrounding area; also name for their leader

Pocahontas

helped negotiate peace between the Powhatan people and the colonists; wife to John Rolfe, mother to Thomas

"Starving Time"

The time without food; the time when many colonists died

colony

land that is governed by another country

colonists

people who live in a colony

profit

money made by selling a product

representative

person who is elected to act and speak for the community

John Rolfe

British colonist credited with discovering how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia; husband to Pocahontas

Headwright System

land offered to anyone willing to cross the Atlantic and settle in America; helped populate the colonies particularly Jamestown

tobacco

cash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown

King James

King of England

Virginia Company of London

English joint stock company established by royal charter to establish colonial settlements in North America

When did the English first arrive in Jamestown?

1607

When did Africans first arrive in Jamestown?

1619

What is the name of the African woman whose name appears in primary sources as belonging to the Pierce family?

Angela

Pocahontas's Christian name

Rebecca

What were English goals in Jamestown?

gold, wealth, power and natural resources

first permanent English settlement in North America

Jamestown

ships that came to Jamestown

Susan Constant, Discovery, Godspeed

famous quote from John Smith

"He that will not work, shall not eat"