Jamestown Pt2
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What was the winter after John Smith left called?
The starving time
What was the population of Jamestown after the starving time?
It went from 600 to 60 people
What did the remaining colonists do?
They got on a boat and wanted to leave
What ships did they encounter at the Chesapeake?
The Patience and Deliverance
What made them return to Jamestown?
A British supply ship came
When did John Rolfe begin experimenting with tobacco?
1612
What kind of tobacco did he mix?
Virginia tobacco with some from the Caribbean
Who did John Rolfe marry?
Pocahontas
What Christian name did Pocahontas take?
Rebecca
How much older was John Rolfe than Pocahontas?
He was 30 and she was 18ish
What was the Head Rights System?
For every ticket, you would get 50 acres of land from the king
What was expected of you on the land from the Head Rights System?
To farm tobacco
What happened to Pocahontas in London?
She became sick with smallpox and died
Who took over as chief of the Powhatan after Powhatan died?
Opechancanough
What was Opechancanough's Spanish name?
Don Luis
What did Opechancanough do after he was freed from the Spanish ship?
He killed everyone else
What was the Great Migration to America?
4,500 British subjects came to America
What were the three important events of 1619?
The first large shipment of women, the first indentured servants, and the first legislative body meeting
What was the first legislative body in America called?
The House of Burgesses
Who was the governor that allowed the House of Burgesses to meet?
George Yardley
What was the first law the House of Burgesses set?
The bare minimum price to sell tobacco
How did Opechancanough plan his massacre?
By planning to poison people at a feast with hemlock
Who was The Laughing King?
The Eastern Shore Indian leader
How did The Laughing King foil Opechancanough's plan?
He would not give Ope the hemlock
What did Opechancanough plan to do after the feast?
Kill people in the back country, and then kill the rest at the feast
Who warned the colonists of the massacre?
A native named Chanco
How many people were killed in the massacre?
347 people
How did the war with the Powhatan Confederation end?
With a treaty and a poisoned toast, from Governor William Tucker
Who was the governor that proposed the poisoned toast at the treaty?
William Tucker
Who gave Governor Tucker the hemlock?
The Laughing King
What was the name of John Smith's book mapping the New England coast?
A Description of New England
Who became king after James I died?
Charles I
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