Jamestown

Name 2 crops that the Powhatans introduced to the English

Tobacco and corn

List 3 items the Powhatans traded with the English

Food, fur, leather

The current Virginia General Assembly dates back to?

1619 with the start of government at Jamestown

In what year did Africans arrive in Virginia against their will?

1619

What problems did the settlers die from in Jamestown?

Starvation and disease

Who funded/financed Jamestown?

Virginia Company of London

Why did Virginia Company of London fund Jamestown?

As an economic venture - to make money

What did the new American colony provide for England?

Raw materials (silver and gold)

Africans were captured from Angola by these people

Portuguese sailors

What economy did the Africans help the settlers expand?

Tobacco economy

In what year did women arrive in Jamestown?

1620

The arrival of women in Jamestown allowed the settlers to do two things. What were they?

1. Establish families

2. Create a more permanent settlement

In what year did the governor of Virginia call a meeting of the General Assembly?

1619

Who was allowed to participate in the government at this time?

Free adult men

In the ______, the burgesses became a separate legislative body called the Virginia House of Burgesses.

1640s

3 rights that the charters, granted by the King of England, allowed the settlers to have

1. Establish a settlement

2. Define the physical boundaries of the colony

3. Extend English rights to the settlers

Name 4 reasons that the settlers chose a peninsula on the James River as the site for Jamestown

1. Easily defended

2. Ships could dock on shore

3. Fresh water

4. Go inland and find a good place to start a colony

List 4 reasons the settlers in Jamestown faced hardships

1. Land was marshy

2. Lacked safe drinking water

3. Settlers lacked survival skills

4. Died of starvation and disease

List 4 items the English traded with the Powhatans

1. tools

2. Pots

3. Copper

4. Guns

List 4 things that ensured survival of Jamestown settlement

1. Arrival of supply ships and new settlers

2. Forced work program

3. Leadership of Captain John Smith

4. Emphasis on agriculture

Who served as a contact between the Native Americans and the English?

Pocahontas

Who initiated trading with the Native Americans?

Captain John Smith

After the Jamestown colony began to grow, the Powhatan people began to see the colonists as _______.

Invaders who would take over their land

The General Assembly included two citizen representatives from each division called ________.

Burgesses

The General Assembly, met as one legislative body, and consisted of these 3 parts

1. Governor

2. Governor’s Council

3. Burgesses

The burgesses became a separate legislative body called ______.

Virginia House of Burgesses

Why was the General Assembly at Jamestown important?

1. It was the first elected legislative body

2. Gave the settlers an opportunity to control their own government

Who provided leadership to his people and taught the settlers survival skills?

Chief Powhatan

When did the English settlers arrive in Jamestown?

1607

What was Jamestown?

It was the first permanent English settlement in North America

What did England hope to increase by establishing an American colony?

Wealth and power