Jamestown

One reason that Jamestown was chosen for a settlement was the water was ______ enough for ships to dock

deep

In 1607, Jamestown was located on a ________ bordered on three sides by the James River

peninsula

Today, Jamestown is located on an _______ in the James River.

island

Who the King of England granted charters to

Virginia Company of London

Year the first permanent English settlement in America was founded

1607

Financed the settlement in Jamestown

Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London

The status of early African men and women as either _________ or _________ is unknown.

Servants or enslaved persons

The colonists found life in Jamestown to be _________ than they expected

harder

Why settlers had difficulty providing food and shelter for themselves

They lacked the necessary skills

What many settlers died of

starvation and disease

What the land was like in Jamestown

Marshy and lacked safe drinking water

Who made it possible to expand the tobacco economy

Africans

Instructions told settlers to go inland, it could be easily defended from attack by the Spanish, the water was deep enough for ships to dock, they believed the site had a good supply of fresh water

Reasons the settlers chose Jamestown

The king granted ________ allowing a settlement in North America

charters

The charters from the king gave the Virginia Company of London the right to establish a ________ in North America

settlement

The charters from the king gave the colonists ___________

English rights

What citizen representatives who were sent to the Virginia Assembly were called

burgesses

Who the Virginia Assembly included in 1619

2 citizen representatives from each division of VA, the governor, and the governor's council

The separate legislative body the burgesses became by the 1640s

House of Burgesses

Year the governor of Virginia called a meeting of the Virginia Assembly

1619

Were considered citizens in 1619

Free, adult men

What the Virginia House of Burgesses is called today

Virginia General Assembly

Arrived against their will in 1619

Africans

Year women arrived in Jamestown

1620

What the first elected legislative body in America was called

Virginia House of Burgesses

One reason that Jamestown was chosen for settlement was that it could be easily defended from attack by whom

the Spanish

Portuguese sailors captured African men and women from what is present day _________

Angola

The settlers chose Jamestown because they believed it would have a good supply of _______

Fresh water

How the Jamestown settlement changed because of the arrival of women

Settlers could establish families and Jamestown became a more permanent settlement

The site of Jamestown was chosen because the settlers instructions told them to ____________

go inland and find a suitable place for their colony

Jamestown was primarily an ________ ________

economic adventure