Jamestown Review

What word means a journey in search of wealth?

Who financed the trip to the Jamestown

True or False: Now, Jamestown is on an island in the James River.

When Jamestown was settled, they believed there was plenty of good _______ to survive.

Who served as a peacemaker and contact between the settlers and the people?

What two crops did the native people show the settlers how to plant?

England feared which country would attack the new settlement?

What year was Jamestown founded?

Who brought the Africans to America?

What year did the Africans arrive?

What document allowed the colonists to establish a settlement?

True and False: In 1607 Jamestown was on a narrow peninsula.

What document extended the English rights to the colonists?

Who could take part in the General Assembly?

The governor, his council, and the burgesses were part of what?

Who taught the settlers the necessary survival skills?

In the 1640s, the burgesses separated to form what group?

How many burgesses represented each division of Virginia

Who granted the charters?

What is an example of a raw material?

Settlers lacked the _________ necessary to survive in Jamestown.

Who did the king grant the charters to?

What was the first elected legislative body in English America?

True or False: The current Virginia Government was not influenced by the 1619 government.

What year did the governor call a meeting of the General Assembly?

Eventually, the colony stopped looking for _______ and started focusing on agriculture.

What gave settlers the opportunity to control their own government?

What economy did the Africans make it possible to expand?

Whose arrival made it possible to have a more permanent English settlement in the new world?

Who created a force work program that helped survival?

What present day country did the Africans come from?

What year did women arrive?