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Powhatan

1) Chief 2) name of the tribe 3) name of settlement

How many settlers arrived in May 1607 and 1608

110 = 1607 120=1608

jamestown earlier than Plymouth

13 years

ROANOKE - Settlers who arrived in 1587 disappeared when?

1590 2 clues = words Croatoan into a forts gatepost and "Cro" etched into a tree

Jamestown suffering of drought

1605-1612

charter and land

1606 north american altanic coast 1609 extended 200 miles north and south of jamestown 1612 sea borders expanded to include Bermuda

Beginning of Jamestown

1607

End of Jamestown

1611

With regard to age and social class, who were the first settlers?

17-35 ages English settlers; poor social class

Chesapeake Bay

3 ships carrying over 100 passengers

only left alive

38 of 104

lost colonists were what group?

3rd group

How many settlers died in the first six months?

70

Who helped pay for settling the James River colony

James the 1st (Charter and English investors)

1619 the government

London's company venture in Virginia which led to a self government called the House of Burgessess

arrived where?

North Carolina's Roanoke Island near modern town of Manteo

John Smith

One of the first (of 7) council members virtual leader unpopular method = no food no work

Brackish water

Salty water

What twice daily event would cause water levels around Jamestown to rise and cause wells and fresh water streams to become brackish?

The rising and falling of the tides so the wells would become salty because of the tides coming in.

What happened to human waste that got dumped into the river?

The waste rotted and did not flush away

What is the evidence that the English expected trouble?

They built 7 forts

Why did the English choose to settle in Jamestown?

Trade, hunting foul, drinking water, irrigation, food

Is there any evidence that the English may have been to confident?

Yes because they built them spread apart. They didn't build them close to ocean. The placed them in the desolate

gentleman

a person of wealth who was not used to working with his hands

powhatans spoke what language

algonquian

Self Gov def.

allowed settlers to choose delegates to advise the governor

What was the date of King James 1 of England granted the charter for Virginia Company

april 1606

first group 1584

came to explore and map the land for future groups

John Smith captivation

captured by Turkish and Indians

second group 1585 - not peaceful colonists were apparently taking up good land and resources

charged with a military and scientific mission

plymouth establish what

colony in "northern virginia" in dec, 1620

3rd group 1587 may 13

families 17 women and 11 children and 90 men wanted to settle in a new world

reverend Robert Hunt held what

first Anglican Communion at Jamestown on june 21, 1607

John Smith was grandfather of who?

grandfather of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World

John Rolfe

grew tobacco

Earliest European visitor

italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano

Starving time

lack of water for crops

three ships left London on December 20, 1606

landed at Cape Henry on April 26,1607 lasted for 144 days it took a long time because they wanted good winds

John Smith

leader that lead the lost colonist

Powhatan

lived in small villages along and around the James River. Was about 15,000 Indians

spanish colonies

main suppliers of tobacco

Virginia Company was in search for

mineral wealth like gold, iron ore, timber and wood products northwest passage or sailing route to the orient for trade prevent the spread of spanish colonies to spread christianity and convert indians

Wahunsonacock

name of the Chief, closely tied to the James River, Pocahontas was the daughter

1614

peace settlement ended First Anglo-Powhatan War

Met Governor Lord De La Warr

raided indian village and took what they wanted

Joint Stock Companies

several investors pull capital and share both risks and profits

1619 the Dutch Ships

stopped in Jamestown and dropped off 20 Africans this was the beginning of the North American slave system

Why did the English come to America in 1607

to establish 1st permanent settlement Teach natives Christianity

Why did Francis West sail up to the Chesapeake?

trade corn with Patawoneke Indians

Middle Plantation (williamsburg)

virginia's general assembly decided to make it the new capital in 1699

Barthlomew Gosnold captain of the Godspeed

was in the USA in 1602

What shipload of grain

went to england into the atlantic leaving the colonists to the indians and God

exports

wood for ships, construction etc. TOBACCO potash, pitch and tar


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