Jamestown & Colonial Life
Name 3 reasons why Virginia's capital moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg.
1. drinking water was bad 2. unhealthy living conditions caused diseases 3. fire destroyed wooden & brick buildings at Jamestown
List 2 important things about the Charters of the Virginia Company of London.
1. gave the Virginia Company the right to establish a settlement in North America 2. gave English rights to colonists who settled in North America
Name the reasons why the settlers chose Jamestown as their site to settle.
1. had instructions to go inland 2. could be defended if attacked by sea 3. water was deep enough for ships to dock 4. believed they had a good supply of fresh water
Name three hardships faced by settlers of Jamestown.
1. land was marshy & didn't have safe drinking water 2. settlers lacked skills needed to survive 3. settlers died of starvation and disease
Name 3 reasons why Virginia's capital moved from Williamsburg to Richmond.
1. population was moving westward 2. more central location 3. increased distance from attack
year that Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in North America
1607
(Many/few) people had paper money and coins to use to buy goods and services
Few
Describe the houses of colonial Virginians.
Most lived in one-room houses with dirt floors. Some people lived in large houses.
How did Africans arrive in Jamestown in 1619?
Portuguese sailors captured them and brought them here against their will.
first elected legislative body in America, which gave colonists the opportunity to control their own government
Virginia General Assembly
When the settlers arrived in 1607, Jamestown was located on ______. Today, Jamestown is located on _________ in the James River.
a peninsula; an island
primary source of wealth for the Virginia Colony
agriculture
term for trading & exchanging goods and services without money
barter
a crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the people who grow it
cash crop
materials colonial Virginians used to make their own clothes
cotton, wool, leather
Colonial farmers used _____ to buy things, then paid their debts when their crops were harvested and sold.
credit
term that means "buy now, pay later"
credit
a good or service owed to another
debt
Jamestown was primarily an ______ _______, which means it was settled for money.
economic venture
arrival of Africans in 1619 made it possible to....
expand the tobacco economy
Who was included in the 1619 meeting of the General Assembly?
governor, governor's council, and two burgesses from each division of Virginia
What foods did colonial Virginians eat?
local produce and meats; they had limited food choices
Why was the arrival of additional women in 1620 important?
made it possible for settlers to establish families and a more permanent settlement at Jamestown
people that owned their own businesses but were still denied most rights of other business owners
many free African Americans
a medium of exchange that includes coins and paper bills
money
money put away to use or to spend at a later time
savings
Tobacco required a great deal of labor, so the Virginia colony depended on ______ for a long time.
slave labor
financed the settlement of Jamestown
stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
Why did England want to start a settlement in America?
to find gold & silver, raw materials that couldn't be grown in England, and to open new markets for trade
A tobacco farmer could use ____ to pay for goods and services.
tobacco
product that became the most profitable agricultural product that was sold to England by the colonists
tobacco
number of banks in colonial Virginia
zero
