Hungry for History: Level 3
Name 2 things that impacted the Jamestown settlement with the arrival of additional women.
1. Settlers could establish families 2. Jamestown became a permanent settlement
Name 3 reasons why the settlers chose the site at Jamestown.
1. They thought they had a good supply of fresh water. 2. The water along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock. 3. The location could be easily defended from attack by the sea (Spanish).
The current Virginia General Assembly dates back to _____ with the establishment of the General Assembly and its burgesses in Jamestown.
1619
The governor of Virginia called a meeting of the first General Assembly in which year?
1619
In what year did additional women arrive in Jamestown?
1620
Jamestown became a more diverse colony by what year?
1620
Who arrived in Jamestown against their will in 1619?
Africans
The charters extended ______ _____ to the settlers.
English rights
By the 1640's, the burgesses became a separate legislative body called the ____ of ______.
House of Burgesses
The ____ of ____ met separately form the Governor's Council as one of the two legislative bodies of the General Assemble.
House of Burgesses
What legislative body gave the settlers the opportunity to control their own government?
House of Burgesses
What was the first elected legislative body in English America called?
House of Burgesses
When the settlers arrived in 1607, they founded Jamestown on a narrow peninsula bordered on three sides by the _____ River.
James
What became the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607?
Jamestown
_______ sailors captured African men and women from present-day Angola.
Portuguese
Which assembly in 1619 included two representatives from each of the divisions of Virginia along with, the governor's council, and the governor? They met as one legislative body.
The first General Assembly
Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?
The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
The King of England granted charters to the _____ ____ of ______.
Virginia Company of London
What did they call citizen representatives sent to the first General Assembly?
burgesses
Who had the right to take part in the General Assembly in 1619?
certain free adult men
The King of England has the power to grant _____ allowing settlement in North America.
charters
Jamestown was primarily an ____ venture.
economic
As Jamestown grew, its system of ____ evolved.
government
The English settlers found life in Jamestown ____ than they had expected.
harder
The settlers were instructed to go _______ to find a suitable place fore their colony.
inland
Today, Jamestown is located on an _____ in the James River.
island
What influenced the decision to settle at Jamestown?
location and physical characteristics
The site they chose to live on was ____ and lacked safe ______ _____.
marshy, drinking water
The settlers lacked some skills so they could not ____ for themselves.
provide
An American settlement would furnish ____ ______ that could not be grown or obtained in England, while opening new markets for trade.
raw materials
One of the reasons Jamestown was chosen for settlement was the location could be easily defended from attack by the _____.
sea (Spanish)
It is unknown if these early African men and women were ____ or ____ in Virginia.
servants or enslaved persons
The charters from the King gave the Virginia Company the right to establish a _____ in North America.
settlement
Another reason Jamestown was chosen for settlement was the water along the shore was deep enough for ____ to ______.
ships to dock
What did England hope to find in America?
silver and gold
Many settlers died of ____ and ____.
starvation and disease
The arrival of Africans made it possible to expand which economy?
tobacco
Another reason Jamestown was chosen for the settlement was they believed the site had a good supply of fresh _____.
water
European countries, including England, were in competition to increase their ____ and ______ by expanding their empires into North America.
wealth and power