JAMESTOWN THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT 1. Why did the English want to establish a colony in America? for wealth and power 2. What did the English think they would find in America? silver and gold 3. What are raw materials? unprocessed natural products used in manufacture (wood, tobacco leaves) 4. What did England hope to do with America s raw materials? 1) An American settlement would furnish raw materials that could not be grown or obtained in England. 2) It would open new markets for trade. 5. What is an economic venture? Something that is done to make money. 6. Why was Jamestown founded? It was an economic venture. 7. How was Jamestown financed? by the stockholders of the Virginia Company of London 8. What was the Virginia Company of London? 9. What was the first permanent English settlement in North America? 10. When was Jamestown founded? 11. Where was Jamestown located when it was first established? An English company whose stockholders financed the settlement of Jamestown. Jamestown VS,3a Vs.3a Vs.3a 1607 on a narrow peninsula surrounded on three sides by the James River VS.3b
12. Where is Jamestown located today? on an island in the James River VS.3b 13. Why did the colonists decided on the location of Jamestown to settle? 1) Instructions told the settlers to go inland to find a suitable place for their colony. 2) It was easily defendable from (Spanish) attack by sea 3) The water was deep enough for ships to dock. 4) They believed they had a good supply of fresh water. VS.3b 14. Who gave the charters to the Virginia Company of London? The King of England VS.3c 15. What did the charters do? 1) It gave the Virginia Company of London the right to establish a settlement in North America. 2) It extended English rights to the settlers. VS.3c 16. When was the first General Assembly? 1619 17. During this time who was considered a citizen? certain free adult men 18. Who made up the General Assembly? 19. When did the burgesses become a separate legislative body, called the House of Burgesses? It included: 1) two representatives (called burgesses) from each of the divisions of Virginia 2) along with the governor s council and the governor 1640
20. What did the House of Burgesses do in 1640? 21. What was the first elected legislative body in English America? They met separately from the Governor s Council as one of the two legislative bodies of the General Assembly. the House of Burgesses 22. Why was the House of Burgesses important? 23. When does the current Virginia General Assembly date back to? 24. Who captured African men and women from what is present day Angola? 25. Were these men and women servants or slaves? it gave settlers the opportunity to control their own government It dates back to the establishment of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown in 1619. the Portuguese it is unknown what their status was 26. When did Africans arrived in Jamestown against their will? 1619 27. What did the arrival of the Africans make it possible to do? expand the tobacco economy 28. When did additional women arrive in Jamestown? 1620 29. Why was the women s arrival important? It allowed more settlers to start families and a have a permanent settlement at Jamestown.
30. What were three hardships that the colonist faced? 31. What resulted in the survival of the colony? 32. Who initiated trading with the native peoples? 33. Who did the early settlers trade with? 34. What did the native peoples trade with the English? 1) The site they chose was marshy and lacked safe drinking water. 2) The settlers lacked some skills necessary to provide for themselves. 3) Many settlers died of starvation and disease. VS.3f 1) The arrival of two supply ships. 2) The forced work program. 3) The leadership of Captain John Smith. 4) The emphasis on agriculture. VS.3f John Smith native peoples including the Powhatan mainly foods in exchange for tools, pots, and copper for jewelry 35. Who was Pocahontas? daughter of Chief Powhatan 36. How did the native peoples contribute to the survival of the colony? 37. What changed the native people s view of the English? 38. How did the native peoples feel about the English? 1) Pocahontas served as a contact between the native peoples and the English. 2) The native peoples showed the settlers how to plant corn and tobacco. Over time they realized the settlement would continue to grow. The cam to see the settlers as invaders who would take over their land.