1. Charter (page 44):a certificate of permission from the king of England

2. Joint-stock company (pages 44-45):A business venture founded and run by a group of investors who share in the company’s profits and losses. Example: Stock Market

3. Royal colonies (page 47): (King controls colony).

4. Proprietary Colonies (page 47): Belongs to powerful individuals or companies.

5. Who was Powhatan, AND how did he deal with the colonists? (page 45) Chief of Algonquian Native American Tribe Rather than confront the colonists at the risk of heavy casualties, Powhatan hoped to contain them and to use them against his own enemies; Especially wanted to trade with colonists for their metal weapons.

6. Who was John Smith, AND what did he say about Virginia? (page 45) He was a colonist who emerged as a strong leader; He described Virginia as, “overgrowne with trees and weedes, being a plaine wilderness as God first made it.”

7. What was the first new settlement English colonist’s founded? (page 45) Jamestown

8. GIVE SPECIFIC EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT (A QUOTE) to express what happened to the settlers at Jamestown between 1607 and 1622? (page 45) “Between 1607 and 16022, the Virginia Company would transport some 10,000 people to the colony, but only 20 percent of them would still be alive in 1622.”

9. What was the effect of Pocahontas being captured by the English? (page 45) Converted to Christianity and married colonist named John Rolfe

10. What crop saved the colony of Virginia? (page 45) Tobacco

11. Explain what is meant by, “Free Land Attracts Colonists to Virginia.” (page 46) Under the headright system, anyone who paid for passage to Virginia or who paid for another person’s passage received 50 acres of land. This allowed the wealthiest colonists to acquire large plantations. To work their plantations, they imported workers from England = population of Virginia grows.

12. Explain The Virginia Company’s political reform called, House of Burgesses (example: who could vote and for whom they could vote; and, the power it had, and it’s effect). The first representative body in colonial America

Male landowners over 17 years of age voted for TWO Burgesses to represent their settlement; HOB – have power to make laws and raise taxes; BEGAN A STRONG TRADITION OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT in the ENGLISH COLONIES

13. What was the effect on the settlers of Virginia because the population was increasing? (page 48) Settlers moved onto less fertile lands in the interior – away from Atlantic Ocean – where it cost more to transport their crops to market. They also faced greater danger from Indians angered by their intrusion.

The royal governor of Virginia, William Berkeley, worsened the growing crisis. He levied heavy taxes on the planters and used the proceeds to reward a few favorites from the wealthiest class.

14. What was the cause of Bacon’s Rebellion? (page 48) The 1675 war between the Indians and the settlers in the Potomac Valley, the settlers (colonists) wanted to exterminate ALL of the colony’s Indians. When Berkley balked, the settlers rebelled under the leadership of Nathaniel Bacon

15. What were the effects of Bacon’s Rebellion? (page 48) The colonists drove out the governor, William Berkeley, and burned the town. Bacon dies, rebellion collapses, and Berkeley regains power. However, Berkeley’s reputation was ruined King of England appoints new governor and Berkeley returns to England

16. What restrictions did the leader of the colony of Georgia, James Oglethorpe, set for the colonists? (page 49) The restrictions James Oglethorpe, who controlled proprietary colony (Georgia), set rules where the colonists could not drink alcohol, and could not own slaves