1. THE FIRST _________________ ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA
JAMESTOWN
PERMANENT
THE FIRST _________________
ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA

2. Jamestown was primarily an __________ venture.
economic

3. England wanted to establish an American colony to increase her _________ and _________.
wealth
power

4. Name 3 ways that an American colony would do this:
They hoped to find gold and silver.
The settlement would furnish raw materials.
It would open new markets for trade.

5. Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?
Stockholders of
The Virginia
Company of
London who wanted
to make
a PROFIT

6. The king!
Who was the English king who granted the charters?
James I

7. What did the charters guarantee to the English colonists?
English rights
What did the charters guarantee to the English colonists?

8. When was Jamestown settled?
1607

9. Jamestown was located on a narrow __________ on
the ________ River.
peninsula
James

10. Today the original Jamestown site is located on an _________ in the James River.
island

11. gentlemen who lacked the necessary ______________.
Most were...
gentlemen who lacked the necessary ______________.
skills for survival

12. 4 reasons they chose a peninsula:
It was easy to defend.
The water was deep enough for ships to dock.
They thought they had a good supply of fresh water.
The river provided food and a pathway for exploration.

13. Hardships
marshy
unsafe water
diseases

14. First strong leader
John Smith

15. John Smith’s forced work program rule:
“He that will not work, shall not eat!”

16. John Smith maintained a good relationship with the Powhatans and initiated ____
trade.

17. Winter of
starving time

18. They decide to leave but...
Lord De La Warr arrives with more men and 2 supply ships.

19. The Powhatans had introduced the colonists to 2 new crops:
corn and tobacco

20. Who planted a new kind of tobacco?
John Rolfe
Who planted a new kind of tobacco?

21. Tobacco was sold in England as Jamestown’s _______ _______.
cash crop

22. The economy of the Virginia colony now depended on ______________ as a primary source of wealth.
agriculture

23. So everything was just great in Jamestown. Or was it?
The Powhatans saw the colonists as ________ that would take over their ______.
invaders
land

24. Who arrived, against their will, in 1619?
were captured and sold by sailors from Portugal.
African men and women from Angola

25. Slavery allowed what to expand (grow)?
THE TOBACCO ECONOMY

26. THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
In 1619, what else began?
GOVERNMENT
THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The House of Burgesses were the first elected legislative (law making) body in the New World.
2 BURGESSES
ELECTED
by CITIZENS
to represent
each area
of the colony
Governor’s COUNCIL
6 men picked
by the King
GOVERNOR
chosen by
the VA Company

27. Women families Who arrived in 1620?
_________________ arrived on a “bride ship,” and
helped establish ___________ and a more permanent colony.
families