The Virginia Company of London wanted a site that was inland and upriver to protect the settlers against attacks from which powerful European country?
Spain
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What agricultural knowledge did the native peoples share with the settlers? (What did they teach them to grow?)
Plant corn and harvest tobacco
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Is Jamestown an island or a peninsula today?
Island
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Was Jamestown an island or a peninsula in 1607?
Peninsula
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What natural resources did settlers find in Jamestown?
Timber and iron
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Why did the settlers choose the site at Jamestown? (THREE REASONS)
It could be easily defended from attack by the Spanish, it was located inland, there was room for the ships to dock, and they thought there was a fresh supply o
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These people served as elected representatives in the General Assembly. (Hint: it starts with a "B")
burgesses
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England wanted to establish a colony in North America so it could compete with other European nations. What are THREE things England hoped to find in North America?
silver, gold, and raw materials
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Africans arrived in Virginia against their will in ______.
1619
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What happened in Jamestown in 1620 and why was it important
Additional English women arrived, which allowed settlers to begin having families.
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What were AT LEAST 2 of the hardships the settlers went through?
Settlers lacked some survival skills, the site they chose to live on was marshy and lacked safe drinking water, many settlers died of starvation and disease, an
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The charters of the Virginia Company of London were important for three reasons. Extended _____ rights to settlers, established _______ ________, and permission to ____________.
The gave the company permission to establish the settlement, defined the physical boundaries of the colony, and extended English rights to the settlers.
