In the 1500s and 1600s, what was one way England could become powerful and rich?
Find new land and make colonies
What did England hope to find on the land in America?
Gold
What is an example of a raw material?
Trees
The men who owned the Virginia Company of London and wanted to make money were called: ______________
stockholders
They named the new colony Jamestown after: _______________.
King James I
How many men first went to settle at Jamestown?
104
Englishmen known as "gentlemen" who went to Jamestown already had;_________________.
wealth
A year after Jamestown was settled, how many men were still living?
38
England first tries to settle a colony at Roanoke. It failed and became known as: ______________.
the Lost Colony
John Smitih and Christopher Newport looked for a river or ocean that went straight to Asia. They called it the ________________.
Northwest Passage
According to John Smith, what was "thick as stones" in the Chesapeake Bay?
Oysters
Some of the men who traveled to Jamestown included a blacksmith, bricklayers, carpenters and a tailor. They called these men ______________.
craftsmen
Name the three English ships that landed at Chesapeake Bay in 1607.
Discovery, Godspeed and Susan Constant
What did they name the first PERMANENT English settlement?
Jamestown
Most of the men who settled at Jamestown were what kind of workers?
unskilled
Explorers from what other country said there was lots of gold in America?
Spain
