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Jamestown

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    Reviewing key skills and information on Jamestown.
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  • Jamestown was a ____ venture.
    economic
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  • Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?
    The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
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  • Who was the only person that could grant charters?
    King of England
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  • What year did women arrive in Jamestown?
    1620
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  • What year did Jamestown become a settlement?
    1607
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  • The arrival of women made it possible for the settlers to establish what?
    families
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  • The arrival of Africans made is possible to expand what economy?
    tobacco
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  • Portuguese sailors captured African men and women from what is present-day country?
    Angola
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  • What are three changes that resulted in the survival of Jamestown?
    The arrival of 2 supply ships, the forced work program and strong leadership of Captain John Smith, and the emphasis of agriculture.
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  • The native peoples traded mainly food with the English in exchange for what three things?
    tools (guns), pots, and copper
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  • What is the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?
    Jamestown
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  • Who was the daughter of Chief Powhatan and befriended the English to help them survive?
    Pocahontas
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  • In time the native peoples came to see the settlers as ___ who would take over their land.
    invaders
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  • Who initiated (started) a trading relationship with the native peoples?
    Captain John Smith
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  • England wanted to establish an American colony to increase her what?
    wealth and power
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  • What are the three reasons for the site choice?
    easily defended, the water was deep enough for ships to dock, and they thought it was a good supply of fresh water
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