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Roanoke & Jamestown
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Game Code: 1791194
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The first attempts at English colonies in the "New World."
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Why did Queen Elizabeth ask Sir Walter Raleigh to set up a colony in North America?
She wanted England to be as powerful and rich as Spain.
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Where did Sir Walter Raleigh set up the first colony?
Roanoke Island
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Why did John White not stay on Roanoke Island?
He returned to England to get more supplies for the colonists at Roanoke.
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Why did it take John White 3 years to return to Roanoke?
England and Spain were at war, and he was unable to return quickly.
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What name was used for the group of merchants who worked together to pay for more colonies in North America?
The Virginia Company
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Why was farming in Jamestown difficult?
The land was swampy.
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What crop did grow well in Jamestown?
Tobacco
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How did John Smith save Jamestown?
By creating the rule, “He who does not work, does not eat.”
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What two things did the colonists do as a result of John Smith’s rule?
built houses/forts planted crops
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Most Native American tribes in the Virginia area belonged to this group.
The Powhatan Confederacy
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How did John Rolfe save Jamestown?
He brought tobacco which brought huge profits.
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What is a crop that is grown to sell?
cash crop
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A person who came to the colonies to work for a number of years but was then freed
indentured servant
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Give 2 reasons trouble started between the colonists of Jamestown and the Native Americans.
Colonists stole food/crops. Colonists kept taking more and more land.
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What was Virginia’s first legislature?
House of Burgesses
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Who made Virginia a royal colony?
King James I
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