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The first immigrants who lived in New England, Virginia, and the Carolinas were from where?

England

What do you call a person who is owned by another person?

A slave

Who acted as a link between the English king and the colonists?

The Royal Governor

What did the governor's council do?

Gave advice to the governor

Why did the Indians and Settlers fight?

Settlers were taking the Indians' land

What was the winter of 1609 called?

"the starving time"

In which year did the settlers reach Jamestown?

1607

What problems did Jamestown settlement face in its first year?

What problems did Jamestown settlement face in its first year

What would you call a person who agreed to work for a planter or farmer for a certain number of years?

An indentured servant

Who got seeds of tobacco from the West Indies and introduce them into Virginia?

John Rolfe

What was referred to as green gold?

Tobacco

Which event like to peaceful relations between the Powhatan Confederacy and the Jamestown colonists in 1614?

The marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe

Why did the Virginia Company decide to change the form of government?

So the Virginians would have a voice in their government

What were the names of the ships that the Virginia company sent to America?

Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery

Why did colonial farmers take land away from the neighboring American Indians?

To grow tobacco because it was the colonists cash crop

Who was the ruler of England at the time of the Jamestown settlement?

King James I

What is another name for a large farm?

Plantation

In 1624 what did King James end?

The Virginia Company's charter

Why was Jamestown a poor choice for settlement?

There was unknown diseases, there was marshy land, and the water too salty to drink

What type of government is run by the people it governs?

A democracy

Why was the arrival of two English ships in 1619 important to the colony of Jamestown?

They were the first ships with only woman on them

Why did colonist turn to cannibalism?

Because they were starving

What were the two branches of the General Assembly?

House of Burgesses and the governor's council

What ended the years of peace between the settlers and the Native Americans?

Chief Powhatan's death