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| How did the arrival of women at Jamestown in 1620 affect the colony? |
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| It established families and developed a more permanent settlement. |
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| What did the charters give the Virginia Company of London the right to do? |
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| establish a settlement in North America |
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| In what year did Jamestown became a permanent English settlement? |
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| Why was it important for the Jamestown settlement to be near deep water? |
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| Boats traveling with goods to and from Europe needed a deep water dock. |
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| What did England believe that the American colony was filled with that would make her rich? |
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| Jamestown was originally a peninsula bordered on three sides by which river? |
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| What was the first elected legislative body of government in English America? |
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| In 1619 what group of people arrived in Jamestown against their will? |
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| Where is Jamestown located? |
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| on the James River near the Chesapeake Bay |
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| Why did the English want to colonize America? |
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| Who granted the charters to colonize North America? |
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| What was the first system of representative government in Virginia? |
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| Who were the only citizens who could take part in the government and vote during the 1600s? |
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| What country sent sailors to capture Africans from what is present-day Angola? |
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| Who financed the settlement of Jamestown? |
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| Virginia Company of London |
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| The chief of many tribes that helped teach the colonists survival skills |
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| Why were the Jamestown settlers starving? |
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| The first colonists lacked basic farming and building skills. |
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| a citizen representative in the Virginia colonial government |
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| Who placed emphasis on self-sustaining agriculture, which ensured survival of the Jamestown colony? |
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| How did the arrival of Africans in the Jamestown colony make it possible to expand the economy? |
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| What were hardships faced by the settlers at Jamestown? |
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*The settlers lacked some skills necessary to provide for themselves.
*Many settlers died of starvation and disease.
*The site they chose was marshy and lacked safe drinking water. |
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| Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America? |
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| Why did the English ch0ose Jamestown as the location for their settlement? |
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*It could be easily defended from attack by sea (from the Spanish).
*The water along the shore was deep enough for ships to dock.
*They believed it had a good supply of fresh water. |
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| Who provided leadership to his people and taught the Jamestown settlers survival skills? |
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| Which Jamestown settler initiated trading relations with the Powhatan? |
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| What did the Virginia House of Burgesses later become and continue to be today? |
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| Virginia General Assembly. |
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