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Jamestown
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History
6th Grade
10/13/2009

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Term
Where?
Definition
Virginia
Term
When?
Definition
May 14, 1607
Term
What is it?
Definition
The first successful English settlement in America
Term
What was it on?
Definition
A small peninsula
Term
What happens in 1603?
Definition
King James I grants charter to the Virginia Company
Term
Who is it named after?
Definition
King James I
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Goals
Definition
Riches, Use resources, Northwest passage, and create jobs for English.
Term
Which company sponsored Jamestown?
Definition
London Co. (still the Virginia Co.)
Term
What three ships went to Jamestown?
Definition
Discovery, Godspeed, and Susan Constant
Term
How many settlers came?
Definition
144
Term
How many people got off in Jamestown?
Definition
104
Term
After 7 months, how many people survived?
Definition
38 people
Term
Fill in the blank: They found a spot that was a good defense against _________
Definition
Spain
Term
What were the pros of the location?
Definition
Trade well (on a bay), mountains to protects them from the Indians.
Term
What were the cons?
Definition
Marshy land (swamps), poor farmland, downstream, lots of mosquitoes (malaria), and little game
Term
Captain John Smith's jobs
Definition
leader and president of local assembly house in 1608
Term
What happened to John Smith?
Definition
He was captured by Indians, held captive for a month, impresses chief and was released. Also met Pocahontas.
Term
Policy of Rigid Discipline
Definition
"You don't work, you don't eat"
Term
Smith's map of Virginia
Definition
Primary guide for 50 years
Term
Starving Time
Definition

1609-1610

Struggled through indian attacks and disease, supply of food (boat crashed in Bermuda) brings John Rolfe. 80% of people die. Lord De La Warr saves them.

Term
Pocahontas
Definition
Visited often, Brought food and furs, stopped coming after she was told that Smith was dead.; kidnapped and held for ransom, met John Rolfe and married.Died in England from disease. 
Term
John Rolfe
Definition
Expiremented with tobacco and saved the colony and became a member of the house of burgesses.
Term
House of Burgesses
Definition
goverment, created laws, rules and taxes; replaced martial law with english law. People were elected.
Term
Magna Carta
Definition
1215, written in England. First written constitution in the whole world. 
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Legacy
Definition
1st africans arrive, Jamestown became a royal colony, got burned down, and the capital of Virginia changed to Williamsburg.
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