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| Who was a poet and close friend of Queen Elizabeth, who tried and failed to establish the first English settlement, Roanoke? |
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| Jamestown's economy ($) was based on the growth and harvest of what? |
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| Who was the first leader of Jamestown who said "If you don't work, you don't eat!"?? |
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| What group of people agreed to work for 4-7 years for no pay in exchange for free ship fare to the New World? |
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| Who was forced to come to the New World and work their entire life for no pay? |
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| What major things happened in Jamestown in 1619? |
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Africans arrived
Women arrived
Could start owning land
Self-government with House of Burgesses |
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| Who could vote in Jamestown's House of Burgesses? |
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| Only white males who owned land |
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| Why are Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth important to American history? |
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| They were the first three English settlements that led to more! |
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| What was the first permanent English settlement in North America? |
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| Why did they build a fort around Jamestown settlement? |
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| To protect against enemies |
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| Who brought tobacco to Jamestown and married Pocahontas? |
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| Why was Jamestown started? |
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| Which company gave away headrights (free land) to colonists who came to the New World? |
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| The headright system gave colonists who paid their way to Virginia what? |
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| What was the job of the House of Burgesses? |
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| What was the relationship like between the Powhatan Indians and the settlers? |
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| Peaceful at first, conflicts later on |
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| What were some of the disadvantages the Jamestown settlers faced? |
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Swampy lands not good for farming
mosquitoes with malaria
gentlemen weren't used to working hard |
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| What do we call the winter of 1609-1610 where most of the settlers died of starvation? |
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