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| reasons for English colonization in America |
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| to increase wealth and power by finding silver and gold and furnishing raw materials to open new markets for trade |
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| an economic venture that established the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607 |
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| Virginia Company of London |
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| stockholders who financed the settlement of Jamestown |
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| Jamestown 1607 v. Jamestown 2013 |
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| in 1607, Jamestown was a peninsula along the James River, today it is an island |
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| reasons for Jamestown's site choice |
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1. instructions told the settlers to go inland
2. the location could easily be defended from attack by sea
3. the water was deep enough for ships to dock
4. they believed they had a good supply of fresh water |
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| granted by the king to the VA Company of London to establish a settlement in North America and extend English rights to the settlers |
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| legislative body of government created at Jamestown in 1619 which included elected burgesses, the governor's council, and the governor; allowed the settlers the opportunity to control their own government |
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| law-making body of government |
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| in 1640, the burgesses became a separate body |
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| captured Africans from present-day Angola and arrived at Jamestown in 1619 |
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| made it possible to expand the tobacco economy |
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| made it possible to establish families and create a permanent settlement at Jamestown in 1620 |
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1. the stie was marshy and lacked safe drinking water
2. the settlers lacked survival skills
3. many died of starvation and disease |
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| changes that resulted in the survival of Jamestown |
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1. arrival of supply ships
2. John Smith's forced work program
3. emphasis on agriculture |
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| trade with the native peoples |
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| initiated by John Smith; the English traded tools pots, and copper for food with the Indians |
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| native peoples' contributions to the survival of Jamestown |
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1. Powhatan taught survival skills
2. Pocahontas served as a contact between the Indians and the English
3. the Indians showed the settlers how to plant corn and tobacco |
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| the view the Indians eventually had of the English because they were taking over more land as their settlement grew |
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