Jamestown Flashcards
(27 cards)
Who/what settled Jamestown?
Virginia Company of London
When did the voyage to Jamestown start?
December, 1606
How many settlers/ships decided to leave England to settle in Jamestown?
144 settlers, 3 ships
What were the people seeking?
gold, fish, fur trade
How many settlers died on the voyage to Jamestown?
40
When did the settlers arrive in Jamestown?
April, 1607
What was Jamestown (physically)?
A peninsula; they chose this for defense purposes
What were the physical features of Jamestown?
Swamps, mosquitos (malaria), bad farmland
How many colonists were remaining after the supply ships arrived in 1608?
38
Who revived the colony?
John Smith
What did John Smith do to save the colony?
Forced the settlers to work
How many settlers arrived in 1609?
400
What happened when John Smith returned to England?
lack of leadership, fighting with the indians
How many survivors remained in Spring after Smith left?
60
Who started planting tobacco?
John Rolfe
When was the first crop sold to England?
1614
Who did Pocahontas marry?
John Rolfe
What was a headright?
50 acres of land given to a settler who paid their own way to America
What year did the Virginia Company allow Jamestown to have their own government?
1619
What was Jamestown’s government called?
House of Burgesses
How many women were sent to Jamestown in 1619?
90 women; hoping to build families
What did the men have to pay to marry one of the women sent in 1619?
120 pounds of tobacco
When did slavery become a law?
Virginia; 1660’s
When did Jamestown become the first royal colony of England?
1624
