Love And Hate In Jamestown Flashcards
(28 cards)
- What were the three ships that first went to Jamestown?
Susan Constant
Godspeed
Discovery
- How did the Powhatans feel about the Spanish?
They were weary and generally hostile towards the Spanish
- What was inside the sealed boxes each ship carried?
-Names of Gov. council
-Instructions on how to establish the colony
-Directions for defense and survival
- Who were the Caribs?
A group of indigenous people who originally inhabited parts of the Caribbean and northern South America.
- Who was Christopher Newport? How did his first meeting with the natives go?
He was the captain of the expedition to Jamestown. His first meeting went cautiously but peacefully.
- What kind of military leader/trainer was Powhatan?
Political and diplomatic
- What role did “apathy” play upon Newport’s departure?
Work ethic declined and settlers became reliant on trade with indigenous peoples.
- What happened to George Cassen?
He was captured by the Powhatans and interrogated and executed.
- What reason did John Smith give for Pocahontas saving his life?
Compassion, political consideration, and strategic value.
- What rationale did the colonists use for sentencing Smith to death?
Mismanagement and failure to lead the colony during the starving times.
- What was “gilded dirt”?
The unfulfilled promises and misleading expectations of the Virginia company regarding the potential wealth of the new world.
- What “deadly adversary” did Smith encounter while fishing?
A shark
- Powhatan believed that the colonists came “not for trade but” for what?
For conquest
- How did Pocahontas save John Smith the second time?
He was captured by the Powhatans and made to face execution, but Pocahontas threw herself over him and begged her father to spare him.
- Who was Sir Thomas Gates and what role did he serve the company?
He was appointed as the governor of the colony during the starving time.
- In what strange way was Smith injured while sleeping onboard a boat?
A gunpowder bag exploded by mistake
- What was referred to as “gluedy porridge”?
Grains, seeds, and food scraps.
- What importance did Governor West give to Smith for the colony’s survival?
Strong leadership, establishing trade with the Powhatans, mapping and exploration, military defense, and crisis management.
- Who was married in April 1614?
Pocahontas and John Rolfe
- How did Smith try to make Pocahantas’s stay in London better?
He wrote a letter to Queen Anne advocating for her wellbeing
- What did Pocahantas die from?
Pneumonia, tuberculosis, or dysentery.
- How did John Rolfe make his money in the colony?
Tobacco
- Why is the ship White Lion significant?
It marked the introduction of African slavery.
- What was the status of the first Africans in Virginia?
They were more indentured servants than slaves.
