VA STUDIES PART 2

Question 1

WHAT WERE 4 REASONS FOR ENGLISH COLONIZATION IN AMERICA

Answer 1

• SILVER AND GOLD
• WEALTH AND POWER
• FURNISH RAW MATERIALS THAT ENGLAND COULD NOT GROW OR GET
• IT WOULD OPEN NEW MARKETS FOR TRADE

Question 2

JAMESTOWN WAS PRIMARILY ESTABLISHED AS AN

Answer 2

ECONOMIC VENTURE(WAY TO MAKE MONEY)

Question 3

WHO FINANCED THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN

Answer 3

TEH STOCKHOLDERS OF VA COMPANY OFO LONDON

Question 4

WHAT WAS THE 1ST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA

Answer 4

JAMESTOWN (1607)

Question 5

DESCRIBE JAMESTOWN WHEN THE SETTLERS ARRIVED IN 1607

Answer 5

IT WAS LOCATED ON A NARROW PENINSULA BORDERED BY THE JAMES RIVER ON 3 SIDES

Question 6

DESCRIBE JAMESTOWN TODAY

Answer 6

IT IS LOCATED ON AN ISLAND IN THE JAMES RIVER

Question 7

GIVE 3 REASONS WHY THE SETTLERS CHOSE JAMESTOWN AS A SITE (PLACE) FOR A NEW SETTLEMENT

Answer 7

• EASY TO DEFEND FROMO ATTACK BY SEA (SPANISH)
• WATER ALONG THE SHOREW WAS DEEP ENOUGH FOR SHIPS TO DOCK
• THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD A GOOD SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER

Question 8

THE KING OF ENGLAND GRANTED CHARTERS TO THE VA COMPANY OF LONDON. WHAT WERE THE CHARTERS?

Answer 8

THEY GAVE THE VA COMPANY OF LONDON THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH A SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA AND EXTENDED ENGLISH RIGHTS TO BE COLONIST

Question 9

THE 1ST CHARTER OF THE VA COMPANY OF LONDON ESTABLISHED COMPANIES TO BEGIN

Answer 9

COLONIES IN THE NEW WORLD

Question 10

WHO INITIATED(STARTED) A TRADING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POWHATANS

Answer 10

CAPT JOHN SMITH

Question 11

WHAT TYPE OF ITEMS DID THE ENGLISH (COLONIST) TRADE WITH THE POWHATANS

Answer 11

FOOD
POTS
GUNS
OTHER GOODS

Question 12

WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE JAMESTOWN SETTLERS IN MANY WAYS

Answer 12

THE POWHATAN PEOPLE GAVE THEM SURVIVAL SKILLS WHILE THEY HAD POSITIVE INTERACTION (WHILE THEY GET ALONG)

Question 13

WHO WAS THE CHIEF POWHATANS DAUGHTER

Answer 13

POCAHONTAS

Question 14

WHO BELIEVED THAT THE ENGLISH (COLONISTS) AND THE AMERICAN INDIANS COULD LIVE IN HARMONY (BE FRIENDS)

Answer 14

POCAHONTAS

Question 15

POCAHONTAS BELIEVED THAT A FRIENDSHIP WITH THE COLONISTS WOULD HELP THEM TO

Answer 15

SURVIVE

Question 16

THE POWHATANS INTRODUCED NEW CROPS TO THE ENGLISH (COLONISTS) 2 EXAMPLES ARE

Answer 16

CORN

TOBACCO

Question 17

THE POWHATAN PEOPLE REALIZED THAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS

Answer 17

THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW

Question 18

WHEN THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS STARTED TO GROW WHAT DID THE POWHATANS THINK OF THE COLONISTS

Answer 18

THE POWHATANS SAW THEM AS INVADERS (UNINVITED)WHO WOULD TAKE OVER THEIR LAND

Question 19

NAME 3 HARDSHIPS THAT FACED THE SETTLERS AT JAMESTOWN

Answer 19

• THE SITE(PLACE) WAS TOO MARSHY AND LACKED SAFE DRINKING WATER
• THE SETTLERS LACKED SOME SKILLS NECESSARY FOR SURVIVAL
• MANY SETTLERS DIED OF STARVATION AND DISEASE

Question 20

NAME 3 CHANGES AT JAMESTOWN THAT ENSURED (MADE POSSIBLE) SURVIVAL

Answer 20

• ARRIVAL OF 2 SUPPLY
• FORCED WORK PROGRAM AND STRONG LEADERSHIP OF CAPT JOHN SMITH
• EMPHASIS OF SELF SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE (GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD TO EAT)

Question 21

THE ARRIVAL OF WOMEN IN 1620 MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE SETTLERS TO ESTABLISH THIS AT JAMESTOWN

Answer 21

FAMILIES AND MORE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT

Question 22

AFRICANS ARRIVED AT JAMESTOWN AGAINST THEIR WILL AND IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THEY ARRIVED AS BAPTIZED CHRISTIANS. FOR THE 1ST 5-7YRS AFRICANS WERE LABELED AS…

Answer 22

INDENTURED SERVANTS

Question 23

THE ARRIVAL OF AFRICANS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO EXPAND THE ______ ECONOMY

Answer 23

TOBACCO

Question 24

JAMESTOWN BECAMAE A MORE DIVERSE COLONY BY 1620. WHAT DOES DIVERSE COLONY MEAN?

Answer 24

MORE TYPES OF PEOPLE (AFRICANS AND WOMEN)

Question 25

WHO WAS THE FIRST ELECTED LEGISLATIVE BODY IN AMERICA

Answer 25

THE VA HOUSE OF BURGESSES

Question 26

THE VA HOUSE OF BURGESSES GAVE THE SETTLERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTROL THEIR OWN _______

Answer 26

GOVERNMENT

Question 27

THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES TODAY IS CALLED THE________

Answer 27

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VA IT STILL EXISTS TODAY

Question 28

BY THE 1640S THE BURGESSES BECAME A SEPARATE LEGISLATIVE BODY CALLED THE

Answer 28

VA HOUSE OF BUGESSES

Question 29

IN 1691 THE GOVERNOR OF VA CALLED A MEETING OF THE VA ASSEMBLY. WHO ATTENDED?

Answer 29

• 2 CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVES(BURGESSES) FROM EACH DIVISION(DISTRICT) OF VA
• THE GOVERNORS COUNSEL
• THE GOVERNOR

Question 30

IN THE 1690S WHO WERE CONSIDERED CITIZENS?

Answer 30

ONLY THE FREE WHITE ADULT MEN

Question 31

WHAT IS A CASH CROP?

Answer 31

A CROP THAT HAS GROWN TO SELL FOR MONEY RATHER THAN FOR THE USE BY THE GROWER

Question 32

THE ECONOMY OF THE VA COLONY DEPENDED ON _____ AS A PRIMARY SOURCE OF WEALTH

Answer 32

AGRICULTURE

Question 33

____BECAME THE MOST PROFITABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT

Answer 33

TOBACCO(WAS SOLD IN ENGLAND)

Question 34

HOW DID THE SUCCESS OF TOBACCO CHANGE THE VA COLONY

Answer 34

IT TRANSFORMED (CHANGED LIFE AND ENCOURAGED SLAVERY)

Question 35

LARGE #S OF AFRICANS WERE BROUGHT TO THE COLONY AGAINST THEIR WILL TO WORKK AS SLAVES ON _____

Answer 35

PLANTATIONS

Question 36

VIRGINIAS COLONY BEECAME _____ ON SLAVE LABOR FOR THEIR ECONOMY

Answer 36

DEPENDENT-AND IT LASTED A LONG TIME

Question 37

THE SUCCESSFUL PLANTING OF TOBACCO DEPENDED ON A RELIABLE AND INEXPENSIVE_____

Answer 37

SOURCE OF LABOR (INDENTURED SERVANTS AND THEN SLAVES)

Question 38

CULTURAL LANDSCAPES REFLECT THE _____3 OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE AREAS

Answer 38

BELIEFS
CUSTOMS
ARCHITECTURE