Chapter 2 Section 1 Booksearch Review

Name of the Joint Stock Company… The Virginia Company of London

Two most important reasons settlers came to the New World: 1)The Promise of Gold 2)Passage to the Indies

Short term or Long term? Short Term

What year did 3 ships land near the Chesapeake Bay… 1606

What year was Jamestown established? 1607

How many men made the initial voyage? 100

How many died? 40

Who organized the men? Captain John Smith “He who shall not work shall not eat”

John Smith’s fate without Pocahontas… He was kidnapped and nearly executed

What made Jamestown successful? Strong leadership of men like John Smith Ability to learn survival skills from the Natives A break in bad weather

Cultural Clash in the Chesapeake

One word to describe the relationship between the Powhatans and English? Tense

What year was the first Anglo- Powhatan War? 1614

The 1644 Peace Treaty… Banished natives from the land and separated areas into English/White settlement

3 D’s 1)Disease 2)Disorganization 3)Disposability

Why were the Natives of no use to the colonists? served no economic function no reliable labor source no commodities to commerce after Europeans learned to grow their own crops colonists wanted their land

Indians in the New World

What animal allowed for migration… Horse

2 Examples of Cultural Devastation… 1)Killed elders who preserved oral traditions 2)Cultures had to try to reinvent themselves without relatives

2 ways firearms changed native culture 1) competition amongst tribes increased for prime hunting grounds 2) changed Native warfare (Indian on Indian violence )

Influence of Europeans on Native economy… Europeans dominated the economy even when the Natives disagreed on the price of their goods. The coastal communities suffered far more than the tribes on the interior.