Jamestown Review U.S. History Unit 1 SSUSH1a
Who? Who settled there? English colonists, looking for economic opportunity Who were the leaders? House of Burgesses (legislative body), royal governor, and the king Who were their neighbors? The Powhatan
What? What type of colony was Jamestown at first? A charter or proprietary colony What type of colony did it become? A royal colony (the king took away the Virginia Company’s charter)
When? When did settlers arrive? 1607 When was “starving time”? 1609-1610 Side Note: What was “starving time”?
Why? Why did settlers come to Jamestown? They were looking for gold (economic opportunity) Why did people support them? They wanted a profit (the investors in the Virginia Company) Why did Jamestown almost fail? The first settlers were not prepared for not finding gold, they had no way to support themselves
Where? Where is Jamestown located? Virginia
How? How did Jamestown survive? Tobacco
Review Game
What makes Jamestown a good example of a southern colony?
Why was tobacco so important to the Jamestown colony?
Why did the success of tobacco cause tension between the colonists and the Native Americans?
When the colony began, what group did most of the labor?
Why did indentured servants eventually get replaced by slaves?
How was the Jamestown colony governed How was the Jamestown colony governed? (Include all types of government)
Why was the House of Burgesses so important?
What was the relationship between the colonists and the Powhatan like?
Why did this relationship usually turn violent?
What caused Bacon’s Rebellion?
What does Bacon’s Rebellion show about what early Americans expected from their government?