U S History Unit 1 SSUSH 1 a
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§ § § U. S. History Unit 1 SSUSH 1 a
Who? n n n 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? n n 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? n When did settlers arrive? 1607 When was “starving time”? 1609 -1610 n Side Note: What was “starving time”? n
Why? n n n 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? n Where is Jamestown located? Virginia
How? n How did Jamestown survive? Tobacco
n 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?
n When the colony began, what group did most of the labor?
Why did indentured servants eventually get replaced by slaves?
n How was the Jamestown colony governed? (Include all types of government)
n Why was the House of Burgesses so important?
n What was the relationship between the colonists and the Powhatan like?
n Why did this relationship usually turn violent?
n What caused Bacon’s Rebellion?
n What does Bacon’s Rebellion show about what early Americans expected from their government?
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