| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Who received Queen Elizabeth's permission, to begin a colony in North America? Where was the new colony? | Sir Walter Raleigh; North America |
| Who was John White and what did he do? | He was one of the original colonists who returned back to England to get more supplies |
| What did the Virginia Company of London receive from King James I? | a charter |
| What is a charter? | a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company |
| What was the name of the English colony founded in Virginia in 1607? | Jamestown |
| Explain the problems faced by the Jamestown colonists? | The swampy areas, the mosquitoes spread maleria, and the governing of the colony was difficult, were too busy looking for gold that they had no houses or resources perpared for winter |
| How did John Smith help the colony? | gave the colonists a set of rules and told them tthey needed to work, and he seeked help from the Indians |
| Who is Powhatan? | the Indian Smith found, who agreed to supply corn to the English |
| Who did John Rolfe marry? | Pocahontas |
| What became Jamestown's profitable crop? | tobacco |
| What did King James think about smoking? | he thought it was a vile custom and that people needed to stop |
| What type of reforms took place in 1619 in order to attract more settlers? | They took steps in order to establish a stable government |
| Who are burgesses? | representatives to the government |
| What is the House of Burgesses? | an assembly where the burgesses met |
| What marked the beginning of representative government in the English Colonies? | The House of Burgesses |
| What is representative government? | where voters elect representatives to make laws for them |
| Where did the idea that people had political rights come from? | the Magna Carta |
| What is the Magna Carta? | a document that was also called the Great Charter |
| Who signed the Magna Carta? | King John |
| What did the Magna Carta say? | the King could not raise taxes without first consulting a Great Council of nobles and church leaders |
| How was Parliament divided? | the House of Lords and the House of Commons |
| Who was able to vote in Virginia? | First, any man could vote, but over time they changed it to free men who owned property |
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