| Term | Definition |
|---|
| What did John Rolfe grow? | a new kind of tobacco |
| How did John Rolfe's crop help the colonies? | The people got richer. |
| Who did John Rolfe marry? | Pocahontas |
| Who was Pocahontas' father? | Powhatan |
| Who was Powhatan? | The leader of the Powhatan tribe. |
| Who was John Smith? | leader of the English in Jamestown |
| Why is "Susan Constant" important? | It is one of the ships that John Smith sailed to the colonies. |
| How many people sailed on the Susan Constant | 54 |
| Why was John Smith sent to America? | to start a new colony |
| What happened to the colony that John Smith started? | It turned into Jamestown. |
| What was Jamestown named after? | the king of England |
| What state is Jamestown in? | Virginia |
| What is a coastal plain | flat land along the coast |
| What is a bay? | a body of water partly surrounded by land |
| What did the Powhatan Indians grow? | corn, beans, and squash |
| What animal did the Powhatan hunt? | deer and other animals |
| Why was Jamestown a good location to start a colony? | It was on a coastal plain that was good for farming and it was near the ocean. |
| What is a colony? | a place that is ruled by another country |
| Why did the English want a colony in America? | to provide resources and riches for people back in England |
| What is a colonist? | someone who lives in a colony |
| What did some people want to be colonists? | The wanted to start a new community and get rich. |
| Why did the colonists struggle to stay alive? | There wasn't enough food in winter and they got diseases. |
| Did the colonists ever find gold? | No |
| What did the colonists learn from the Indians? | how to grow corn and other food |
| Why did it help that John Rolfe married an Indian woman? | It brought peace between the Indians and the colonists. |
| Why is the Jamestown Settlement a "living history museum"? | It shows how life was back in Jamestown. |
| What is a time line? | Something that tells you the order that events happened in. |
| How can a time line help you? | It can help you understand history. |
| What is slavery? | the practice of one person owning another |
| Where did the slaves come from? | Africa |
| How did the slaves get to the colonies? | They came in slave ships across the ocean. |
| What ocean did the slaves cross to come to the colonies? | the Atlantic |
| What did the 13 colonies finally become? | a new country the United States of America |
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