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jenkinsrules on November 9, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Roanoke | known as the lost colony |
| Virginia Dare | first person born in the new world |
| The colonies population | 17 women, 9 kids, 150 people total |
| Roanoke organized by: | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| The Indians were: | Croaton, somewhat friendly |
| When Govenor white returns again from England, what does he find? | everyone gone, CROATON carved into tree |
| Roanoke arrived late in year, winter | Is a problem because not a lot of food left. Gov. White Returns to England 4 supplies |
| Theories of disappearance: | indian attack, join tribe of indians, combo of the 2, settled up near jamestown |
| Mercantalism | increasing exports, decreasing imports, trying to gain wealth; kings wanted easy money to increase treasury for a better navy, life of luxury |
| Jamestown | known as the first successful english colony |
| Jamestown arrived here by: | The Virginia Company, joint stock company |
| Jamestowns population: | 100 men, all settlers were gentlemen |
| gentlemen: | upperclass, not laborers, came for gold, colony starts to run out of food. |
| Jamestown was shaped: | in a triangular fort |
| Jamestown survived because of: | Captain John Smith; was strict, bargained for food from Indians, |
| Captain John Smith goes back to England: | bullet wound, attempted murder? |
| Starving time of Jamestown: | After Smith Leaves, colony falls apart, disease, starving, indian attacks, |
| population jamestown after winter | 60 men |
| Pocahontas | brings corn for settlers in spring, 10-12 yrs |
| Spring Jamestown: | new settlers and governor arrive, indians are not happy |
| Pocohantas/ rebecca | captured, converted to christianity, marries John rolfe |
| John Rolfe | Marries pocahontas, found tobacco |
| Headright System | a system to get settlers to come over |
| tobacco | jamestown makes money from this |
| tribes of indians: Jamestown | 30 tribes, around 14000 people |
| Powahatan is leader | tribes leader: Jamestown |
| what did jamestown settlers eat | corpses, poisonus snakes, horses |
| Joint Stock company | investors who make a gamble and hope to earn a profit |
| Benefit for native americans from settlers | introduced to new livestock, especially horses, new weapons-increase hunting |
| Drawbacks from native americans from settlers | new diseases , warfare, lots of death, looted |
| european benefits from indians | silver and gold, tobacco, corn |
| european drawbacks from indians | disease, fights with indians, death and warfare |
| plymouth | colonized for religious reasons |
| seperatists | people who separated from the church, religious persecution |
| colonists arrived | near cape cod , 102 passengers, 3 pregnant women on board |
| plymouths route | the boat got knocked off course and landed north of va in Massachusetts |
| passengers of boat signed | mayflower contract: self govern and majority rule |
| mayflower compact | study this packet!! understand significance and describe it |
| Starvation time: plymouth | 1/2 of colonists died from scurvy and malnutrition |
| Native American Help: Plymouth | Squanto acted as go between colonists and indians |
| Squanto | negotiated peace treaty, showed colonists to hunt and fish |
| "We shall be the city upon the shill . the eyes of all people shall be upon us" | we are the first religious colony, everyone will see what will happen, if fail or succeed |
| John Winthrop | governor of plymouth colony |
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