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Race for Governor's House - 3

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deep
One reason that Jamestown was chosen for a settlement was the water was ______ enough for ships to dock
peninsula
In 1607, Jamestown was located on a ________ bordered on three sides by the James River
island
Today, Jamestown is located on an _______ in the James River.
Virginia Company of London
Who the King of England granted charters to
1607
Year the first permanent English settlement in America was founded
Stockholders of the Virginia Company of London
Financed the settlement in Jamestown
Servants or enslaved persons
The status of early African men and women as either _________ or _________ is unknown.
harder
The colonists found life in Jamestown to be _________ than they expected
They lacked the necessary skills
Why settlers had difficulty providing food and shelter for themselves
starvation and disease
What many settlers died of
Marshy and lacked safe drinking water
What the land was like in Jamestown
Africans
Who made it possible to expand the tobacco economy
Reasons the settlers chose Jamestown
Instructions told settlers to go inland, it could be easily defended from attack by the Spanish, the water was deep enough for ships to dock, they believed the site had a good supply of fresh water
charters
The king granted ________ allowing a settlement in North America
settlement
The charters from the king gave the Virginia Company of London the right to establish a ________ in North America
English rights
The charters from the king gave the colonists ___________
burgesses
What citizen representatives who were sent to the Virginia Assembly were called
2 citizen representatives from each division of VA, the governor, and the governor's council
Who the Virginia Assembly included in 1619
House of Burgesses
The separate legislative body the burgesses became by the 1640s
1619
Year the governor of Virginia called a meeting of the Virginia Assembly
Free, adult men
Were considered citizens in 1619
Virginia General Assembly
What the Virginia House of Burgesses is called today
Africans
Arrived against their will in 1619
1620
Year women arrived in Jamestown
Virginia House of Burgesses
What the first elected legislative body in America was called
the Spanish
One reason that Jamestown was chosen for settlement was that it could be easily defended from attack by whom
Angola
Portuguese sailors captured African men and women from what is present day _________
Fresh water
The settlers chose Jamestown because they believed it would have a good supply of _______
Settlers could establish families and Jamestown became a more permanent settlement
How the Jamestown settlement changed because of the arrival of women
go inland and find a suitable place for their colony
The site of Jamestown was chosen because the settlers instructions told them to ____________
economic adventure
Jamestown was primarily an ________ ________
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