Jamestown: The First English Colony review

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a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

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Columbian Exchange

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Major motivation for European exploration?

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profit

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Experience of the first Jamestown settlers?

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They were challenged by the environment.

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Why did the London Company send settlers to Virginia?

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to start a moneymaking colony

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What event helped end conflict between Jamestown settlers and the local Indigenous people?

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the marriage of John Rolfe to Pocahontas

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Explorers & People: an Italian exploring for England, sailed to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and claimed the land for England

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John Cabot

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Explorers & People: the leader of the Jamestown colony

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John Smith

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Explorers & People: the daughter of an Indian leader, brought food to the Jamestown settlers and helped them survive

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Pocahontas

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His marriage to Pocahontas helped bring peace to Jamestown.

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John Rolfe

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Places: The Lost Colony, the colonists disappeared and what happened remains a mystery. Options: Roanoke, Jamestown, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland

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Roanoke