Jamestown Review

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What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?

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Jamestown

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Who helped Jamestown survive with rules (don't work, don't eat)?

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Captain John Smith

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What was one major hardship that caused a decline in population for settlers?

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Disease

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What is something the English settlers did with the Powhatan? Danced, Build houses, traded

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traded

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What was the main reason for settlement in North America?

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To increase wealth and power

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Who financed the Jamestown venture?

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The Virginia Company of London

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Over time the relationship with the Powhatans negatively changed because—

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the settlers took more of the Powhatan’s land.

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Why did so many settlers die?

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they died of starvation and disease

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The Jamestown settlement was established in ___.

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1607

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Jamestown is located on what river?

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The James River